Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer

TekCommands • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

This role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining highly available and scalable infrastructure for secure video delivery. The Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer will manage and optimize cloud environments, build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automate operational tasks, and ensure system reliability and security. The position involves monitoring system health, troubleshooting production issues, forecasting capacity, enforcing security standards, participating in on-call rotations, and collaborating with development teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or related roles.
• Strong proficiency in Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Expertise in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Concourse).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Experience developing and debugging server-side applications or web services.
• Programming & scripting skills: Golang, Python, Java, Bash, Rust.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of security and compliance practices.
• Understanding of database structures and SQL.
• Excellent communication skills to convey technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with standards-based cryptography and trust primitives (e.g., AES,RSA, Elliptic Curve, X.509 Certificates) and applying standard cryptographic libraries (e.g., OpenSSL).
• Experience authoring and refining technical specifications.
• Development experience in languages such as Java, Python and GoLang.
• Familiarity with IP video streaming protocols (HLS, DASH) and associated DRM systems (Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay).
• Experience working with HTTP network stack transactions.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Exposure to cost optimization strategies in cloud environments.
• Exposure to security and compliance in cloud environments.
• Certifications in AWS/Azure/GCP or Kubernetes.
• A Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure for secure video delivery.
• Manage and optimize cloud environments (AWS: EC2, EKS, ALB, IAM, VPC) using Terraform and Ansible.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for rapid and reliable deployments (Jenkins, GitHubActions, Concourse).
• Automate operational tasks and improve system reliability using Infrastructure as Code.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption for operational efficiency.
• Monitor system health and performance; troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Forecast capacity requirements and scale infrastructure to handle traffic growth.
• Enforce security standards and compliance requirements across hosting platforms.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for critical systems.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment.
• Solve reliability-related issues and contribute to overall platform stability.
• Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior