Senior DevOps Engineer, AWS

Compassion International

DevOps AWS expert managing the AWS platform, mentoring staff to optimize technology use for Compassion International. Advocates for child protection and integrates DevOps disciplines.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeRemote • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $123,240 - $144,797 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in AWS production environments, focusing on cloud operations, automation, and AI/ML integration. Committed to child protection and advocacy within a Christian ministry context.

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AWS Production ExperienceCloud Operations ManagementLanding Zone Accelerator ImplementationAI/ML Platform EngineeringAutomation Expertise

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Hard Skills

AWS Cloud OperationsInfrastructure as CodePython DevelopmentKubernetesServerless ArchitecturesWorkload MigrationTest Driven DevelopmentSystems ThinkingAutomation ScriptingAdvanced Networking

Soft Skills

CoachingAdvocacyCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

AWSAWS LatticeAWS LambdaAutomation ToolsCI/CD Pipelines

Industry Keywords

Child ProtectionChristian MinistryGovernanceComplianceDisaster Recovery

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children.
Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children.
Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks, and activities across the ministry.
Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct.
Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
Matures DevOps disciplines and champions the lean agile mindset for major initiatives regarding issues such as Test Driven Development, flow, and systems thinking.
Continually improves integration of complex infrastructure builds with application deployment processes across major projects and systems.
Troubleshoots complicated technical problems relating to information systems, providing insight and guidance to other specialists.
Analyzes, designs, and evaluates large automation scripts and systems.
Researches new technologies that will be efficient, effective, and highly scalable.
Coaches and provides expertise, and may oversee the work of other professionals and support staff in the business analysis discipline.

Requirements

What you’ll need

AWS production experience — Extensive experience operating and optimizing AWS environments at scale
Cloud Operations — Deep understanding of AWS Cloud Operations life cycle management including security, governance, compliance, and disaster recovery models
Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) — Hands‑on experience implementing and operating AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA), including governance, multi‑account architecture, security controls, and automation patterns
AWS Lattice & advanced networking — Experience designing and operating service‑to‑service communication using AWS Application Networking (AWS Lattice), including secure connectivity, traffic routing, service mesh patterns, cross‑account communication and hybrid networking.
AI/ML platform engineering — Experience driving innovation by integrating AI/ML capabilities into AWS platform engineering, including designing and maintaining foundational services.
Skilled at leveraging AI to enhance operational efficiency, accelerate delivery workflows, and improve platform reliability.
Automation expertise — Strong automation skills, eliminating manual work whenever possible, e.g., Infrastructure as Code, pipelines, and operational scripting
Workload migration —History of migrating complex workloads onto AWS
Kubernetes & Serverless — Ability to design, build, and operate workloads in Kubernetes and AWS serverless architectures
Python engineering — Strong Python development skills for operational tooling, automation scripts, and AWS Lambda functions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Receive generous paid time off
10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of your salary
Excellent healthcare coverage
Free short-term professional counseling
Spiritual growth: Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.