Director, DevOps

Inizio Evoke

Director, DevOps operating AWS infrastructure for Inizio Evoke’s agentic AI platform. Automating deployments, ensuring reliability, and leading security, compliance, and release operations remotely.

Posted 8/11/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $100,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in AWS management, infrastructure as code, and production SaaS environments, with a strong focus on automation and engineering best practices. Capable of leading incident response, release management, and cross-team collaboration while maintaining compliance with security and data protection requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

AWS ExpertiseInfrastructure As Code (Terraform, AWS CDK)Production-Quality Python CodingAutomation-First ApproachRelease Management

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Hard Skills

DevOpsPlatform EngineeringMulti-Account ManagementServerless InfrastructureCentralized LoggingMetrics MonitoringAlertingReporting ToolingIncident ResponseBacklog Management

Soft Skills

Proactive CommunicationIndependent Decision-MakingCollaborationAdaptabilityProblem-Solving

Industry Keywords

Production SaaSCloud InfrastructureSecurity ComplianceData ProtectionEngineering Best Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudPythonTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support, monitor, and operate a production agentic AI platform running on AWS
Ensure services are available, responsive, and appropriately scalable under real-world load
Own incident response end-to-end, including triage, resolution, documentation, and prevention follow-through
Manage infrastructure across multiple AWS accounts and production/non-production environments
Lead release management and weekly operational rituals
Build, deploy, and evolve infrastructure through automation and infrastructure as code
Research and evaluate cloud infrastructure solutions and make recommendations
Enforce engineering best practices
Identify solutions from rough direction, gather feedback, and deliver them
Monitor security tooling and participate in security scans and vulnerability reviews
Maintain compliance with security and data protection requirements
Manage the backlog, track work, and report progress to stakeholders
Collaborate with the platform development team on changes and deployments
Participate in daily standups, sprint planning, and sprint reviews/closures
Partner on sprint priorities, product backlog, and cross-team dependencies
Surface issues proactively

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of hands-on DevOps or platform engineering experience at senior, staff, or director level
Demonstrated ownership of production SaaS environments
Sound, independent infrastructure decision-making
Deep AWS expertise, including multi-account management and production SaaS environments
Infrastructure as Code fluency in Terraform, AWS CDK, or both
Production-quality Python and TypeScript coding skills
Automation-first approach
Serverless infrastructure experience
Centralized logging and log management at scale
Metrics, monitoring, alerting, and reporting tooling experience
Structured release management process experience
Ability to manage backlogs, track commitments, and communicate status proactively
Ability to work effectively in ambiguity and take rough direction
Commitment to engineering best practices and long-term ownership of complexity

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote work environment
Competitive compensation
Medical benefits
Dental benefits
401(k)
Tuition reimbursement
Flexible time off
Flexible benefits
Personal support
Tailored learning and development opportunities