Patriot Software

Senior DevOps Engineer

Patriot Software

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: AlaskaCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $155,000 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, build, and run reliable, scalable infrastructure with a strong platform engineering and SRE mindset.
  • Lead platform engineering initiatives using Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Design and operate CI/CD platforms and deployment strategies to enable safe, low-risk releases.
  • Build and maintain strong observability foundations, including metrics, logging, alerting, and dashboards tied to service health.
  • Design, build, and operate scalable, secure AWS infrastructure, including VPCs, subnets, routing, NAT, VPNs, and Transit Gateway.
  • Own and evolve cloud networking and connectivity architecture, ensuring secure, reliable, and performant communication between services.
  • Configure and manage Cloudflare to support edge security (including WAF, DDoS protection, and rate limiting), optimize CDN performance and caching strategies, and handle DNS and traffic management.
  • Actively participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and blameless post-mortems to drive durable corrective actions.
  • Strengthen security and compliance across infrastructure, including IAM, network security, container security, and SOC2 alignment.
  • Define and improve service reliability through SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
  • Reduce operational toil through automation and standardized platform patterns.
  • Identify and drive cost optimization, including cloud and network egress efficiency.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE roles
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
  • AWS, including networking and connectivity design
  • Kubernetes (EKS)
  • Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, or similar)
  • CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred)
  • Experience configuring and operating Cloudflare (CDN, WAF, DNS, edge security)
  • Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python and Bash for automation and operational tooling
  • Proven experience owning production systems with high availability, performance, and security requirements
  • Solid understanding of cloud networking fundamentals (routing, load balancing, security groups, NACLs)
  • Strong understanding of SRE principles and operational excellence
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
  • Hands-on experience improving observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
  • Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading cross-team initiatives
  • Exposure to AI-assisted operations or intelligent automation
  • Consistent, Reliable High-Speed Internet Access
  • Dedicated, quiet workspace free from distractions.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive suite of benefits that help our team thrive inside and outside of work.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AWSKubernetesInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDCloudflarePythonBashPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetry
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationmentoringleadershipincident responseroot cause analysisproblem-solvingautomationcost optimizationhigh-performance culture