TheIncLab

Senior DevOps Engineer

TheIncLab

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: McLean • Florida • Tennessee • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSCloudEC2KubernetesLinuxPythonTerraform

About the role

  • As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will support core DevOps responsibilities with a strong emphasis on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), helping to ensure system uptime, performance, and observability across environments.
  • Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or similar tools.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and maintenance using Terraform, Ansible, or related technologies.
  • Collaborate with developers and QA to create reliable deployment paths from local dev to production.
  • Implement infrastructure-as-code practices across environments (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, bare-metal).
  • Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to maintain high availability and performance.
  • Respond to incidents, lead root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
  • Establish and evolve SLOs/SLIs to ensure measurable system reliability.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and help build automation to reduce the need for human intervention.
  • Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization initiatives.
  • Administer Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) and Windows-based infrastructure.
  • Manage self-hosted GitLab instances and ensure secure, performant operation.
  • Implement and enforce security best practices across infrastructure (IAM, RBAC, least privilege, etc.).
  • Support both containerized and virtualized workloads across environments.

Requirements

  • - 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
  • - Hands-on experience and proficiency with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, etc.) and infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
  • - Experience deploying and managing infrastructure using Terraform and/or Ansible.
  • - Solid knowledge of Linux system administration.
  • - Strong skills in Windows system administration environments.
  • - Proven experience managing and automating GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines.
  • - Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (Python, Bash, etc.).
  • - Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (CloudWatch, Datadog, CloudTrail).
  • - Solid understanding of networking, security best practices, and high-availability system design.
  • - Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and GitLab workflows.
  • - Strong troubleshooting and incident response skills, with a focus on automation and root cause analysis.
  • **Preferred Qualifications **
  • - AWS certification or equivalent practical experience.
  • - Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and efficiency practices.
  • - Experience with self-hosted Gitlab instances and CI/CD pipelines.
Benefits
  • At TheIncLab we recognize that innovation thrives when employees are provided with ample support and resources. Our benefits packages reflect that:
  • - Hybrid and flexible work schedules
  • - Professional development programs
  • - Training and certification reimbursement
  • - Extended and floating holiday schedule
  • - Paid time off and Paid volunteer time
  • - Health and Wellness Benefits include options for Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance along with access to Wellness, Mental Health, and Employee Assistance Programs.
  • - 100% Company Paid Benefits that include STD, LTD, and Basic Life insurance.
  • - 401(k) Plan Options with employer matching
  • - Incentive bonuses for eligible clearances, performance, and employee referrals.
  • - A company culture that values your individual strengths, career goals, and contributions to the team.
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Hard Skills & Tools
DevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringCI/CDTerraformAnsibleAWSLinux administrationWindows administrationPythonBash
Soft Skills
troubleshootingincident responsecollaborationcapacity planningperformance tuningcost optimizationroot cause analysisautomation
Certifications
AWS certification