
Senior DevOps Lead
Worldly
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead by example—architect and implement infrastructure solutions using Terraform and AWS best practices
- Take ownership from external DevOps team, stabilizing operations and establishing internal team processes
- Define project scope, break down complex initiatives, and guide contractors through execution
- Evolve our IaC practices and ensure consistency across the growing infrastructure
- Own AWS infrastructure security, compliance, and cost optimization
- Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Collaborate with engineering teams to support application needs and performance goals
- Develop infrastructure roadmap to support scaling and new product requirements
- Mentor contractors with varying skill levels, elevating team capabilities
- Evolve and refine monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes
Requirements
- 10+ years of DevOps/SRE experience with at least 3 years in a lead or senior role
- Deep expertise in AWS services including ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, databases, networking, and security
- Strong Terraform experience—you write clean, modular, reusable IaC
- Hands-on experience with container orchestration (ECS/EKS)
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild)
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (DataDog, CloudWatch)
- Experience with multiple production database technologies such as CouchDB/MongoDb, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL in production environments
- Strong understanding of network architecture, security best practices, and systems operations
- Proven ability to lead teams through both project definition and technical execution
- Excellent communication skills—you can translate technical concepts for various audiences
- Self-starter mentality with ability to work independently and drive initiatives to completion
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package - 100% of employee premiums covered by Worldly
- Statutory benefits provided in accordance with local labor laws for employees outside the U.S., administered through Deel
- Company-sponsored 401 (k) with up to 4% match for US-based employees
- Growth Opportunities
- Equipment Stipends
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid company holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
DevOpsSREAWSTerraformCI/CDcontainer orchestrationmonitoringobservabilitynetwork architecturedatabase technologies
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringself-starterproject management