Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Philadelphia, PA

Role Overview

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will own the delivery of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions that directly support critical systems and business outcomes. Your role is essential in driving infrastructure excellence across teams by enabling secure, high-performing deployments, optimizing cloud usage, and fostering a strong DevOps culture through mentorship and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable infrastructure solutions that align with system performance, security, and cost-efficiency goals.
• Write optimized Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automate cloud-based deployments using modern tools and practices.
• Support containerized workloads and orchestrate services using tools such as Docker Compose or Kubernetes.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune distributed systems for optimal performance and availability.
• Establish observability practices by designing health signals and monitoring systems for production workloads.
• Automate patching, vulnerability scanning, and other compliance-related activities.
• Evaluate and reduce technical debt, and implement strategies for ongoing system improvement.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge through code reviews, tech talks, and process improvements.

Qualifications

Required

• Deep knowledge of distributed systems design, cloud architectures, and multi-layer applications.
• Strong experience with AWS services and cloud-native computing patterns.
• Proficiency in writing scalable and optimized IaC.
• Advanced understanding of authentication, authorization, and general software security practices.
• Hands-on experience with serverless workloads and container orchestration technologies.
• Ability to debug complex performance issues and conduct root-cause analysis in production environments.
• Skilled in cost optimization for cloud services.

Base salary for the role is commensurate with experience and can range between $100,000 - 145,000 + annual bonus opportunity.

Hiring Locations

Our main office is located in Center City, Philadelphia, where we operate on a hybrid model with in-office work required three days a week for local employees. We believe collaboration is most effective when teams come together, which is why we prioritize hiring in the Philadelphia area.

For certain roles, we also hire from hub locations —regions where we have an established presence with multiple team members working remotely. While these employees primarily work from home, we bring them together in person at least once a year for team-building, collaboration, and strategic planning.

Due to tax and labor regulations, we can only hire from specific states. Remote work is supported in the following key hub locations and approved states:

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Boston, Massachusetts
• New York City, New York
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Washington, D.C.
• Charlotte, North Carolina
• Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Chicago, Illinois

Approved States for Remote Work: CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, and VA.

About HealthVerity

HealthVerity is the leader in privacy-protected real-world data exchange, transforming how healthcare and life sciences organizations connect and analyze disparate patient data. By enabling access to the industry's largest RWD ecosystem, HealthVerity supports critical applications in clinical development, commercial strategy, regulatory decision-making, and public health. To learn more about HealthVerity, visit healthverity.com.

Why You'll Love Working Here

We Are Making a Difference – Our technology is at the forefront of some of the biggest healthcare challenges in the world.

We Are One Team – Our people define our culture and always will. We take time out to celebrate each other, and acknowledge the value that each of us adds towards our greater mission. Come share all you have to offer.

We Are Learners – Every team member is continually learning, no matter if we've been in a role for one year or much longer. We are committed to learning and implementing what is best for our clients, partners, and each other.

Benefits & Perks

Our benefits package is thoughtfully designed to support and enrich the experience of our full-time employees, with eligibility limited to those in permanent positions.

• Compensation: competitive base salary & annual bonus opportunity (for non-commissioned roles)
• Benefits: We offer health, dental, and vision coverage starting on day 1. We also offer a 401(k) plan and an equity program, with new hire equity grants beginning at the Director level and above.
• Flexible location: Remote workdays and 3 days a week of in-office collaboration for team members in the Philadelphia area. Check location requirements with the recruiting team.
• Generous PTO: Take time off as needed, targeted at 4 weeks per year, including vacation, personal and sick time, plus paid parental leave.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks paid leave for childbearing, surrogacy, and adoption; 6 weeks for non-childbearing parents.
• Comprehensive and individualized onboarding: mentorship program, departmental talks, and a library of resources are available beginning day 1 for each new team member to minimize the stress of starting a new job
• Professional development: biweekly 1:1s, hands-on leadership that is goal-and growth-oriented for each team member, and an annual budget to support professional development pursuits

We believe incorporating different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds make us stronger and encourages an environment where ageism, racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia or any other form of discrimination are not tolerated. All qualified job applicants will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. At HealthVerity, we're working towards an innovative and connected future for healthcare data and believe the future is better together. We can only do that if everyone has a seat at the table.

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to View email address on click.appcast.io

Remote opportunities are not available in all areas and require team members to work from a fixed location due to tax and labor law implications - specific questions about remote positions can be discussed during the interview process with your recruiter.