DevOps Engineer

Chicago, IllinoisHybridFull Time$100k - $145kDevOps Engineer A fast growing entertainment company is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join their Media Team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys tackling difficult problems, shaping architectural decisions, and developing resilient, maintainable solutions at scale. This is a full-time hybrid role with offices located in downtown Chicago. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in modernizing and scaling infrastructure across cloud and on-premises platforms. Working closely with engineering and product teams, you'll drive automation initiatives, enhance operational excellence, and help scale a cloud-first, AI-powered DevOps platform.Required Skills & ExperienceProven experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering, with 2–5 years supporting and scaling cloud infrastructure environments Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines Strong background in managing AWS cloud infrastructure at scale across multiple environments On-call availability, including weekends and holidays as needed Desired Skills & ExperienceBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field What You Will Be DoingTech BreakdownIaC: Terraform, Ansible Containerization/clusters: Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, ArgoCD Scripting/programming: Bash, Python, Go Observability/monitoring: Datadog, PagerDuty OS: Linux AWS services: EC2, ECS/EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, ALB, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, CloudWatch Daily ResponsibilitiesPartner with cross-functional teams to architect and deploy secure, scalable, and resilient AWS infrastructure Build, automate, and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible Enhance system reliability, observability, and cost efficiency through continuous platform and architecture improvements Advance CI/CD capabilities, including AI-enabled automation, to support fast, reliable, and secure software delivery Strengthen operational visibility through monitoring, logging, tracing, and proactive incident detection Contribute to engineering best practices, technical documentation, and architectural design reviews Drive consistency across teams by standardizing DevOps tools, processes, and platform best practices Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.