Senior DevOps Engineer

Lead DevOps Engineer

APN Consulting, Inc. is a progressive IT staffing and services company offering innovative business solutions to improve client business outcomes. We focus on high impact technology solutions in ServiceNow, Fullstack, Cloud & Data, and AI / ML. Due to our globally expanding service offerings we are seeking top-talent to join our teams and grow with us.

Position Summary: As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing scalable DevOps solutions across cloud and on-prem environments. You will lead a team of engineers, drive automation strategies, and ensure high availability, performance, and security of our infrastructure. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and container orchestration.

You will play a key role in shaping DevOps best practices, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with development and security teams to enhance system reliability and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy:

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of automation and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to define best practices for deployment, monitoring, and system reliability.
• Evaluate and recommend new DevOps tools, technologies, and best practices to optimize infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) in DevOps methodologies, driving innovation in cloud-native and on-prem solutions.

Infrastructure & Cloud Management:

• Design and manage cloud-native solutions on AWS/Azure/GCP, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or Puppet.
• Implement best practices for cloud cost optimization and performance tuning.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production environments to ensure high availability and minimal downtime.

CI/CD & Automation:

• Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Automate deployment processes to streamline releases across development, staging, and production environments.
• Improve system observability through robust logging, monitoring, and alerting tools such as New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.
• Implement blue-green deployments, canary releases, and rollbacks for seamless software releases.

Security & Compliance:

• Enforce security best practices including IAM, secrets management, and network security in cloud environments.
• Implement vulnerability scanning, automated security testing, and compliance checks as part of the DevSecOps pipeline.
• Work closely with the InfoSec team to ensure compliance with GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, or PCI DSS standards.

Performance Monitoring & Incident Response:

• Establish incident response plans, SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for system reliability.
• Optimize system performance and scalability by analyzing logs, metrics, and application behavior.
• Ensure 24/7 system availability by implementing proactive monitoring, auto-scaling, and disaster recovery plans.

Qualifications & Skills

Required:

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or SRE roles.
• Expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, or Kubernetes for infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, etc.).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go, or Ruby) for automation.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm for container orchestration.
• Solid understanding of networking, load balancing, and security best practices in cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (New Relic, Prometheus, ELK Stack, Grafana).
• Strong understanding of configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred:

• Experience with GitOps principles using ArgoCD or Flux.
• Experience working in a high-availability SaaS environment.
• Experience with database administration (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB).
• Knowledge of incident management frameworks such as ITIL or SRE principles.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where individuals from all backgrounds feel valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, abilities, and experiences to join our team and help us build a culture of belonging.