Senior DevOps Engineer
WinChoice
- Location
- Onsite (Mountain Pine, AR)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
Posted 3 weeks ago
About the role
WinChoice is a veteran-owned company specializing in window replacement and roofing services. This role leads cloud infrastructure design, CI/CD pipeline development, and operational reliability initiatives to ensure system security and compliance.
Skills
AWS
Terraform
CloudFormation
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
Kubernetes
EKS
ECS
GitLab CI/CD
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Incident Response
Observability
FinOps
Disaster Recovery
Automation
Full job details
Description
Job Overview
WinChoice seeks a seasoned Senior DevOps Engineer to lead our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational reliability initiatives. This role is pivotal in designing scalable, secure systems and guiding the engineering team towards best practices, ensuring long-term stability and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable AWS cloud architectures across multiple environments, ensuring security, resilience, and compliance.
- Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, establishing standards for maintainability and reusability.
- Create and optimize CI/CD pipelines, supporting automated testing, low-downtime deployments, and reliable rollback procedures.
- Lead incident response efforts, coordinate communication during outages, and conduct postmortem analyses to prevent recurrence.
- Establish security standards including secrets management, access controls, and patching, while monitoring system health through observability tools.
- Mentor engineering team members through code reviews, technical guidance, and establishing best practices for infrastructure and deployment processes.
- Analyze cloud costs, identify optimization opportunities, and implement strategies to improve efficiency and manage expenditures
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or related fields with a proven track record in designing and managing production cloud environments.
- Extensive experience with AWS services, including VPC design, IAM policies, and managed AWS solutions.
- Strong expertise in infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, including module development and state management.
- Proficiency with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions, and experience with deployment automation.
- Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, troubleshoot complex issues, and communicate technical risks effectively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on technical documentation and stakeholder engagement.
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS Professional or Specialty certifications.
- Experience with container orchestration tools like EKS, ECS, or Kubernetes.
- Background in supporting compliance standards such as SOC 2.
- Knowledge of database deployment, migration, and rollback automation.
- Experience with workforce identity federation, SSO, and customer identity platforms like AWS Cognito.
- Familiarity with cloud cost management and FinOps practices.
- Experience with supporting .NET applications and disaster recovery planning.