DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure) – Remote | U.S. Hours

Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. Client Business Hours (flexibility for deployments, incidents, and on-call rotations)

About the Role

At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring a DevOps Engineer to build, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and automation systems.

This role is focused on:

• Cloud infrastructure

• CI/CD pipelines

• Kubernetes & containerization

• Monitoring & reliability

• Infrastructure automation

• Security & scalability

You’ll work closely with engineering teams to ensure systems are:

• Secure

• Reliable

• Scalable

• Fast to deploy

If you enjoy automating infrastructure, improving deployment workflows, and solving production-scale reliability challenges, this role is a strong fit.

What You’ll Own

Cloud Infrastructure & Infrastructure-as-Code (Core Focus)

• Provision and manage infrastructure on:

• AWS

• GCP

• Azure

• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using:

• Terraform

• Pulumi

• CloudFormation

• Configure:

• Networking

• Compute resources

• Storage systems

• Scaling environments

• Optimize infrastructure reliability and cost efficiency

CI/CD Pipeline Automation

• Build and maintain pipelines using:

• GitHub Actions

• Jenkins

• GitLab CI

• CircleCI

• Automate:

• Builds

• Testing

• Deployments

• Support:

• Zero-downtime deployments

• Rollback strategies

• Multi-environment deployments

Containerization & Kubernetes

• Manage:

• Docker containers

• Kubernetes clusters

• Deploy and support microservices environments

• Monitor cluster health and performance

• Optimize containerized workloads for:

• Performance

• Scalability

• Reliability

Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response

• Implement observability tools such as:

• Prometheus

• Grafana

• Datadog

• New Relic

• Configure:

• Logging pipelines

• Alerts

• Monitoring dashboards

• Participate in:

• Incident response

• Root cause analysis

• On-call rotations

Security & Compliance

• Apply cloud security best practices:

• IAM

• Least privilege access

• Encryption

• Support compliance initiatives:

• SOC 2

• HIPAA

• PCI

• GDPR

• Run vulnerability scans and proactive patching

Automation & Collaboration

• Partner with developers to improve deployment workflows

• Eliminate bottlenecks through automation

• Document:

• Infrastructure

• Pipelines

• Operational runbooks

• Continuously improve reliability and deployment speed

What Makes You a Strong Fit

• You enjoy solving infrastructure and automation challenges

• You stay calm during incidents and troubleshoot methodically

• You care deeply about reliability, scalability, and security

• You proactively automate repetitive operational work

• You collaborate effectively with engineering teams

Required Experience & Skills

• 3+ years of experience in:

• DevOps

• SRE

• Infrastructure engineering

• Strong experience with:

• AWS, GCP, or Azure

• CI/CD pipelines

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• Experience with:

• Infrastructure-as-Code

• Monitoring systems

• Deployment automation

• Strong understanding of:

• Cloud networking

• System reliability

• Production infrastructure

Nice to Have

• Strong Terraform or Pulumi expertise

• Experience in:

• SaaS

• Fintech

• Healthcare

• Enterprise applications

• Exposure to:

• Serverless architecture

• AWS Lambda

• Cloud Functions

• Cloud or DevOps certifications:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

• CKA

• Kubernetes certifications

What a Typical Day Looks Like

• Monitor infrastructure and production systems

• Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows

• Provision or modify infrastructure with Terraform

• Troubleshoot deployment or performance issues

• Collaborate with developers on scaling and reliability

• Review logs, alerts, and system metrics

• Update documentation and operational runbooks

In short:
You ensure infrastructure stays automated, scalable, secure, and reliable while enabling fast and safe product delivery.

Key Metrics (KPIs)

• Deployment speed and reliability

• System uptime (99.9%+ target)

• Reduced incident recovery time (MTTR)

• Infrastructure cost optimization

• Developer satisfaction with deployment workflows

• Automation and operational efficiency improvements

Why This Role Stands Out

• High ownership over cloud infrastructure and automation

• Work on modern DevOps and Kubernetes environments

• Direct impact on scalability and engineering velocity

• Opportunity to grow into:

• Senior DevOps Engineer

• Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

• Cloud Infrastructure Architect

• Remote flexibility with strong technical exposure

Interview Process

• Initial Phone Screen

• Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter

• Technical Task (CI/CD or Terraform-based assessment)

• Client Interview with Engineering Leadership

• Offer & Background Verification

Apply Now

If you:

• Enjoy infrastructure automation and cloud engineering

• Have strong DevOps and CI/CD experience

• Thrive in reliability-focused environments

• Want ownership over scalable cloud systems

This role is a strong fit for experienced DevOps and infrastructure professionals.

Originally posted on Himalayas