DevOps Engineer

Job Description

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.