Senior DevOps Engineer

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the strategy, design, and implementation of our large-scale cloud infrastructure projects. In this role, you will tackle the challenges of modernizing IT operations, focusing on security, automation, and high efficiency to keep our platform on the cutting edge of cloud computing.

What You'll Do:

• Partner closely with development teams to embed robust DevOps practices and raise the overall operational bar.
• Design, build, and maintain high-throughput CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Architect and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform to provision scalable environments on AWS and other cloud providers.
• Automate complex Linux server management and configuration workflows using Ansible, Python, and Bash.
• Build and support REST APIs using Python (Flask) and Ansible to drive internal automation tooling.
• Deploy, manage, and orchestrate containerized workloads across Kubernetes clusters utilizing Helm charts and ArgoCD.
• Enforce and streamline platform security by implementing robust networking, encryption, hashing, and SSL/TLS protocols.
• Drive continuous improvement across database environments, supporting MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL performance and maintenance.
• Eliminate operational toil by introducing emerging cloud-native technologies and automated configuration management solutions.

What You'll Bring:

Required

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a primary focus on DevOps and modern cloud operations
• Deep expertise in cloud-native infrastructure, particularly AWS, with a proven track record of managing large-scale environments
• Production-level experience using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Hands-on proficiency with container orchestration tools, specifically Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD
• Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, and Linux system administration
• 1+ years of practical software development experience, including experience building backend REST APIs (Python/Flask)
• Solid understanding of core networking, security measures, and cryptographic protocols