Software Engineering
Senior DevOps Engineer
Chicago, IL
$145,000 to $184,000 a year
The employer is a cloud software company helping mid-size businesses manage billing and payments.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer with the employer, you will lead technical work and help shape how the software engineering team works. This position is based in Chicago, IL. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our Chicago office.
What you’ll do
- Take part in an on-call rotation and lead incident reviews
- Operate Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, scaling and cost control
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that let teams ship safely several times a day
- Harden infrastructure and automate security patching
- Set up monitoring, alerting and dashboards for production systems
- Manage cloud infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience
- Experience running containerized workloads in production
- Strong Linux administration and scripting skills
- Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD tooling
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization
- Kubernetes certification (CKA or CKAD)
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Chicago, IL is $145,000 – $184,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Life insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Annual performance bonus
- Health savings account with employer contribution
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Paid time off plus paid company holidays
The employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
