Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who is eager to have an immediate impact in establishing and building out our development, testing, and release platforms, taking us from square one to a sophisticated DevOps environment. You will be working with key engineering stakeholders across the company to ensure we are following test-and-release best practices, establishing best-in-class technology and tool stacks, and keeping our environments safe and secure from outside threats.

What you will be doing:

• Design, deploy, and maintain highly-scalable, highly-available software systems in AWS
• Architect and manage containerized applications on Amazon EKS with focus on reliability and performance
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for AWS cloud resources
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and rollback capabilities
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana
• Ensure system reliability through SLI/SLO definition, error budgets, and incident response procedures
• Collaborate directly with engineering teams to optimize application deployment and operations
• Manage deployments and scaling strategies to support mission-critical operations
• Automate and enforce cloud security, governance, and compliance controls
• Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response for production level systems

What you bring to this role:

• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering roles
• Proven experience designing and operating mission-critical, highly-available systems within AWS
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (OpenTofu)
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, EKS, Helm, and container orchestration
• Strong CI/CD pipeline development and management experience (Bitbucket preferred)
• Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting for automation
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
• Knowledge of capacity planning and performance optimization
• Experience with database operations and scaling (RDS, Aurora, or similar)

Extra bonus points for the following:

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or equivalent expertise
• Experience with incident management and post-mortem processes
• Experience with GitOps workflows and tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Experience with chaos engineering and disaster recovery planning
• Experience with Zero Trust Networking (ZTNA) or VPN solutions
• Background in aerospace, defense, or other mission-critical industries
• Strong intellectual curiosity and commitment to continuous learning
• Exceptional attention to detail and an ownership mentality

Additional Requirements

This is a fast-paced, high-impact environment - flexibility to occasionally work extended hours or weekends during critical periods is expected.