Senior Cloud Ops Engineer - Limelight Software
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026.
Limelight Software is hiring an AWS Cloud Operations & DevOps Engineer to manage the infrastructure and deployment processes behind our SaaS platform. You’ll work hands-on with AWS and Linux production systems, improve CI/CD pipelines, automate operational tasks, and keep customer environments reliable and secure.
We’re looking for someone who can troubleshoot a production issue, improve how software is deployed, and automate recurring work to reduce manual effort and prevent problems.
What you’ll do
AWS and production operations
Manage AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, CloudWatch, IAM, and VPC networking.
Monitor availability, performance, capacity, and infrastructure costs.
Troubleshoot Linux, application, database, networking, DNS, and SSL/TLS issues.
Manage backups and test restoration and disaster-recovery procedures.
Respond to production incidents, investigate root causes, and implement lasting fixes.
DevOps and automation
Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related deployment tools.
Work with development and QA teams to make releases consistent, repeatable, and easier to troubleshoot.
Manage deployment configurations, environment variables, secrets, and artifact repositories.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and routine maintenance using scripts and infrastructure as code.
Improve deployment validation and rollback procedures.
Maintain clear operational documentation and runbooks.
Security and access
Maintain appropriate IAM permissions, MFA, VPN access, security groups, and employee access controls.
Investigate security alerts and address vulnerabilities using tools such as AWS Inspector, GuardDuty, and CloudTrail.
Apply patches and maintain security logging and monitoring.
Support SOC 2 evidence collection, control monitoring, and remediation tracking.
Tickets and reporting
Own infrastructure, deployment, and security tickets from investigation through resolution.
Communicate issues, business impact, and progress clearly to technical and nontechnical teams.
Prepare customer platform usage reports for Customer Success and infrastructure usage and cost reports for internal teams.
What you bring
5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud operations, DevOps, or systems administration, including practical AWS experience.
Strong Linux administration and production troubleshooting skills.
Hands-on experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines, ideally with Jenkins.
Experience with Git, artifact repositories, deployment automation, and release management.
Scripting skills using Bash, Python, or similar tools.
Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
Practical knowledge of AWS networking, IAM, DNS, firewalls, logging, and monitoring.
Clear communication skills and the ability to take ownership of issues through resolution.
A degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred; equivalent practical experience is welcome.
Experience with PostgreSQL, SOC 2 or ISO 27001, and AWS certifications is an asset.
About Limelight
Limelight is a modern financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform that helps finance teams streamline budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and reporting. Your work will help us deliver reliable customer environments and smoother software releases.