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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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.
