Developer Operations Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Baldwin, NY

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• Design, implement, and operate cloud infrastructure and automation using AWS and Terraform across services such as EC2, S3, EKS, ECR, Route 53, IAM, and core networking components. 
• Own EKS and Kubernetes platform operations, including cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, node group strategy, autoscaling, workload scheduling, capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization. 
• Build and improve core Kubernetes platform capabilities such as networking, ingress, DNS integration, service discovery, RBAC, policy enforcement, secrets management, and multi-environment consistency. 
• Develop and maintain deployment workflows using Helm, Kustomize, GitLab CI/CD, and GitOps approaches with tools such as Argo CD or Flux to improve release speed, consistency, traceability, and rollback safety. 
• Deploy and evolve observability capabilities across infrastructure and Kubernetes environments, including metrics, logging, alerting, dashboards, and incident diagnostics. 
• Support and optimize platform and application workloads on Kubernetes, improving deployment patterns, scaling behavior, runtime efficiency, resilience, and day-to-day operational support. 
• Strengthen security across infrastructure, pipelines, and Kubernetes environments through IAM least-privilege access, secrets management, image and artifact scanning, admission controls, policy-as-code, workload isolation, and practical runtime hardening. 
• Support the reliability, backup integrity, availability, and operational performance of PostgreSQL/RDS environments in partnership with application teams. 
• Work closely with development and platform teams to improve deployment strategies, runtime reliability, developer experience, and operational standards for cloud-native systems. 
• Monitor system health, investigate incidents, troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, and drive timely resolution through strong root cause analysis and preventative improvements. 
• Lead technical decision-making within the scope of the role by prioritizing work, evaluating tradeoffs, integrating inputs from multiple stakeholders, and driving issues through to completion with limited oversight. 
• Use modern AI tools to accelerate infrastructure design exploration, Terraform authoring, Kubernetes troubleshooting, CI/CD workflow drafting, observability analysis, and operational documentation, while rigorously validating outputs for correctness, security, maintainability, and production readiness. 
• Document and continually refine DevOps methodologies, infrastructure standards, deployment workflows, operational procedures, and support runbooks. 

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or related roles, with a proven track record in designing and operating scalable cloud infrastructure. 
• Strong expertise with AWS services, including EC2, S3, EKS, ECR, Route 53, IAM, and core networking and security concepts. 
• Advanced hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster operations, upgrades, autoscaling, networking, ingress, RBAC, policy enforcement, and production workload management.
• Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, environment management, and repeatable platform provisioning. 
• Experience with Kubernetes packaging and deployment tools such as Helm and Kustomize. 
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as GitLab CI/CD and familiarity with GitOps approaches using Argo CD, Flux, or similar tools. 
• Strong experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or comparable tooling. 
• Experience evaluating or operating Kubernetes ecosystem tools such as ingress controllers, operators, Cluster Autoscaler, or Karpenter. 
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL/RDS, including performance tuning, reliability, and operational support. 
• Solid understanding of cloud and container security practices, including IAM least privilege, secrets management, image scanning, admission controls, and policy enforcement. 
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages. 
• Practical fluency with AI-assisted engineering tools such as LLMs, code assistants, and workflow automation tools, along with strong judgment to evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs responsibly. 
• Excellent problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills. 
• Ability to work independently in a remote-friendly environment and make sound technical decisions in ambiguous situations. 

• Senior DevOps Engineer
• 7+ years of relevant DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure experience
• Strong production support and deployment experience
• Comfortable owning projects independently

• Bachelor’s Degree(preferred) or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 
• Strong practical experience can fully compensate for lack of degree 

• EKS
• ECS/Fargate
• EC2
• IAM
• S3
• ECR
• Route53
• Load Balancing

•  Modules
• State management
• Large-scale infrastructure deployments
• GitLab & CI/CD Pipelines
• GitOps concepts
• Version control best practices

• RBAC
• Authentication
• Policy enforcement
•  Service communication

• 7+ years preferred
• Able to hit the ground running with minimal ramp-up

• Experience with additional cloud platforms such as GCP or Azure. 
• Experience improving incident response, operational readiness, and platform standards for distributed engineering teams. 
• Experience designing internal platform capabilities that improve developer self-service and reduce operational toil. 
• Familiarity with compliance, governance, and risk management requirements in regulated or enterprise environments.
• AI-assisted Engineering
• LLM Integration experience
• Agentic AI workflows
• OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude exposure
• Azure SSO integrations
• OpenTofu experience
• Database deployment and management
• Leading technical projects (not people management) 
• People management experience
• Direct reports/team leadership
• Specific GitLab expertise if candidate has strong Git and CI/CD background
• Degree-only qualifications without hands-on experience 

• AWS Certifications
• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA/CKAD preferred)
• Terraform Certification
• Certifications are preferred and can make a candidate stand out but are not mandatory. 

• Manager prefers one interview: Teams interview with manager and additional team members
• Expected to start with one interview round
• May expand based on hiring manager preference
• Technical deep-dive expected
• Candidates should be prepared for questions exposing strengths and weaknesses in: 
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• DevOps concepts
• AI/LLM experience
• Looking for authentic expertise, not buzzword-heavy answers

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