Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location:St Louis 'MO

Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to architect, automate, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platforms. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, GitLab CI/CD, and Datadog, along with strong ownership of system reliability, performance, and security in production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure at scale
• Build, optimize, and own CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
• Implement advanced monitoring, alerting, and observability using Datadog
• Drive automation across infrastructure provisioning and deployments
• Ensure system reliability, high availability, and disaster recovery
• Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment speed and stability
• Lead root cause analysis for production incidents and implement fixes
• Establish DevOps best practices, standards, and documentation
• Mentor junior DevOps engineers and provide technical leadership
• Optimize cloud cost, performance, and security posture

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8–10 years of hands-on experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
• Strong expertise in AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, ECS/EKS)
• Deep experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Datadog (APM, logs, dashboards, alerts)
• Experience with Docker and container-based deployments
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix systems
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar)
• Experience with production-grade systems and high-traffic environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and DevSecOps practices
• Exposure to multi-account AWS architecture
• AWS certifications (Associate / Professional) are a plus