Job SummaryThe DevOps Engineer II is a mid-level engineering position responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting automation, deployment, monitoring, and operational reliability across cloud and hosted application environments. This role partners closely with software engineering, site reliability, security, and infrastructure teams to improve continuous integration and continuous delivery processes, infrastructure automation, platform operations, and service resilience.
The successful candidate will demonstrate solid hands-on experience with DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, systems administration, automation, and troubleshooting, along with the ability to work independently on moderately complex technical efforts. This position is intended for engineers who have moved beyond foundational support responsibilities and are expected to drive platform reliability and efficiency by applying AI across CI/CD, observability, incident response, and infrastructure operations-optimizing builds and pipelines; detecting and diagnosing failures faster; using predictive insights to spot anomalies and bottlenecks; and recommending cost and resource utilization improvements. The engineer will also help adopt AI-assisted operations by using intelligent tooling to improve coding, triage, diagnostics, and repeatability, while contributing to the development and use of MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools and AIOps practices.
What Your Impact Will Look LikeKey Responsibilities
- Own and support software delivery activities, including build, deployment, release, and environment management processes across multiple applications and infrastructure environments.
- Design, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines used to build, test, secure, and deploy applications with greater efficiency and consistency.
- Provision, configure, and maintain infrastructure in cloud and hosted environments using automation and infrastructure as code practices.
- Troubleshoot and resolve application, deployment, infrastructure, and environment issues with limited supervision, including participation in incident response and root cause analysis.
- Monitor system health, review logs and telemetry, and implement improvements in reliability, performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Contribute to standardization of engineering practices, reusable automation, deployment patterns, and operational runbooks.
- Collaborate across engineering, support, operations, and security teams to resolve issues, support releases, and improve platform and delivery processes.
- Apply established security, compliance, and operational standards in all engineering activities and identify opportunities to strengthen controls and reduce risk.
- Participate in operational support and on-call activities, and take ownership of assigned issues through resolution and follow-through.
- Provide guidance to more junior engineers through knowledge sharing, documentation, and day-to-day technical collaboration.
You Will Love This Job If You HaveQualifications and Professional Expectations
- US Citizen or U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident
- FBI Background Check Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional experience in DevOps, platform engineering, systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, or a related engineering discipline.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of DevOps concepts, including CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code, cloud operations, release management, and system reliability.
- Experience with Linux and/or Windows administration, scripting, source control, cloud platforms, and troubleshooting in production or pre-production environments.
- Practical experience with containers, infrastructure as code, monitoring, logging, and operational support processes.
- Ability to work independently on assigned tasks and projects, manage competing priorities, and deliver reliable results in a fast-paced engineering environment.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical teams while clearly communicating technical issues, risks, and recommendations.
- Demonstrated accountability, sound judgment, attention to detail, and commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.
- Ability to use approved AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve productivity, support troubleshooting, enhance documentation, and assist engineering workflows.
AI Expectations
- Curiosity about applying AI tools responsibly in infrastructure engineering to improve triage, diagnostics, documentation, operational analysis, and day-to-day workflow efficiency.
- Interest in developing, extending, and using MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, APIs, and associated skills.
- Familiarity with AIOps concepts such as alert correlation, anomaly detection, event enrichment, and assisted root cause analysis in monitoring- and operations-heavy environments.
- Initiative in identifying and implementing opportunities to build AI-driven scripts, automate operational tasks, and improve engineering workflows through practical, hands-on use of AI technologies.
- Have experience or willingness to learn and adapt to using Python (or similar) to build operational tools with guardrails.
Career Growth and Work Environment
This is a mid-level individual contributor position intended for engineers who can perform assigned responsibilities with increasing independence and technical judgment. The DevOps Engineer II is expected to handle routine and moderately complex technical work with limited supervision, contribute to operational and engineering improvements, and continue building depth in platform engineering, cloud operations, automation, and reliability practices.
This is a full-time position and may include participation in a rotational on-call support model. The role may support systems and environments critical to business operations and therefore requires strong adherence to established operational, security, and compliance standards, along with a willingness to take ownership of issues, contribute to documentation and process maturity, and support the success of the broader engineering organization.
Pay RangeUSD $75,000.00 - USD $105,000.00 /Yr.
Security and Privacy Requirements- Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
- Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.
The Team- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The BenefitsAt Granicus, we offer a
comprehensive and flexible benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance-starting from day one.
Here's what you can expect as a U.S.-based team member:
Flexibility & Balance- Flexible Time Off - Take the time you need to rest, recharge, and live your life.
- Company-Wide Wellbeing Days - Paid days off to unplug and focus on your mental health.
- Work From Home Reimbursement - Support a productive home office environment.
Health & Wellness- Multiple Health Plan Options - Including a 100% employer-paid plan.
- Employer HSA Contributions - When enrolled in a High-Deductible Health Plan.
- Fitness Reimbursement Program - Stay active, your way.
- On-Demand Mental Health Support - Access to Headspace and other wellness tools.
Family & Future- Paid Parental Leave - For both birthing and non-birthing parents.
- Traditional & Roth 401(k) - With a generous company match.
- Life & AD&D Insurance - 100% employer-paid coverage for peace of mind.
Growth & Recognition- Online Learning Platforms - Fuel your professional development.
- Competitive Salary & Bonuses - Your contributions are valued and rewarded.
