DevOps Engineer A fast-growing financial SaaS leader is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to enhance and scale their infrastructure, AWS environment, and reliability capabilities. This hands-on role is ideal for a strong technical contributor who is passionate about building secure, resilient, and scalable systems while solving complex infrastructure challenges. This full-time role is a hybrid opportunity with an office based in downtown Chicago.
Required Skills & Experience - 5+ years of experience in a cloud infrastructure management role
- Strong understanding of IT operations, platform technologies, and site reliability best practices
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud-native technologies
Desired Skills & Experience - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Experience collaborating with teams across multiple regions, time zones, and office locations
What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown - IaC: CloudFormation, CDK, Troposphere
- Cloud: AWS
- Scripting: Python, Java
- ECS, Lambda, Docker, GitHub Actions/Workflows
Daily Responsibilities - Design, deploy, and support infrastructure solutions across AWS, data centers, co-location facilities, and network environments
- Enhance the reliability, scalability, and performance of software delivery pipelines and disaster recovery capabilities
- Partner with development and operations teams to support system migrations, monitor critical services, and maintain operational stability
- Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity strategies to ensure resilience and minimize service disruption
- Promote engineering excellence by sharing knowledge, mentoring peers, and driving continuous improvement initiatives
- Build, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and reliable software delivery
The Offer You will receive the following benefits:
- Multiple medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options with coverage for employees and dependents, including tax-advantaged HSA and FSA accounts
- Employer-paid basic life and disability insurance coverage
- 401(k) plan with employer contributions.
- Flexible PTO policies
- Commuter benefits, pet insurance, and continuing education assistance
