Explore IT Operations Engineer jobs for experienced professionals who keep business technology reliable, secure, and ready to scale. Ladders features vetted professional opportunities paying $100,000 or more, including roles across enterprise IT, cloud platforms, infrastructure, and production operations.
IT Operations Engineers maintain and improve the systems organizations rely on every day. Responsibilities may include monitoring infrastructure, resolving incidents, managing deployments and configuration, automating routine work, supporting cloud environments, and strengthening availability and security. The scope varies by employer, platform, and seniority.
Employers commonly seek experience with operating systems, networks, cloud services, scripting, monitoring, and incident response. Familiarity with infrastructure as code, containers, IT service management practices, and security controls can also be valuable. Communication, troubleshooting, and clear documentation help engineers work effectively across technical and business teams.
IT Operations Engineers may advance into senior or lead engineering roles, site reliability engineering, cloud or infrastructure architecture, IT operations management, or platform engineering. Opportunities are available across industries that depend on resilient technology, including finance, healthcare, software, and professional services.
Search Ladders for IT Operations Engineer openings and related senior technology roles. Explore vetted jobs with salaries of $100,000 or more, and compare opportunities based on responsibilities, location, work arrangement, and the experience employers seek.
Senior Observability Engineer (New Relic Consolidation)
$130K - $155K *
Optimize the multi-tenant New Relic consolidation layer, aggregating telemetry across AI agent estates. Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance observability practices and ensure effective monit...
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Senior Application Engineer/Process Automation Developer-Distributed
$110K - $130K *
Drive the implementation and support of automation and orchestration platforms, collaborating with technology teams to enhance processes and develop reusable web applications, ensuring high availabili...
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Senior Director Infrastructure Engineering
$175K - $210K *
Transform infrastructure engineering by leading a global team to develop and implement design standards for AI factories, ensuring consistency and efficiency across projects while driving innovation a...
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$140K - $180K *
Lead the charge in optimizing cloud operations for the Judiciary, ensuring efficient performance and compliance. Collaborate with teams to enhance workflows and resolve incidents, while managing the C...
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$120K - $145K *
Oversee daily cloud operations, ensuring efficient performance and alignment with organizational goals while managing incident escalations and compliance with SLAs for the Judiciary's cloud infrastruc...
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Staff Product Manager, Agentic Test Intelligence
$168K - $285K *
Lead the development of Test & Code Coverage capabilities, transforming complex challenges into actionable strategies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance software quality and streamlin...
1 week ago
$125K - $155K *
Join our dynamic team as a Senior Solutions Engineer, where you'll leverage your technical expertise to drive pre-sales activities, engage with clients, and deliver tailored solutions that enhance bus...
3 weeks ago
Junior Systems Engineer (W/ 1 day telework)
$119K - $161K *
Join a team that's dedicated to delivering high-quality software solutions. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, support developers, and ensure successful Agile delivery throughout th...
3 weeks ago
Sr. Workday Analyst, HR Systems
$110K - $130K *
Lead the charge in optimizing and configuring the Workday platform, enhancing HR operations through expert management of Core HCM, Absence, and Time Tracking. Collaborate cross-functionally to drive s...
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$210K - $247K *
Elevate application security by leading initiatives and shaping best practices across multiple programming languages, while collaborating with engineering teams to ensure that security is integrated a...
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Director, Automation Operations
$144K - $191K *
Unlock potential by leading the Automated Operations capability within Member Services. Oversee AI support experiences, enhance team productivity, and drive continuous improvement to elevate member in...
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$110K - $130K *
Innovate healthcare delivery by developing AI solutions that enhance operations and resident experiences. Collaborate with teams to automate processes and improve clinical decision-making in senior ca...
3 weeks ago
$110K - $130K *
Engage with clients by providing technical support, conducting presentations, and assisting in sales activities. Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure product alignment with customer needs while ma...
5 days ago
Azure Platform Engineer, Remote Ontario
$115K - $130K *
Elevate your career by designing and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, ensuring reliability and security while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and inc...
2 weeks ago
$207K - $310K *
Champion the Solutions Engineering team by driving technical sales strategies, managing performance, and fostering collaboration to meet organizational goals while ensuring customer success and team d...
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IT Sr Software Engineer - Must have Window Command Line, PowerShell experience
$83K - $144K *
Advance your career by providing technical leadership in software support, analysis, and implementation. Collaborate with teams to enhance systems, ensuring quality and efficiency in upgrades and new...
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Technical IBM Mainframe Applications/Systems Analyst
$75K - $105K *
Optimize mainframe systems as a key analyst, ensuring stability and performance of IBM z/OS environments. Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot issues and maintain critical applications, while enhanc...
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$180K - $250K *
Lead the charge in our cybersecurity operations, overseeing teams and strategies to enhance effective security monitoring and incident response while ensuring top-notch service delivery across diverse...
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Windows / KVM Virtualization Systems Engineer
$100K - $135K *
Lead the charge in optimizing virtualization systems by leveraging KVM expertise, ensuring seamless installations, upgrades, and maintenance of Windows servers in a VMware environment while delivering...
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Full Stack Engineer(React and GO)
$110K - $130K *
Join a team that's building innovative cloud-native applications, developing scalable backend services and modern web solutions using Golang and React. Collaborate on complex engineering challenges to...
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Full Stack Engineer(React and GO)
$110K - $130K *
Explore a dynamic role developing cloud-native applications using Golang and React. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create scalable backend services and modern web applications, tackling co...
3 days ago
Full Stack Engineer(React and GO)
$110K - $130K *
Join a dynamic team to develop innovative cloud-native applications using Golang and React. Engage in building scalable backend services and user-friendly web applications while solving complex engine...
3 days ago
Full Stack Engineer(React and GO)
$110K - $130K *
Engineer innovative cloud-native applications that enhance conversational AI and enterprise solutions. Develop scalable backend services and modern web applications using Golang and React, while tackl...
3 days ago
REMOTE - Principal Platform Software Engineer- Oracle Health
$105K - $234K *
Lead the design and delivery of complex platform capabilities, enhancing reliability and security while mentoring engineers. Collaborate across teams to drive technical excellence and implement AI-ass...
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$165K - $243K *
Lead the charge in data engineering excellence by mentoring a team, driving pipeline delivery, and translating stakeholder needs into actionable technical plans while ensuring operational accountabili...
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What does an IT Operations Engineer do?
An IT Operations Engineer helps keep an organization's technology systems available and dependable. The work can include infrastructure monitoring, troubleshooting incidents, managing configurations and deployments, automating tasks, and supporting cloud and network environments.
What skills are commonly required for IT Operations Engineer jobs?
Requirements vary, but often include experience with operating systems, networking, cloud platforms, scripting, monitoring, and incident response. Employers may also value automation, infrastructure as code, security knowledge, and strong communication skills.
How much do IT Operations Engineers earn?
Pay depends on factors such as experience, location, industry, and role scope. Ladders focuses on vetted professional opportunities paying $100,000 or more, where available salary information can help you evaluate individual openings.
What careers can follow an IT Operations Engineer role?
Possible paths include senior or lead IT operations engineering, site reliability engineering, cloud engineering, infrastructure architecture, platform engineering, and IT operations leadership.
Where can I find IT Operations Engineer jobs paying $100,000 or more?
Search Ladders for IT Operations Engineer roles and related technology opportunities. Ladders features vetted professional jobs with salaries of $100,000 or more.