Senior DevOps Engineer

Aerospike is a real-time database company serving mission-critical workloads, including machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI. The Senior DevOps Engineer will build and evolve infrastructure across cloud platforms, Kubernetes, networking, automation, security, and developer experience while improving reliability, scalability, efficiency, and operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, and similar technologies to automate provisioning, configuration, security policies, and infrastructure management
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and containerized environments, including automated deployment, scaling, reliability, and lifecycle management
• Manage and evolve cloud infrastructure and networking across multiple environments to support engineering teams
• Design and maintain shared networking services including DNS, API gateways, routing, and related infrastructure, while partnering with Security to implement and enforce network security controls
• Build tools, automation, and internal platforms that improve the developer experience, reduce operational toil, and allow engineers to focus on building great products
• Architect and manage multi-cloud deployment strategies designed for redundancy, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and geographic resilience
• Balance multi-cloud resiliency with thoughtful cost optimization, including cross-cloud data transfer and infrastructure redundancy
• Design and implement secure secrets management solutions for credentials, API keys, certificates, and other sensitive information
• Continuously improve cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, security practices, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
• Partner closely with Engineering, Security, and Operations to establish scalable DevOps practices aligned with business and engineering objectives
• Document architecture, design decisions, operational procedures, and cost optimization strategies to make systems easier to understand, operate, and scale
• Take ownership of complex infrastructure challenges and proactively identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and improve the way engineering operates

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, or a related discipline
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and a strong understanding of cloud services and architecture
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, VLANs, subnetting, routing, and network architecture
• Experience with firewall configurations and cloud security groups
• Experience with modern CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI
• Experience with cloud security automation and security best practices
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar infrastructure automation technologies
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and distributed systems
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Security, and Operations
• Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and initiative in establishing DevOps infrastructure, automation, and processes
• A strong desire to learn and stay current with evolving cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, and security technologies
• Experience designing and operating multi-cloud environments
• Strong experience with cloud networking and distributed infrastructure
• Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost
• Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or automation focused on improving developer productivity and experience
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification
• AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure certifications