DevOps / IaC Engineer
Alignerr · Seattle, WA · 2 days ago
RemoteRemoteEngineering$25/hrContract
About the role
Flexible workload — work from anywhere, on your own schedule
High impact — your craft directly improves models used by top AI labs & Fortune 500 teams
Clear ownership — know exactly what success looks like and have autonomy to deliver
Growth potential — consistent high performers spearhead new programs and mentor incoming SMEs
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) for AI development pipelines.
- Automate infrastructure using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
- Monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Identify and resolve infrastructure bottlenecks or deployment issues.
- Summarize your troubleshooting, design, and optimization decisions clearly and concisely.
Requirements
- Fluent in English with strong writing and communication skills.
- Expertise in DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC): containers (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.).
- 3–5 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or SRE roles is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree (or pursuing one) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Master's or PhD preferred.
- Deep interest in AI/ML infrastructure, cloud computing, or secure system design.
- 4+ years of professional experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure roles with a focus on IaC.
- Deep hands-on experience with Terraform (preferred), Pulumi, or AWS CloudFormation.
- Proficiency with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP acceptable).
- Strong understanding of networking, IAM, VPCs, security groups, and resource policies.
- Comfortable writing modular, DRY IaC, and using state management practices responsibly.
Qualifications
None specified
Skills
- Terraform (preferred)
- Pulumi
- AWS CloudFormation
- Networking
- IAM
- VPCs
- Security groups
- Resource policies
Benefits
None specified
Pay
\$25 – \$100 per hour
Schedule
Full-time, fully remote & asynchronous (min. 15 hrs/week)