Sr. DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code to rapidly spin up and manage environments (dev, test, staging, production).
• Own and evolve our Kubernetes platform (AWS EKS) with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Use Helm to package, version, and deploy Kubernetes applications consistently.
• Implement and manage Karpenter for dynamic cluster autoscaling and efficient node provisioning.
• Build and maintain Docker-based container images, optimizing for security, performance, and reproducibility.
• Manage container image storage and promotion using Amazon ECR.
• Drive GitOps workflows with FluxCD or equivalent to automate deployments and maintain environment parity.
• Define and enforce Git workflows and branching strategies that support fast iteration without sacrificing stability.
• Create automated deployment pipelines that support seamless promotion across environments.
• Partner closely with software engineers to remove friction from the development process and improve developer experience.
• Anticipate scaling and reliability needs by reviewing application architecture and usage patterns early.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, jumping in where needed to unblock teams.
• Improve security, observability, monitoring, backups, and disaster recovery as the platform grows.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, laboratory, and IT teams to continuously improve systems and processes.
• Take ownership of complex problems, make pragmatic decisions, and help set the technical direction of DevOps.
• Exemplify expert knowledge of the subject matter.
• Provide coaching and/or mentoring to other engineers as the team scales.

Requirements

• Possess 6+ years of DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering experience, ideally in fast-moving environments.
• Possess strong hands-on experience with AWS.
• Azure/GCP Cloud experience is a plus.
• Exemplify production experience running Kubernetes, preferably EKS.
• Possess practical hands-on experience with Helm, Karpenter or equivalent, and Kubernetes autoscaling strategies.
• Exemplify a strong background in Docker and containerization, including image creation and lifecycle management.
• Demonstrate experience with container registries such as Amazon ECR.
• Demonstrate hands-on experience implementing GitOps using FluxCD or similar tools.
• Possess a solid understanding of Git, branching strategies, and repository hygiene.
• Exemplify experience building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Possess working knowledge of AWS account management, cloud security, IAM, and secure CI/CD practices.
• Possess strong networking fundamentals in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Possess the ability to communicate clearly, move quickly, and ability to make technical decisions with limited information.
• Possess the ability to multitask and thrive in an agile, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient.

Core Values

• Integrity – act with honesty and transparency.
• Agility – embrace ideas with speed and flexibility.
• Passion – commit to excellence to transform GI health.
• Curiosity – take the initiative to ask questions and challenge the status quo.
• Diversity – act with positive intent through strong collaboration and teamwork.