Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer - Remote

Kforce Inc is seeking a Remote Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer to join their global technology organization. This role involves designing and operating scalable cloud infrastructure, collaborating with product and engineering teams, and enhancing CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and operate scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure for a major SaaS platform
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering to translate ambiguity into clear milestones and progress
• Lead lightweight standups or async check-ins and manage work tracking in Jira with strong acceptance criteria
• Support and optimize cloud-native microservices environments
• Implement automation, robust monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Own and enhance CI/CD pipelines to drive efficiency and deployment velocity
• Strengthen systems with industry-standard security best practices
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations for mission-critical environments
• Proactively identify potential infrastructure issues and implement preventative solutions
• Manage Linux (and optionally Windows) environments at scale
• Continuously assess existing systems and recommend improvements
• Partner with multiple agile teams to deliver end-to-end features from concept to launch
• Act as DRI for assigned initiatives, ensuring delivery and cross-functional alignment
• Support operational excellence including incident response, patching, and reliability initiatives

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role
• Experience running standups or async workflows with well-defined acceptance criteria
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or TravisCI
• Deep hands-on expertise with cloud technologies: Compute (EC2, VMs), load balancing, auto-scaling; Cloud storage (S3, Blob); Container services (ECS), Kubernetes (EKS); IAM and VPC networking
• Familiarity with configuration management (Ansible, Chef)
• Strong foundational networking knowledge including subnetting, routing, and VPC design
• Solid system administration background (Linux required, Windows optional)
• Proficiency with monitoring and observability tooling such as Datadog, PagerDuty, and CloudWatch
• Proficient with Git or similar version control systems
• Strong communication skills; Able to deliver crisp updates tailored to any audience
• Skilled in coaching and unblocking others without formal authority
• Strong scripting abilities with Bash and Python
• Proven ability to turn ambiguous work into structured plans with clear owners and dates