Senior DevOps Engineer IV

Availity is a pioneering healthcare technology company focused on transforming the future of healthcare. The Senior DevOps Engineer IV will lead the design and management of cloud-native infrastructure and container orchestration platforms, primarily focusing on Kubernetes and AWS EKS, while ensuring operational excellence and reliability across critical workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters, primarily on AWS EKS
• Build and maintain containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes best practices
• Define and enforce standards for containerization, deployment patterns, and cluster operations
• Implement scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant platform architectures
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Develop reusable modules and automation frameworks to enable self-service infrastructure
• Drive infrastructure standardization, cost optimization, and performance improvements
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support containerized application delivery
• Integrate automated testing, security scanning, and deployment strategies (blue/green, canary)
• Enable development teams with tooling, templates, and best practices for DevOps adoption
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for Kubernetes workloads and infrastructure
• Define SLOs/SLIs and drive improvements in system reliability and performance
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and continuous improvement efforts
• Ensure Kubernetes and cloud environments meet security and compliance standards
• Implement secure configurations, access controls, and audit capabilities
• Partner with InfoSec teams to manage risk and compliance initiatives
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, providing technical guidance and career development support
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects and cross-functional teams to define platform strategy
• Contribute to technical documentation, architecture reviews, and internal knowledge sharing
• Leading Kubernetes (EKS) platform strategy and operational excellence initiatives
• Driving containerization and modernization efforts across applications
• Partnering with engineering teams to optimize deployment and runtime performance
• Supporting incident response and participating in on-call rotations
• Continuously improving automation, observability, and reliability capabilities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in cloud, DevOps, or platform engineering roles
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes including production cluster operations
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker
• Deep experience with AWS, including Amazon EKS
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation)
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or similar)
• Strong scripting and automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Experience with Git-based workflows and version control best practices
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies
• Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and root cause analysis experience
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes-specific certifications such as CKA/CKAD)
• Experience implementing security best practices for Kubernetes (RBAC, network policies, secrets management)
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid Kubernetes environments