Senior DevOps Engineer

Modern Campus provides technology that supports institutions across the modern learner journey. The Senior DevOps Engineer will build, operate, and improve AWS- and Azure-based cloud infrastructure supporting higher education products, with a focus on Kubernetes, automation, reliability, and security. The role owns infrastructure initiatives through production operation, partners with Development and Information Security, mentors engineers, contributes to technical direction, and participates in on-call support.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure, including production workloads on Amazon EKS and ECS/Fargate
• Own infrastructure projects through design, testing, deployment, rollback planning, documentation, and operational handoff
• Develop infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and reusable platform capabilities using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Argo CD
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines and automation, partnering with Development on application modernization, scaling, validation, production readiness, and rollback procedures
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across operating systems, networking, containers, application runtimes, and database dependencies
• Improve monitoring, performance, and cost efficiency; implement security controls in partnership with Information Security; maintain platform upgrades and patching, and test backup restoration and disaster recovery procedures
• Contribute to technical standards and design reviews, mentor engineers, and work with management to prioritize risks and improvements
• Participate in the on-call rotation, lead incident diagnosis, and carry out planned maintenance. Communicate clearly during incidents and use follow-up work, automation, and runbooks to reduce recurring issues

Requirements:

• Substantial infrastructure and DevOps experience, typically eight or more years in infrastructure and five or more years in automation-focused roles, or equivalent demonstrated expertise
• Strong hands-on production Kubernetes experience, including upgrades, networking, access controls, scaling, and troubleshooting
• Strong AWS experience across networking, IAM, compute, storage, load balancing, and managed databases
• Practical experience with Terraform, containers, Helm, and Git-based deployment workflows, including building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or comparable tools
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including DNS, HTTP/TLS, and system performance
• Strong practical networking and troubleshooting skills, including routing, firewalls, and secure connectivity such as site-to-site VPNs or SSH tunnels
• Ability to write maintainable automation in Python, Go, PowerShell, or another suitable language, alongside shell scripting
• Experience diagnosing application and database issues using metrics, logs, traces, and monitoring tools
• Demonstrated ability to independently deliver complex work, make safe production changes, and communicate technical decisions across teams
• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Amazon EKS experience is strongly preferred
• Technical leadership across teams, including architecture, standards, mentoring, and adoption of shared capabilities
• Modernizing established applications and building self-service tooling
• Experience with Argo CD or Ansible
• Experience supporting technologies such as Windows, Java/JVM, web servers, relational databases, Kafka/MSK, or OpenSearch
• Experience with Microsoft Azure or assessing and integrating unfamiliar infrastructure through acquisitions or migrations
• Experience with Keycloak or similar identity platforms, including single sign-on integrations using SAML or OpenID Connect
• AI-assisted engineering and operational automation with appropriate testing, review, and access controls