Senior Devops Engineer

Platform9 is the leader in simplifying enterprise Private Clouds. Founded by a team of VMware cloud pioneers, we are dedicated to transforming IT operations. Our flagship product, Private Cloud Director, turns your existing hardware into a full-featured, future-ready private cloud. We innovate across what we build and how we deliver it, staying focused on a next-generation, open private cloud while holding ourselves to one standard: exceptional customer outcomes.

Enterprises are selecting Platform9 to replace legacy virtualization because it eliminates operational risk and complexity. Private Cloud Director is designed for the experienced infrastructure team, offering a familiar GUI experience for managing VMs and containers, seamless integration with your existing hardware and third-party storage, and critical enterprise features (HA/DR, scale, reliability) built-in. This enables IT teams to gain robust API control and a user experience they trust—rooted in customer obsession and an owner’s mindset. We share context quickly and candidly to keep decisions moving.

With over 30,000 nodes in production at some of the world’s largest enterprises including Cloudera, EBSCO, Juniper Networks, and Rackspace, Platform9 is the proven path to achieving true vendor independence operational consistency. We are an inclusive, globally distributed company backed by prominent investors, supported by a partner ecosystem of resellers, systems integrators, MSPs, and technology vendors committed to driving private cloud innovation and efficiency. Our values—innovation, customer obsession, ownership, radical candor, and excellence—guide how we build and support every deployment.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. You will be working closely with our engineering team to automate deployments, manage infrastructure as code, and troubleshoot production issues.

This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the success of a rapidly growing company. We offer a fast-paced and collaborative work environment where you will have the opportunity to learn and grow your skills.

Responsibilities

* Design, implement, and maintain our cloud infrastructure on AWS, including Kubernetes clusters, OpenStack environments, and supporting services.

* Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools like Terraform.

* Implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and other relevant tools.

* Develop and maintain internal tooling and scripts to improve operational efficiency.

* Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to infrastructure, applications, and performance.

* Collaborate with engineering teams to implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

* Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability of critical services.

* Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends in cloud computing and DevOps.

Qualifications

* 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or SRE role, with a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and operations.

* Extensive experience with Kubernetes, including cluster administration, deployment strategies, and troubleshooting.

* Experience with OpenStack is highly desirable, but not required.

* Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible.

* Strong scripting skills in Python or similar languages.

* Strong programming skills in Golang or similar languages.

* Strong configuration management skills with Salt, Chef or similar languages.

* Experience with Observability tools like Prometheus, Cortex, Grafana, and Loki.

* Experience with CI/CD tools and best practices.

* Experience with administrating and debugging on Linux-based operating systems.

* Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

* Strong communication and collaboration skills.

* Strong incident management experience.

Bonus Points

* Experience with EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).

* Experience with Cluster API, Cluster API Provider for AWS

* Experience with managing on-premise infrastructure.

* Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and AI-powered observability tools.

* Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment.