DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure) – Remote | U.S. Hours Position Type: Full-Time, Remote

Working Hours: U.S. Client Business Hours (flexibility for deployments, incidents, and on-call rotations)

About the Role At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring a DevOps Engineer to build, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and automation systems.

This role is focused on:

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes & containerization

Monitoring & reliability

Infrastructure automation

Security & scalability

You’ll work closely with engineering teams to ensure systems are:

Secure

Reliable

Scalable

Fast to deploy

If you enjoy automating infrastructure, improving deployment workflows, and solving production-scale reliability challenges, this role is a strong fit.

What You’ll Own Cloud Infrastructure & Infrastructure-as-Code (Core Focus) Provision and manage infrastructure on:

AWS

GCP

Azure

Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using:

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Configure:

Networking

Compute resources

Storage systems

Scaling environments

Optimize infrastructure reliability and cost efficiency

CI/CD Pipeline Automation Build and maintain pipelines using:

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Automate:

Builds

Testing

Deployments

Support:

Zero-downtime deployments

Rollback strategies

Multi-environment deployments

Containerization & Kubernetes Manage:

Docker containers

Kubernetes clusters

Deploy and support microservices environments

Monitor cluster health and performance

Optimize containerized workloads for:

Performance

Scalability

Reliability

Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response Implement observability tools such as:

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

New Relic

Configure:

Logging pipelines

Alerts

Monitoring dashboards

Participate in:

Incident response

Root cause analysis

On-call rotations

Security & Compliance Apply cloud security best practices:

IAM

Least privilege access

Encryption

Support compliance initiatives:

SOC 2

HIPAA

PCI

GDPR

Run vulnerability scans and proactive patching

Automation & Collaboration Partner with developers to improve deployment workflows

Eliminate bottlenecks through automation

Document:

Infrastructure

Pipelines

Operational runbooks

Continuously improve reliability and deployment speed

What Makes You a Strong Fit You enjoy solving infrastructure and automation challenges

You stay calm during incidents and troubleshoot methodically

You care deeply about reliability, scalability, and security

You proactively automate repetitive operational work

You collaborate effectively with engineering teams

Required Experience & Skills 3+ years of experience in:

DevOps

SRE

Infrastructure engineering

Strong experience with:

AWS, GCP, or Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Experience with:

Infrastructure-as-Code

Monitoring systems

Deployment automation

Strong understanding of:

Cloud networking

System reliability

Production infrastructure

Nice to Have Strong Terraform or Pulumi expertise

Experience in:

SaaS

Fintech

Healthcare

Enterprise applications

Exposure to:

Serverless architecture

AWS Lambda

Cloud Functions

Cloud or DevOps certifications:

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

CKA

Kubernetes certifications

What a Typical Day Looks Like Monitor infrastructure and production systems

Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows

Provision or modify infrastructure with Terraform

Troubleshoot deployment or performance issues

Collaborate with developers on scaling and reliability

Review logs, alerts, and system metrics

Update documentation and operational runbooks

In short:

You ensure infrastructure stays automated, scalable, secure, and reliable while enabling fast and safe product delivery.

Key Metrics (KPIs) Deployment speed and reliability

System uptime (99.9%+ target)

Reduced incident recovery time (MTTR)

Infrastructure cost optimization

Developer satisfaction with deployment workflows

Automation and operational efficiency improvements

Why This Role Stands Out High ownership over cloud infrastructure and automation

Work on modern DevOps and Kubernetes environments

Direct impact on scalability and engineering velocity

Opportunity to grow into:

Senior DevOps Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Remote flexibility with strong technical exposure

Interview Process Initial Phone Screen

Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter

Technical Task (CI/CD or Terraform-based assessment)

Client Interview with Engineering Leadership

Offer & Background Verification

Apply Now If you:

Enjoy infrastructure automation and cloud engineering

Have strong DevOps and CI/CD experience

Thrive in reliability-focused environments

Want ownership over scalable cloud systems

This role is a strong fit for experienced DevOps and infrastructure professionals.