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Senior SRE/DevOps Engineer

Cyclops Security Solutions Ltd.
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/18/2025

Come join the first and only Continuous AI Cyber Security Risk Management Platform that empowers enterprises to make better decisions and focus their mitigation efforts on what matters most. Our mission is to maximize the potential of the Organization's security stack with the power of AI. We gather and analyze complex security and non-security data to provide clear, actionable insights that help businesses prioritize and address their most critical risks.

Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.

Job Description

As our first Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure and processes that support our products and engineering teams. You will be a hands-on leader, building robust CI / CD pipelines, ensuring high availability and scalability of systems, and championing best practices for automation, observability, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Infrastructure Ownership : Design, build, and manage scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-based infrastructure (AWS preferred).
  • CI / CD Pipelines : Develop and maintain automated build, test, and deployment pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software releases.
  • Monitoring and Observability : Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure system health and reliability.
  • Incident Management : Lead incident response, postmortems, and remediation to minimize downtime and prevent recurrence.
  • Cost Optimization : Monitor and optimize cloud resources to balance performance with cost efficiency.
  • Security Best Practices : Ensure robust cloud and infrastructure security.
  • Collaboration : Work closely with engineering teams to embed DevOps principles in development workflows.
  • Scalability : Ensure infrastructure can scale to support our growing user base and product portfolio.
  • Documentation : Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, processes, and tools.
  • Leadership : Define the DevOps strategy, build processes, and (in the future) help hire and mentor additional team members.

Requirements

  • Experience : 5 years in DevOps, SRE, or a similar role, preferably in a startup or SaaS environment.
  • Cloud Expertise : Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
  • CI / CD : Deep experience with CI / CD tools (GitHub Actions preferred)
  • Containerization & Orchestration : Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
  • Monitoring Tools : Experience with tools like DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent for observability.
  • Programming Skills : Proficiency in scripting and automation
  • Problem Solver : Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
  • Collaboration : Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Security Awareness : Knowledge of security principles and best practices in DevOps workflows.
  • Nice to Have

  • Experience with tools like Snowflake, DBT in data engineering pipelines.
  • Why join cyclops?

  • Impact : Be the first DevOps / SRE in the company and shape the infrastructure from the ground up.
  • Innovation : Work on cutting-edge cybersecurity products in a fast-growing industry.
  • Growth : Opportunity to lead and build a team as the company scales.
  • Culture : Innovative, and growth-oriented engineering team that values creativity, ownership, and the pursuit of excellence.
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