Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Hybrid (Chicago, IL)

Industry: FinTech

About Us:

An innovative and fast-growing FinTech company is transforming the financial landscape with cutting-edge technology. We are looking for a skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. This hybrid role is based in Chicago, offering a collaborative and challenging environment where you’ll work with a team of forward-thinking engineers to help optimize our infrastructure and deployment processes. If you're passionate about DevOps and thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Automation: Design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Develop, implement, and optimize Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines to ensure seamless and reliable deployments.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Implement monitoring solutions for infrastructure and applications, troubleshooting issues to ensure optimal performance and uptime.
• Security & Compliance: Partner with security and compliance teams to enforce best practices for system hardening, vulnerability management, and disaster recovery plans.
• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, engineers, and other teams to streamline the release process, ensure high code quality, and optimize application performance.
• Cloud Environment Management: Manage, optimize, and scale cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP, ensuring cost-effective usage of cloud resources.
• Automation and Scripting: Write scripts to automate operational tasks, including infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and incident response.
• Incident Response & Root Cause Analysis: Lead post-mortem analysis for critical incidents, creating actionable plans to prevent future occurrences.
• Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior DevOps engineers and help them grow their skills in cloud technologies, automation, and DevOps best practices.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 5 years of experience in DevOps or related roles, ideally within a FinTech or cloud-native environment.
• Technical Skills:
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.).
• Deep understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog).
• Strong experience with Linux/Unix systems, networking, and scripting (Bash, Python, etc.).
• Experience with version control tools (Git) and configuration management.
• Strong Communication Skills: Ability to collaborate across teams and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Security Knowledge: Understanding of security best practices for infrastructure and applications, including encryption, IAM, and vulnerability management.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and come up with efficient solutions under pressure.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferred.

Bonus Points for:

• Experience working in the FinTech industry or with financial applications.
• Familiarity with serverless architectures or edge computing.
• Cloud certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, etc.).
• Knowledge of databases and big data technologies (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, etc.).

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• 401(k) matching.
• Professional development opportunities and career growth.