Staff DevOps Engineer, Hands-On, Initiative Leader
Job Description: • *About the Role**- Action1 is looking for a hands-on Staff DevOps Engineer who leads initiatives - not tasks -and drives the technical vision for our DevOps function.- You will partner closely with our IT Operations Lead and take ownership of platform reliability, automation, infrastructure architecture, and deployment strategy.- Your work will define how Action1 scales its cloud platform over the next several years.**Architecture & Technical Leadership**- Own the end-to-end DevOps function: set standards, define the roadmap, and deliver multi-quarter improvements to infrastructure, automation, and reliability.- Architect and evolve our AWS ecosystem - multi-region, multi-account, secure by default, resilient, and cost efficient.- Lead major infrastructure initiatives from design through production rollout with minimal oversight.- Build and mature our delivery ecosystem: CI/CD pipelines, automated validations, and safe rollout mechanisms.- Treat infrastructure as a product: develop reusable IaC modules, enforce consistency across environments, and provide self-service tooling to engineering teams.**Automation, Tooling & Engineering Excellence**- Develop and maintain automation frameworks, IaC libraries, and internal tooling that reduce operational load and improve consistency.- Eliminate repetitive work through automation and thoughtful systems design.- Champion DevOps and SRE best practices across engineering.**Reliability, Observability & Incident Management**- Act as Incident Commander for high-severity production incidents.- Implement and evolve observability across logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and alerting systems.- Apply SRE principles to drive reliability improvements and prevent recurrence of systemic issues.- Introduce and maintain Chaos Engineering practices to validate real-world resilience.**Security, Compliance & Governance**- Build and maintain a secure-by-default cloud environment: IAM, segmentation, secrets management, encryption, and auditability.- Integrate compliance frameworks into deployment pipelines and infrastructure processes.- Ensure all infrastructure changes and systems conform to modern cloud security standards.**Collaboration, Influence & Mentorship**- Partner with Engineering, QA, and Security leadership to anticipate operational needs and shape long-term platform strategy.- Mentor engineers and promote high standards for system design, reliability, and operational discipline.- Proactively propose and drive improvements. Requirements: • *What You Bring****Experience & Leadership**- 8–10+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles supporting production SaaS environments.- Proven track record leading significant technical initiatives with measurable outcomes.- Deep architectural expertise in distributed systems, AWS, and cloud-native infrastructure.- Strong ownership mindset and the ability to operate independently at Staff IC level.**Cloud, Infrastructure, and Automation Expertise**- Advanced AWS knowledge.- Strong programming or scripting skills in Python or Node.- Expert-level IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation.- Strong CI/CD design experience.**Security, Reliability & Compliance**- Solid foundation in cloud security principles.- Familiarity with SOC 2 and ISO frameworks.- Experience leading complex incident responses.**Work Style & Personal Attributes**- Highly autonomous.- Strong communicator capable of influencing engineering decisions across teams.- Comfortable with fast-moving priorities and ambiguity.- Based in the United States and willing to participate in on-call rotation. Benefits: • *What We Offer:**- **Fully remote work, giving you the flexibility you need in the modern world**- A multitude of interesting challenges and opportunities.- Non-stop professional growth and learning of new technologies.- Stable income and flexible working hours, opportunities for promotion.- Friendly and professional peers. Apply tot his job