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.

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