DevOps Engineer
Company: Luminas Advisors
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Remote / Hybrid (New York, NY)
Category: Engineering
Salary Range: $130,000 – $170,000 / year (Dependent on experience)
About Us
Luminas Advisors is a technology-driven advisory firm delivering high-impact digital solutions and data-driven platforms. We build, scale, and optimize systems that power business-critical operations for our clients, placing reliability, security, and velocity at the core of our engineering practices.
Role Overview
We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and core developer platform. In this role, you will collaborate closely with full-stack and backend engineering teams to ensure high availability, scalability, security, and automated deployments across our environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Provision, manage, and scale multi-environment cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- CI/CD Pipelines: Build, optimize, and maintain automated continuous integration and deployment workflows using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Manage containerized applications using Docker and maintain orchestrated clusters using Kubernetes or ECS.
- Monitoring & Observability: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch.
- Security & Compliance: Enforce cloud security best practices, IAM policy configurations, vulnerability scanning, and automated patch management (OWASP, SOC 2 compliance).
- Reliability & Performance: Participate in incident response, perform root-cause analysis (RCA), and maintain high uptime and system resilience across all production platforms.
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 3+ years of professional DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
- Cloud Architecture: Deep expertise with major cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), including networking (VPCs, VPNs, DNS), security, and storage services.
- Automation & Scripting: Strong scripting capabilities in Python, Bash, or Go for system automation and workflow tooling.
- Containers: Production experience with Docker containerization and Kubernetes cluster management.
- Infrastructure as Code: Proven track record of managing production environments using Terraform or standard IaC frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
- Active AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer professional certification.
- Experience managing PostgreSQL / MongoDB database clusters and caching layers (Redis).
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and zero-downtime deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary).
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive base salary with annual performance bonus.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance options.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching.
- Flexible remote/hybrid work schedule with a home office setup stipend.
- Unlimited / Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and company holidays.
- Annual learning and development stipend for cloud certifications and technical training.
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