[Remote] Senior DevOps Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Absorb Software is the leading global AI-driven learning platform provider, helping organizations unlock the full potential of their workforce. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will optimize the reliability, scalability, and performance of their cloud-based Learning Management System, working closely with product development and operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Own and operate the production environment, maintaining a holistic view of system health, availability, and performance
- Design, build, and maintain infrastructure and platform systems using automation-first principles
- Proactively create monitors and observability strategies (e.g., Sumo Logic, New Relic, Prometheus) to prevent issues before they occur
- Apply AI tools (Claude, Cursor) to enhance infrastructure operations, including debugging, monitoring, and performance optimization at the system level
- Measure, analyze, and optimize system performance to continuously improve uptime and user experience
- Provide operational support for large, distributed systems, including participation in on-call and incident response
- Diagnose and resolve complex production issues, and mentor others in debugging and troubleshooting approaches
- Partner with engineering teams to improve reliability through testing, release processes, and system design
- Contribute to and influence system architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability
- Participate in capacity planning, platform management, and infrastructure roadmap discussions
- Drive automation and continuous improvement across infrastructure and deployment workflows
- Balance speed and reliability through clear service level objectives (SLOs)
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years in software development, IT, or similar
- 4+ years in DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineering roles
- Strong experience with AWS (Solutions Architect certification is a plus)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, CloudFormation)
- CI/CD systems and deployment pipelines
- Monitoring, observability, and performance tuning
- Scripting experience (PowerShell preferred)
- Experience supporting and optimizing web applications at scale
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance urgency and thoughtful execution
- Ability to work cross-functionally across teams and time zones
- Experience with AI tools (e.g., Claude)
- Windows systems expertise
- Containerization (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)
- CI/CD tooling (Git Lab, Bamboo or similar)
- Familiarity with .NET / C# ecosystem
- Experience working in AWS or Google/Azure environments
Benefits
- Fully remote-first work with flexible work arrangements 🏡
- Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits including retirement savings programs, eligibility for two different bonus plans, generous time off, comprehensive medical and dental benefits based on your country of location 🧘
- New Hire Equipment Allowance and monthly Flex Allowance to support your success 📦
- Endless opportunity for career growth and internal mobility 🌱
- Employee driven DE&I programs 🫶
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