[Hiring] Senior DevOps Engineer REMOTE USA
Position: Senior DevOps Engineer
Date Posted: 03 February 2026
Industry: Technology / Event Technology / Cloud Infrastructure
Employment Type: Full Time
Experience: 5–8+ years
Qualification: Estimated Qualification like Bachelor Degree holder, Diploma/Degree/Certificate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
Location: United States, REMOTE
Company: Leap Event Technology
Description:
Leap Event Technology is a remote-friendly company transforming the event technology landscape by enabling organizers to deliver highly engaging and data-driven experiences. Our platform combines ticketing, mobile apps, experiential marketing, and patron management tools, supported by expert marketing services, to drive maximum engagement and capture attendee data. Iconic brands such as New York Comic Con, Bonnaroo, Illuminarium, and the NHL trust us to power their events.
About The Role:
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead and mentor our DevOps team, ensuring best practices in automation, monitoring, and incident response. This hands-on leadership role involves architecting and managing enterprise-scale AWS infrastructure, expanding infrastructure-as-code, and guiding cloud-native operations while partnering closely with engineering and security teams.
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with the Director of DevOps and make informed decisions independently in high-pressure situations
• Lead and mentor DevOps team members to implement best practices in automation, monitoring, and incident response
• Architect, implement, and manage AWS infrastructure using cloud-native patterns
• Maintain and expand infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible
• Manage multiple Kubernetes clusters for enterprise-scale applications
• Implement and optimize observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog
• Partner with Engineering and QA teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and release management
• Maintain strong documentation, clear Jira tickets, and runbooks to support execution
• Drive modern DevOps and SRE practices including GitOps, immutable infrastructure, auto-scaling, and blue/green & canary deployments
• Support disaster recovery planning, capacity management, and compliance requirements (PCI DSS, SOC 2)
Experience & Skills:
• 5–8+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering
• Strong AWS expertise (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, Route53, etc.)
• Proven experience with Terraform in production environments
• Solid hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and container orchestration patterns
• Experience with Datadog or equivalent observability stacks (Prometheus, New Relic, etc.)
• Ability to remain effective and decisive during incidents, outages, and critical releases
• Strong technical writing and organizational skills for Jira tickets, runbooks, and postmortems
• Familiarity with modern DevOps/SRE principles: CI/CD, immutable infrastructure, monitoring-first culture, GitOps, automated testing, and secrets management
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Prior experience mentoring junior DevOps engineers or leading small teams
Bonus Skills:
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid architectures
• Exposure to database performance and scaling (MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL)
• Knowledge of security automation tools (Vault, AWS Security Hub)
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (PCI DSS, SOC 2)
Benefits:
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and voluntary benefits
• Generous PTO and paid parental leave (after 12 months of continuous employment)
• 401K match
• $200 event reimbursement
• Access to 360 Learning, a world-class learning and development platform
• Optional office presence in Montréal (CAN), Dallas (U.S.), or Sydney (AUS) with snacks, drinks, weekly lunch, monthly travel stipend, and themed events
Leap Event Technology embraces diversity and provides equal opportunity regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
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