The ideal candidate combines strong platform engineering skills with software development expertise and possesses the ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues spanning application, infrastructure, networking, operating systems, and cloud services. The engineer will serve as a technical leader, influencing enterprisewide DevOps and platform engineering strategies while driving developer productivity and operational excellence.
Essential Duties & Responsibilitiies
CI/CD Platform Architecture
Design, implement, and evolve enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms supporting multiple engineering teams.
Develop standardized build, test, security scanning, release, and deployment pipelines.
Establish best practices for software delivery, release automation, and deployment governance.
Build reusable pipeline templates, frameworks, and automation libraries.
Implement GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices across environments.
Define deployment strategies including blue-green, canary, rolling, and progressive delivery models.
Drive platform reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability.
AWS Cloud Engineering
Architect and manage cloud-native delivery platforms on AWS.
Design automated deployment solutions leveraging services such as: AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Systems Manager, AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, AWS IAM, Amazon S3, Amazon EventBridge
Optimize cloud infrastructure utilization, cost efficiency, and operational resilience.
Establish secure deployment patterns and environment isolation strategies.
Platform Automation & Software Development
Develop automation frameworks and tooling using Python.
Build internal developer platforms and self-service deployment capabilities.
Create integrations with source control systems, artifact repositories, ticketing systems, security tools, and observability platforms.
Automate operational workflows, compliance checks, environment provisioning, and release processes.
Develop APIs, CLI tools, and automation services supporting engineering teams.
Production Operations & Troubleshooting
Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical production incidents.
Perform root cause analysis across Applications, Containers, Kubernetes clusters, Operating systems, Databases, Build and deployment systems
Resolve deployment failures and infrastructure-related production issues.
Apply deep understanding of operating system internals and distributed systems concepts.
Analyze performance bottlenecks involving CPU utilization, Memory management,
Storage I/O, Process scheduling, Threading, Networking and Container runtimes
Debug complex issues using system-level diagnostics and observability tools.
Support performance tuning and optimization initiatives.
Security & Compliance
Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
Implement automated security scanning and policy enforcement.
Enforce least-privilege access models across cloud and deployment systems.
Partner with security teams to establish secure software supply chain practices.
Drive compliance automation and audit readiness.
Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
10+ years of software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering experience.
5+ years of experience designing and operating enterprise CI/CD platforms.
Extensive experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architectures.
Strong Python programming and software development skills.
Demonstrated experience building automation frameworks and developer tooling.
Deep understanding of Linux operating systems and system internals.
Strong troubleshooting and debugging capabilities in complex distributed environments.
Experience supporting production systems with high availability requirements.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
Additional Information
ELLKAY is committed to fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment that supports innovation, teamwork, and professional growth. Most roles are designed to operate from our office locations to encourage effective collaboration and engagement across teams. Any alternative work arrangements may be considered at the company’s discretion based on role requirements and business needs. For more information about our company, please visit www.ELLKAY.com. ELLKAY is a Smoke-Free Workplace.
ELLKAY, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
