DevOps Engineer

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.