Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Remote, United States

About Blumira and Our Culture

Blumira is the security operations platform built for growing teams and partners supporting them, integrating comprehensive visibility, tools, and expert guidance to give IT and security teams peace of mind from knowing they never have to go it alone. Every business needs strong security and deserves tools built for them, not just the largest enterprises. In helping them, we help their customers, and, overall, make the Internet a safer place.
Our team is passionate about putting resilience in reach for every organization and team, keeping the business running smoothly and helping teams build their own expertise through daily security practice. To realize our vision, we're looking for inquisitive and driven teammates, like you! Be part of a friendly and supportive team that embraces who you are and offers you the opportunity to help build and scale the Ann Arbor tech security scene and to learn and grow with experienced SaaS security leaders. You will have the ability to make a big impact in the initial build of Blumira’s Engineering organization and take Blumira to the next level!

About the Opportunity

At Blumira, we’re passionate about building software that solves problems. To help us build and improve functional systems that enable our growth, we’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who has fresh ideas and a unique viewpoint, and who enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop solutions. 

Our DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers combine engineering experience with an innate drive to improve existing systems and processes, alongside the creativity needed to solve evolving challenges.  The ideal candidate will be an expert in agility and have a focus on breaking down barriers, deploying automation, and helping the team make meaningful improvements.

Key Responsibilities 

• Design and maintain internal tooling and workflows that improve observability/testing, embedding reliability and automation in every phase of development and deployment
• Automate workflows, streamline CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), and ensure fast, safe, and reliable deployments across environments
• Build, manage, and scale Kubernetes-based microservices infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and IT teams to design and implement automation solutions for infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment
• Deep understanding of the DevOps principles and their implementation in different workflows. Previous experience with CI/CD services (GitLab)
• Design and operate monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions using platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, and OpenTelemetry 

Required Key Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a technical role such as Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer, including participation in an on‑call rotation
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Infrastructure-as-Code tools, especially Terraform 
• Familiarity with incident management, on-call operations, and post-mortem processes
• Hands-on experience with Argo/Flux CD for GitOps-based Kubernetes deployments
• Proficiency in Kubernetes, including architecture, deployments, networking, and troubleshooting
• Proven experience with AWS services and multi-cloud architecture patterns in production environments
• Strong experience with GitLab CI/CD pipeline design, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Experience working with observability tools (e.g., metrics, logging, distributed tracing) and familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, or OpenTelemetry
• Proficiency in Python and Bash for the purpose of scripting, data analysis, and building automation tooling

Bonus

• Start-up experience
• SIEM/EDR/Detection & Response platform experience
• Knowledge of database operations (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and backup/recovery strategies

Perks and Benefits 

• Competitive compensation and stock equity plan
• Unlimited PTO
• A flexible work environment that supports working from home
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as a company sponsored pre-tax retirement savings program

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

This role requires sustained computer use and may involve extended periods of sedentary work.

This position may require occasional travel. The frequency and duration of travel will vary depending on business needs.

Blumira is an inclusive employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.