# Senior DevOps Engineer

**Company:** [Elliptic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/elliptic)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $140k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, amazon eks, Helm, istio, linkerd, GitOps, fluxcd, CircleCI, vault, kyverno, opa, Datadog, kong ai gateway
**Posted:** 2026-08-07

> Build and operate secure, resilient, multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure across AWS environments. The role requires deep Kubernetes and Terraform expertise, GitOps and progressive delivery experience, and familiarity with deploying and securing AI gateway infrastructure.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Kubernetes Platform & Infrastructure
- Engineer, review, and enhance Kubernetes and CNCF-aligned infrastructure.
- Operate and improve multi-cluster, multi-region environments using Istio, Linkerd, Cluster API, and Kyverno.
- Contribute to the DevOps and platform roadmap, including Kubernetes platform evolution, application packaging, migration to EKS, and enabling reliable production delivery.

### AI Gateway
- Contribute to the Kong AI Gateway, including Kubernetes operator setup, dataplane deployments, ACM/SSL integration, and observability through Datadog.

### Delivery & Automation
- Build and maintain progressive delivery pipelines using GitOps, canary releases, and automated releases with Flux and Flagger.
- Manage CircleCI CI pipelines alongside GitOps tooling.
- Maintain infrastructure-as-code and GitOps standards, including automated testing for infrastructure changes.

### Security & Compliance
- Support Zero Trust practices using Vault, service identity, and mTLS-secured meshes.
- Build policy-driven automation using OPA or Kyverno.
- Work with provisioning tools such as Crossplane or ACK for Kubernetes-native cloud integration.

### Collaboration
- Collaborate with Security, Data, and AI teams on DevOps and platform decisions.

## Requirements
- Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience, including cluster lifecycle management, API extensions, Operators, Helm, and the broader CNCF ecosystem.
- Strong Terraform experience, including complex state management and module design across cloud environments.
- Experience designing and operating multi-cluster, multi-region Kubernetes platforms with service meshes such as Istio, Consul, or Linkerd.
- Experience with policy-based workload placement.
- Experience implementing GitOps pipelines with ArgoCD or FluxCD for progressive delivery, drift correction, and multi-environment releases.
- Working knowledge of LLM-based services and AI infrastructure, including deploying, securing, and operating AI gateways and services.
- Ability to build secure, scalable, and reliable systems in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong ownership, collaboration, adaptability, and data-informed decision-making.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Operator development, CRD automation, eBPF, or Cilium experience.
- Policy-as-code using OPA or Kyverno within secure supply-chain frameworks.
- Exposure to AI-driven internal developer platforms or predictive observability using AI/LLMs.
- Datadog experience for observability, dashboards, and monitoring pipeline integrations.
- Contributions to open-source or CNCF community projects.

## Compensation & Benefits
- $650 remote work budget for home-office setup.
- $1,000 annual Learning & Development budget.
- 25 days of annual leave plus 8 US public holidays.
- Birthday leave.
- 16 weeks of fully paid enhanced parental leave for eligible employees.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous premium contributions.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Mental health support through Spill.
- Hybrid work, with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.

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