Senior DevOps Engineer

What are we looking for? We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own and evolve MDClone’s deployment and delivery platform. In this role, you will improve release reliability, Kubernetes operations, and infrastructure automation across customer environments (including air-gapped deployments) and our internal engineering platforms. This is a hands-on senior role with strong technical ownership, cross-team influence, and operational leadership as needed. Your key responsibilities will be: Architect, operate, and troubleshoot Kubernetes-based deployments across Rancher , OpenShift , and managed Kubernetes environments such as AKS, EKS, and GKE. Own infrastructure automation and environment provisioning using Infrastructure-as-Code, preferably Terraform. Build and improve CI/CD and release engineering, including artifact and version management, quality gates, repeatable deployments, and automation. Strengthen platform security through standardized controls and disciplined operational practices (secure distribution, credential rotation, least-privilege access, auditability). Drive operational excellence and service reliability through observability, incident response, incident reviews, and operational runbooks. Collaborate cross-functionally to remove deployment friction and enable successful go-lives across R&D, QA, Systems/IT, and Delivery teams. Participate in operational support and escalation handling, including time-sensitive debugging and recovery activities as needed. Provide technical mentorship and guidance across the team through design reviews, best practices, knowledge sharing, and raising engineering standards. Professional Qualifications: 5+ years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles with production-grade ownership. Proven ability to design and deliver end-to-end deployment and operational solutions (architecture, standards, and execution). Strong Kubernetes experience in production (cluster operations, networking, storage, workload lifecycle). Experience operating Kubernetes in production across multiple distributions and managed services (e.g., Rancher, OpenShift, AKS/EKS/GKE). Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and environment automation, preferably Terraform. Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and release automation, including artifact and version management, quality gates, and repeatable deployments. Strong Linux expertise and solid networking fundamentals, including troubleshooting, performance, and security. Strong automation skills, including Python and shell scripting. Experience with configuration management (Ansible or equivalent). Experience building and operating observability stacks for production environments, including ECK / Elastic Stack. Strong proficiency with Git and modern branching and merging workflows(pull/merge requests, conflict resolution, rebasing/merging, tags/releases). Excellent written and spoken English is required for collaboration with global teams and customers. Advantages: Experience with constrained or regulated environments, including air-gapped deployments, healthcare, federal environments, and FIPS-aligned security controls. Experience with open lakehouse architectures, including Trino, Iceberg, and object storage. Multi-cloud experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Personal Skills: Proven ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, iterative development environment. Strong ownership mindset and pragmatic problem-solving approach. Excellent troubleshooting skills; calm under pressure. Fast learner with a drive to continuously improve systems through automation and standardization. Outside-of-the-box thinker