Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS Cloud Platform)

Position Overview

SmartSuite is an enterprise, AI-powered work management platform founded by the original creator of ArcherIRM. We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS Cloud Platform) to own and evolve our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability stack. Must live in the Kansas City area. Join a product-obsessed team that values innovation, collaboration, and real ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Maintain AWS Infrastructure: Own and manage the AWS environment using Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform and/or CloudFormation) and reusable modules.
• Lead CI/CD Automation: Build, operate, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment for microservices and applications.
• Develop Observability Stack: Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and performance.
• Collaborate with Developers: Work closely with development teams to troubleshoot infrastructure issues, optimize performance, and refine deployment practices.
• Strengthen Security & Compliance: Manage AWS security controls including IAM, VPC configurations, security groups, and contribute to broader security and audit initiatives.
• Support Containerized Workloads: Operate containerized systems (Docker, ECS) and support distributed messaging/streaming systems such as SQS and Kafka.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement initiatives to improve scalability, cost efficiency, automation, and developer experience.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in a DevOps, Platform, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure role with significant production environment ownership.
• Hands-on experience operating and scaling a multi-tenant SaaS platform in production.
• Deep AWS expertise including ECS, Lambda, VPC, S3, IAM, SQS, and CloudWatch.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred; CloudFormation a plus).
• Strong background in CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration with Docker and ECS (EKS/Kubernetes experience is a plus).
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, or Bash) and excellent communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in or with highly regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare).
• Exposure to AI/ML workloads or event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with security frameworks or compliance standards such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.

Benefits & Perks

• High Impact: Own a mission-critical cloud platform that drives workflows for thousands of organizations.
• Modern, AI-Driven Stack: Work with cutting-edge technologies including generative AI, automation, and native integrations.
• Strong Engineering Culture: Join a collaborative team that values ownership, quality, and continuous learning.
• Make a significant impact while contributing to the scaling and evolution of a growing product.