Remote Senior DevOps Engineer

EasyPost is seeking a highly experienced and skilled Senior Engineer to work with our DevOps team. This role will be involved in designing, building, and optimizing our cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability in a multi-Cloud environment. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud platforms and a strong background in DevOps and automation. A heavy emphasis will be placed on establishing appropriate governance and guardrails for our Engineering team to rely on as the company shifts more of its platform to the Cloud. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: o Design and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or AWS CloudFormation. o Drive efforts to optimize cloud environments for performance, cost-efficiency, and security. o Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure resilient, secure, and scalable platform services. o Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring (Infrastructure-as-Code). o Support the adoption of cloud-native technologies, including containerization, serverless architectures, and microservices. o Implement and evangelize cloud security best practices, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. o Monitor cloud infrastructure and respond to incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and quick recovery. o Lead capacity planning, performance tuning, and disaster recovery strategies for cloud systems. o Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance and technical expertise to support their growth and development. o Stay up-to-date with emerging cloud technologies and trends, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Minimum Education & Experience Qualifications: o Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field o 7+ years of related experience. o AWS & Azure expertise in an infrastructure or DevOps capacity. GCP is a plus. o Experience managing and automating Linux and Windows Server environments (2016 and newer). o Strong proficiency in cloud automation tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates) and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles. o Strong skills in configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet) and scripting in PowerShell, Python. o Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes). o Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring. o Solid understanding of networking, security, and cloud governance principles. o Experience with modern monitoring/logging frameworks (e.g., ELK, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Fluentd, Datadog, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor). o Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex technical challenges, identify solutions, and implement them effectively. o Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. o Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator Associate, Google Professional Cloud Architect are a plus.

EasyPost is a YC unicorn whose mission is to make shipping simple for businesses, from garage startups to the Fortune 500. Shipping, now more than ever, is the backbone of the global economy, but integrating the technology-enabled operations of a modern business with the low-tech and complex shipping industry has always been a challenge. EasyPost solves this problem with the first developer-friendly REST API for shipping, and we continue to push boundaries and discover new ways to simplify shipping for all.