Shift4 · 2 months ago
Lead AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer
OR
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expShift4 is boldly redefining commerce by simplifying complex payments ecosystems across the world. They are seeking a Lead AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for designing and implementing cloud infrastructure, leading a team, and ensuring the reliability and stability of application platforms.
FinanceFinancial ServicesPayments
Responsibilities
Design and implement Cloud infrastructure for our mission critical cloud platforms using AWS technologies and best practices
Lead team of senior and mid-level engineers across disparate geographic locations, manage projects, delegate tasks and mentor others
Implement infrastructure as code capabilities for our complex cloud environments
Ensure the reliability and stability of application platforms by implementing observability, monitoring, alerts and dashboards for critical components
Collaborate closely with engineers and other team members to achieve elegant solutions which satisfy business needs, goals and objectives
Build and provide recommendations for monitoring processes across engineering teams
Diagnose and resolve issues with deployed and/or released systems using a variety of techniques
Be the first line of defense and response when it comes to production outages
Coordinate with development teams for frequent production releases
Responsible for supporting a SaaS based business model
Qualification
Required
7+ years of solid DevOps experience to include working with AWS infrastructure and services
3+ years of experience leading teams on technical projects
5+ years of experience in modern CI/CD technologies like Gitlab or Github
3+ years of hands-on professional experience working with container orchestration platforms with Kubernetes or Amazon EKS in production environment
3+ years of experience with Terraform within a large scale setup
Ability to be attentive to details and show aptitude for problem solving
Experience with Agile project delivery
Ability to ensure that high uptime requirements are met and issues are handled in a proactive manner
Great interpersonal, verbal and written skills including documentation of complex technical solutions
An aptitude to work collaboratively or solo if required and have the willingness to change tasks and priorities when necessary
Strong sense of urgency and wants to be part of a highly productive team that successfully delivers products timely on a continual basis
Preferred
Experience integrating monitoring tools into application support (i.e; Datadog or equivalent)
Experience working with distributed cloud deployments (i.e; multi-region or multi-cloud provider)
Certifications with any of the following is a plus: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified DevOps Developer - Master (CDCD-001), Terraform Administrator, CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
Company
Shift4
Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR) is boldly redefining commerce by simplifying complex payments ecosystems across the world.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.81B2025-12-03Post Ipo Debt· $507.13M
2025-05-08Post Ipo Debt· $1.31B
2025-05-01Post Ipo Equity· $875M
Leadership Team
Nate Hirshberg
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Laurynas Paradauskas
Senior Software Engineering Manager
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