Leap Event Technology · 20 hours ago
Senior DevOps Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expLeap Event Technology is revolutionizing the event technology industry by empowering organizers to create more engaging and impactful experiences. They are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to lead their DevOps team, ensuring system reliability and scaling enterprise-level infrastructure while collaborating closely with engineering and security teams.
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Responsibilities
Partner closely with the Director of DevOps, operating independently and making informed decisions in high-pressure situations
Lead and mentor DevOps team members, ensuring best practices in automation, monitoring, and incident response
Architect, implement, and manage infrastructure in AWS leveraging modern cloud-native patterns
Own and expand existing infrastructure-as-code, ensuring repeatability and compliance using technologies such as Terraform and ansible
Manage and optimize multiple Kubernetes clusters for enterprise-scale applications
Oversee observability and monitoring solutions using Datadog (APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, etc.) and other related tools
Partner with Engineering and QA teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and release management
Write clear, actionable Jira tickets and maintain strong documentation to drive execution across teams
Drive modern DevOps and SRE practices (e.g., GitOps, immutable infra, auto-scaling, blue/green & canary deployments)
Support disaster recovery planning, capacity management, and compliance requirements (PCI DSS, SOC 2)
Qualification
Required
5–8+ years of professional experience in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering
Strong expertise with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, Route53, etc.)
Proven experience with Terraform in production at scale
Solid hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and container orchestration patterns
Experience with Datadog or equivalent APM/observability stacks (Prometheus, New Relic, etc.)
Demonstrated ability to remain effective and decisive during incidents, outages, and critical releases
Strong technical writing and organizational skills (clear Jira tickets, runbooks, postmortems)
Understanding of modern DevOps/SRE principles: CI/CD, infrastructure immutability, monitoring-first culture, GitOps, automated testing, secrets management
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Prior experience mentoring junior DevOps engineers or leading small teams
Preferred
Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid architectures
Exposure to database performance and scaling (MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL)
Knowledge of security automation (Vault, AWS Security Hub, etc.)
Familiarity with compliance frameworks (PCI DSS, SOC 2)
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Voluntary benefits
Generous PTO
Paid parental leave (following 12 months of continuous employment)
401K Match
$200 event reimbursement
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Company
Leap Event Technology
Leap’s ultimate event technology and services solution empowers organizers to transform their events into electrifying experiences.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$3.1MKey Investors
PSG Equity
2020-09-24Acquired
2017-06-18Private Equity
2012-07-01Angel· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Alex Pendleton
Chief Financial Officer
Lauren Chan Lee
Chief Product & Operating Officer
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