Senior DevOps Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

The Role

AMD is looking for an influential software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology. 

The Person

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and delivery of software components across cloud and hybrid environments
• Architect and implement scalable automation solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Helm, or Pulumi
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, AKS, or OpenShift)
• Cluster & Node Management for aks/eks, nodepools, replica sets.
• Hands on with cloud best practices with (s3, IAM, VPC, Cloudfronts) or similar Cloud infra.
• Provisioning, maintenance and scaling Cloud native databases (RDS, Clickhouse) or similar
• Design and implement cloud infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and self-healing mechanisms using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch
• Manage cloud infrastructure across one or more providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) with a focus on reliability, cost optimization, and security posture
• Build, package, and distribute software for Linux-based containerized ecosystems
• Collaborate with development teams to define branching strategies, code promotion workflows, and GitOps practices
• Perform code and infrastructure reviews; enforce DevSecOps best practices in the delivery pipeline
• Work in an Agile, test-driven model with a bias toward automation and observability
• Create and maintain technical runbooks, architecture documentation, and user guides
  
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Shell, and/or Go; Groovy for pipeline-as-code (Jenkinsfile)
• Hands-on expertise with container ecosystems: Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Deep experience with at least one cloud platform: AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, VPC), GCP (GKE, Cloud Build), or Azure (AKS, Azure DevOps)
• Proficiency with IaC tools: Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi for provisioning and configuration management
• Strong expertise with CI/CD platforms: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Tekton
• Experience with GitOps tooling: ArgoCD, Flux, or equivalent
• Familiarity with Linux packaging (RPM, DEB) and software build systems (CMake, Make) for containerized driver or kernel module delivery
• Experience with artifact management: Artifactory, Nexus, or OCI-compliant registries (Quay, ECR, GHCR)
• Working knowledge of secrets management: Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or Sealed Secrets
• Familiarity with observability stacks: Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or Datadog
• Experience building and maintaining custom solutions as wrappers on top of aws/azure clouds.
• Championing self service designs reducing day to day cloud operations.
• Multi substrate expereince to scale one solution across multiple clouds.
• Cross team collaboration.
• Experience with source control management and code review workflows via GitHub Enterprise or Gerrit
• Contributions to open source projects are a definite plus
  
  
  

Preferred Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
  
  
  

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.