What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC?
Location: Hybrid (3 days onsite) Chelmsford, MA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Join a growing engineering team that's modernizing its infrastructure and investing heavily in cloud-native technologies, automation, and DevOps best practices. This full-time opportunity is ideal for a DevOps Engineer with a passion for Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation who wants to take ownership of engineering environments and deployment platforms while working with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
This is a highly visible role where you'll have the opportunity to influence engineering standards, evaluate and implement new technologies, and build scalable infrastructure that supports both cloud-hosted and on-premises solutions. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, automating manual processes, collaborating across engineering teams, and continuously learning the latest tools in the cloud-native ecosystem. If you're someone who enjoys staying ahead of emerging technologies and wants to make a direct impact on engineering efficiency and product delivery, this role offers excellent technical growth and ownership.
Required Skills & Experience
Employment Type: Full-Time
Join a growing engineering team that's modernizing its infrastructure and investing heavily in cloud-native technologies, automation, and DevOps best practices. This full-time opportunity is ideal for a DevOps Engineer with a passion for Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation who wants to take ownership of engineering environments and deployment platforms while working with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
This is a highly visible role where you'll have the opportunity to influence engineering standards, evaluate and implement new technologies, and build scalable infrastructure that supports both cloud-hosted and on-premises solutions. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, automating manual processes, collaborating across engineering teams, and continuously learning the latest tools in the cloud-native ecosystem. If you're someone who enjoys staying ahead of emerging technologies and wants to make a direct impact on engineering efficiency and product delivery, this role offers excellent technical growth and ownership.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5 years of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering experience
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Experience supporting Docker and legacy containerized environments
- CI/CD pipeline experience with TeamCity, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar
- Experience building deployment automation and release pipelines
- Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash, Go, or similar
- Experience with Azure cloud services
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals including DNS, VPNs, TLS, firewalls, and load balancing
- Experience supporting PostgreSQL or other relational databases
- Git-based source control experience
- Strong documentation and communication skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Digital Ocean experience
- Docker Swarm experience
- Prometheus and Grafana
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent)
- Redis and Elasticsearch
- RabbitMQ or NATS
- Performance testing tools such as k6, JMeter, or Locust
- Security scanning and vulnerability management tools
- SOC 2 or similar compliance experience
- AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.)
- Azure certifications (AZ-104 or AZ-400)
- 35% Linux Infrastructure & Systems Administration
- 30% Kubernetes, Docker & Cloud Infrastructure
- 20% CI/CD Pipeline Development & Automation
- 15% Observability, Performance, and Deployment Tooling
- 80% Hands-On Engineering
- 5% Project Planning & Documentation
- 15% Team Collaboration & Cross-Functional Support
Salary : $130,000 - $140,000