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Staff Devops Engineer (AWS/Go/Ruby)

Zendesk

Raleigh, NC
2 days ago
$120k - $150k

Job Description

Join Zendesk as a Staff DevOps Engineer to lead the design and optimization of AWS infrastructure for real-time voice products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance customer-centric software solutions and drive continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and monitor scalable, high-performance AWS infrastructure solutions
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to guide product development from an infrastructure and cloud architecture perspective
  • Lead efforts to build, optimize, and scale CI/CD pipelines
  • Drive security and compliance initiatives across the engineering organization
  • Champion continual improvement in infrastructure reliability, performance, and cost optimization
  • Take a leading role in resolving production incidents and enhancing system resilience
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence by mentoring teammates
  • Influence technical direction and infrastructure decisions for large, complex projects

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional DevOps experience
  • Expertise in AWS environments
  • Deep knowledge of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • Proficiency deploying infrastructure as code, especially with CloudFormation
  • Demonstrated leadership in driving DevOps and infrastructure initiatives
  • Significant experience supporting and debugging production systems with strict SLAs
  • Expertise in designing and improving CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong background in systems architecture and large-scale distributed systems
  • Advanced proficiency in Ruby or Go
  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Associate, Professional or Specialty Certifications

Benefits & Perks

Hybrid work modelHealth insurance401kBonus opportunities