Action1 · 22 hours ago
Staff DevOps Engineer (Hands-On, Initiative Leader)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
8+ years expAction1 is an autonomous endpoint management platform that is cloud-native and highly secure. The Staff DevOps Engineer will lead initiatives in the DevOps function, focusing on infrastructure reliability, automation, and deployment strategy while partnering with IT Operations to scale the cloud platform.
Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologySecuritySoftware
Hiring Manager
Dennis Smith
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end DevOps function: set standards, define the roadmap, and deliver multi-quarter improvements to infrastructure, automation, and reliability
Architect and evolve our AWS ecosystem - multi-region, multi-account, secure by default, resilient, and cost efficient
Lead major infrastructure initiatives from design through production rollout with minimal oversight
Build and mature our delivery ecosystem: CI/CD pipelines, automated validations, and safe rollout mechanisms
Treat infrastructure as a product: develop reusable IaC modules, enforce consistency across environments, and provide self-service tooling to engineering teams
Develop and maintain automation frameworks, IaC libraries, and internal tooling that reduce operational load and improve consistency
Eliminate repetitive work through automation and thoughtful systems design
Champion DevOps and SRE best practices across engineering
Act as Incident Commander for high-severity production incidents
Implement and evolve observability across logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and alerting systems
Apply SRE principles to drive reliability improvements and prevent recurrence of systemic issues
Introduce and maintain Chaos Engineering practices to validate real-world resilience
Build and maintain a secure-by-default cloud environment: IAM, segmentation, secrets management, encryption, and auditability
Integrate compliance frameworks into deployment pipelines and infrastructure processes
Ensure all infrastructure changes and systems conform to modern cloud security standards
Partner with Engineering, QA, and Security leadership to anticipate operational needs and shape long-term platform strategy
Mentor engineers and promote high standards for system design, reliability, and operational discipline
Proactively propose and drive improvements
Qualification
Required
8-10+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles supporting production SaaS environments
Proven track record leading significant technical initiatives with measurable outcomes
Deep architectural expertise in distributed systems, AWS, and cloud-native infrastructure
Strong ownership mindset and the ability to operate independently at Staff IC level
Advanced AWS knowledge
Strong programming or scripting skills in Python or Node
Expert-level IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation
Strong CI/CD design experience
Solid foundation in cloud security principles
Familiarity with SOC 2 and ISO frameworks
Experience leading complex incident responses
Highly autonomous
Strong communicator capable of influencing engineering decisions across teams
Comfortable with fast-moving priorities and ambiguity
Based in the United States and willing to participate in on-call rotation
Benefits
Fully remote work, giving you the flexibility you need in the modern world
A multitude of interesting challenges and opportunities.
Non-stop professional growth and learning of new technologies.
Stable income and flexible working hours, opportunities for promotion.
Friendly and professional peers.
Company
Action1
Autonomous endpoint management with a scalable and secure cloud-native platform configurable in 5 minutes, with no VPN needed
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Alex Vovk
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
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