DevOps Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA

DevOps Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA (Onsite)

Who are we?

Photon is a Digital Engineering and Digital Modernization company founded in 1999. We partner with leading global enterprises, including Fortune 500 organizations, to build and modernize digital platforms and experiences. Our teams work across AI, cloud-native technologies, and next-generation digital solutions.

What are we looking?

We are seeking a senior DevOps Engineer to own our infrastructure, CI/CD, and cloud operations. You will build secure, automated, and repeatable platforms that let engineering teams ship quickly and safely.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Design, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins.
• Containerize applications with Docker and support container-based deployment workflows.
• Write and maintain automation scripts (Bash, Python, or similar) to reduce manual work.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response processes.
• Drive cloud security, access control, cost optimization, and reliability improvements.
• Partner with developers and QA to streamline build, test, and release processes; mentor team members.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
• Expert-level Terraform experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Jenkins pipelines.
• Production experience with Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS.
• Proficiency with Docker and strong scripting skills.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and Linux administration.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Familiarity with observability tools (for example Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Experience with GitOps and policy-as-code.