{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1d37c1efdcbc4960ed5b4f82","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1d37c1efdcbc4960ed5b4f82","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1d37c1efdcbc4960ed5b4f82","title":"Sr. DevOps Engineer","description":"Education Technology Services (ETS), a dynamic sub-division of Strategic Education Inc (SEI), is dedicated to revolutionizing the landscape of online education. Our flagship products, Sophia Learning and Workforce Edge, are at the forefront of providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality education solutions. Sophia Learning offers self-paced online general education courses recommended for college credit, while Workforce Edge is a cutting-edge education benefit management platform.\n\nWe're seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer supporting the Sophia Learning and Workforce Edge platforms. The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on expertise with strong technical leadership setting standards, mentoring engineers, designing scalable solutions, and supporting compliance initiatives. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering excellence and operational reliability.\nWhat You’ll Do\nArchitect, design, and implement scalable, cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using serverless technologies (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions) and Kubernetes (GKE)\nLead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure and platform solutions, including design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement\nOwn and evolve the organization’s CI/CD strategy, including build automation, testing gates, and production deployment workflows\nDesign and maintain containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes), including Helm charts, autoscaling strategies, and service mesh configurations\nBuild and optimize serverless architectures to improve scalability and reduce operational overhead and cost\nEstablish and enforce best practices for scalability, availability, security, and performance across production systems\nDrive observability and monitoring strategies (logging, alerting, incident response)\nLead production support and reliability efforts, including incident management, root cause analysis, and postmortems\nMentor engineers on cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code patterns\nPartner cross-functionally with product, security, and engineering teams to deliver business value quickly\nManage complex initiatives in an agile environment, balancing technical debt with feature delivery\nIdentify and evaluate emerging technologies, rapidly prototyping solutions to inform technical direction\nChampion automation, process improvement, and tooling modernization across engineering\nRequired Experience\nCloud & Platform Engineering\n5+ years of DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering experience\n3+ years of hands-on experience with GCP\n3+ years of Kubernetes experience\nStrong experience with serverless architectures\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code\nHands-on experience with Docker and container registries\nFamiliarity with Kubernetes autoscaling and node provisioning tools\nCI/CD, Automation & Development\nExpert-level experience with CI/CD tools\nStrong proficiency with Git\nExperience with scripting and automation\nExperience building and consuming REST APIs\nFamiliarity with GitOps workflows\nObservability, Data & Security\nExperience with monitoring and observability tools\nExperience working with databases and distributed systems\nFamiliarity with security scanning and vulnerability management tools\nPreferred Experience\nFamiliarity with AI coding assistants and integrating them into engineering workflows\nExposure to CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated analysis or decision-making alongside traditional processes\nUnderstanding of when to apply automation vs. human judgment, with appropriate safeguards\nInterest in evolving the SDLC through AI-driven practices such as prompt engineering and tool orchestration\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience\nPreferred Certifications\nGCP Professional certifications\nOther:\nMust be able to travel 10% of time.\nMust be able to lift 20 lbs.\nTypical office setting.\nMobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.\nTravel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.\nMust be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant\nAccess information using a computer.\nEffectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.\nEffectively cope with stressful situations\nStrong mental acuity\nRegular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job.\nOther essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.\n** The final stage of the interview process will require an in-person interview at either our Herndon, VA or Minneapolis, MN location **\n#LI-JD1\n\nSEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week. In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.\nCareers - Our Benefits, Strategic Education, Inc\n\nSEI is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture where individuals can grow their careers and contribute fully. We strive to attract talent with broad experiences, skills and perspectives. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. The expected salary range for this position is below.\n$119,300.00 - $178,900.00 - Salary\n\nIf you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at Careers@strategiced.com .","company":"Strategic Education","rawCompany":"strategic education","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-04T16:44:31.786Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Sr. DevOps Engineer","description":"Education Technology Services (ETS), a dynamic sub-division of Strategic Education Inc (SEI), is dedicated to revolutionizing the landscape of online education. Our flagship products, Sophia Learning and Workforce Edge, are at the forefront of providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality education solutions. Sophia Learning offers self-paced online general education courses recommended for college credit, while Workforce Edge is a cutting-edge education benefit management platform.\n\nWe're seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer supporting the Sophia Learning and Workforce Edge platforms. The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on expertise with strong technical leadership setting standards, mentoring engineers, designing scalable solutions, and supporting compliance initiatives. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering excellence and operational reliability.\nWhat You’ll Do\nArchitect, design, and implement scalable, cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using serverless technologies (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions) and Kubernetes (GKE)\nLead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure and platform solutions, including design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement\nOwn and evolve the organization’s CI/CD strategy, including build automation, testing gates, and production deployment workflows\nDesign and maintain containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes), including Helm charts, autoscaling strategies, and service mesh configurations\nBuild and optimize serverless architectures to improve scalability and reduce operational overhead and cost\nEstablish and enforce best practices for scalability, availability, security, and performance across production systems\nDrive observability and monitoring strategies (logging, alerting, incident response)\nLead production support and reliability efforts, including incident management, root cause analysis, and postmortems\nMentor engineers on cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code patterns\nPartner cross-functionally with product, security, and engineering teams to deliver business value quickly\nManage complex initiatives in an agile environment, balancing technical debt with feature delivery\nIdentify and evaluate emerging technologies, rapidly prototyping solutions to inform technical direction\nChampion automation, process improvement, and tooling modernization across engineering\nRequired Experience\nCloud & Platform Engineering\n5+ years of DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering experience\n3+ years of hands-on experience with GCP\n3+ years of Kubernetes experience\nStrong experience with serverless architectures\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code\nHands-on experience with Docker and container registries\nFamiliarity with Kubernetes autoscaling and node provisioning tools\nCI/CD, Automation & Development\nExpert-level experience with CI/CD tools\nStrong proficiency with Git\nExperience with scripting and automation\nExperience building and consuming REST APIs\nFamiliarity with GitOps workflows\nObservability, Data & Security\nExperience with monitoring and observability tools\nExperience working with databases and distributed systems\nFamiliarity with security scanning and vulnerability management tools\nPreferred Experience\nFamiliarity with AI coding assistants and integrating them into engineering workflows\nExposure to CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated analysis or decision-making alongside traditional processes\nUnderstanding of when to apply automation vs. human judgment, with appropriate safeguards\nInterest in evolving the SDLC through AI-driven practices such as prompt engineering and tool orchestration\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience\nPreferred Certifications\nGCP Professional certifications\nOther:\nMust be able to travel 10% of time.\nMust be able to lift 20 lbs.\nTypical office setting.\nMobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.\nTravel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.\nMust be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant\nAccess information using a computer.\nEffectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.\nEffectively cope with stressful situations\nStrong mental acuity\nRegular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job.\nOther essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.\n** The final stage of the interview process will require an in-person interview at either our Herndon, VA or Minneapolis, MN location **\n#LI-JD1\n\nSEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week. In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.\nCareers - Our Benefits, Strategic Education, Inc\n\nSEI is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture where individuals can grow their careers and contribute fully. We strive to attract talent with broad experiences, skills and perspectives. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. 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