DevOps Engineer

Piper Companies is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a growing organization in the fintech industry. The Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for driving cloud infrastructure excellence, automation, and reliability across complex AWS environments while working in a hybrid capacity onsite in Raleigh, NC

Responsibilities of the Senior DevOps Engineer:

• Manage highly scalable and available distributed systems in AWS environments
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, system deployments, and operational tasks using Terraform and other automation tools
• Support, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes environments-specifically EKS on AWS
• Oversee EC2 lifecycle management, patching, and vulnerability remediation
• Administer Linux systems and contribute to ongoing performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Manage S3 storage policies, lifecycle rules, and operational processes
• Support Postgres database operations, including performance and maintenance tasks
• Work within ELK stack environments for logging and observability support

Qualifications of the Senior DevOps Engineer:

• 6+ years of experience working across a broad AWS ecosystem (must already possess strong cloud fundamentals; not teachable at this level)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes-specifically EKS in AWS
• Strong experience with EC2 management and vulnerability remediation
• Advanced Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code skillset
• Proven history managing AWS environments endtoend
• Strong Linux administration experience (Windows experience is a plus)
• Experience with S3 storage management and policy configuration
• Postgres experience in production environments
• Exposure to the ELK stack for logging, metrics, and observability
• Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance

Compensation for the Senior DevOps Engineer includes:

• Salary range: $125,000 - $140,000 depending on experience
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and PTO
• Hybrid work environment-onsite Tuesday through Thursday in Raleigh, NC

This job opens for applications on 5/29/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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