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 end‑to‑end
- 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 6/5/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.
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