Senior DevOps & IT Operations Engineer
Location: Nashville, TN Area (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Permanent / Full-Time (Direct Hire)
Compensation: $130,000-$150,000 base + bonus
Reason for Opening: Growth. The organization is expanding its engineering team and investing in a modern cloud-native platform, creating the need for a dedicated owner of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and IT Operations.
This role will serve as the primary owner of cloud infrastructure, DevOps processes, and IT operations across the organization. It's a hands-on position for someone who enjoys building, automating, and solving problems. You'll work closely with engineering leadership and have a direct impact on infrastructure decisions across the business.
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Own and manage AWS infrastructure across multiple environments
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Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
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Create and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines
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Manage monitoring, alerting, logging, and overall system reliability
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Lead disaster recovery and business continuity efforts
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Improve cloud security, scalability, and operational processes
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Support identity and access management platforms
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Manage endpoint administration and internal IT operations
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Work with vendors and technology partners
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Drive automation initiatives using scripting, AI tools, and modern operational practices
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5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, or IT Operations
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Strong AWS experience in production environments
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Hands-on Terraform experience
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Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines
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Experience owning infrastructure as well as internal IT operations
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Experience in highly regulated environments
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Disaster recovery and business continuity experience
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Compliance or security-focused background
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Experience driving automation initiatives
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Interest in leveraging AI tools to improve operational efficiency
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
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For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
