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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure and Devops (Bay Area) - **Company:** Fortanix - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Nagios, Release Management, Ansible, Prometheus, Ruby, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TCP/IP, Virtualization Technology, Data Logging, Computer Networking Systems, Google Cloud, Software Security, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Information Technology, Sensu, Routing & Switching, Tools for Reporting, Puppet, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, Vmware, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://apply.workable.com/fortanix/j/68133D5ADB ## About the Role * Is able to work with people across various locations. * Excellent project management and leadership skills. * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. * Excellent communication and collaboration skills. * Exhibits uncompromising integrity * Pays attention to detail * Can work independently, while also being an effective member of a team * Enjoys programming and embraces cloud technologies * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent. * 6+ years of software engineering experience in development, operations, and full stack implementations. * Proven experience as a DevOps Architect or similar role. * Solid experience with Linux * Proficient with various programming languages such as Python/Go/Rust/Ruby for automation and integrations. * Experience with the core suite of tools used to manage infrastructure and deployment of application in different cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP) * Experience with industry Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery patterns (CI/CD) * Strong networking experience with technologies in TCP/IP, WAN, Gateways, Switching/Routing and Cloud Networking. * Experience with one or more of:ยท * Virtualization or container environments like VMWare, KVM and Docker * Orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes * Infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform * Continuous integration systems like Jenkins or similar * Configuration and provisioning management tools like Chef, Ansible, and Puppet * Monitoring tools such as Sensu, Prometheus, Nagios or similar * Logging and analytics tools like Elasticsearch Preferred technical experience with: * Jenkins * Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP * Chef, Terraform, Ansible * Sensu * Python, Go, Rust, Ruby * Elasticsearch ## Description As the Senior/Staff Software Engineer - 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