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# Director of DevOps

- **Company:** Instead, LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Software as a Service, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Linux System Administration, Prometheus, Systems Integration, Datadog, Data Logging, Load Balancing, Grafana, Data Layers, Containerization, Kubernetes, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Docker, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/2a773623-45aa-4882-b3fa-da9c6237873a/director-of-devops

## About the Role

* 3+ years of hands-on experience managing production infrastructure in AWS
 * Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code workflows
 * Solid understanding of AWS core services (EC2, RDS, ECS/EKS or similar, S3, IAM, networking, security groups, load balancers)
 * Experience operating and hardening Linux-based systems in production
 * Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and deploying containerized workloads
 * Experience working within security/compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar)
 * Proven track record of owning systems end-to-end rather than isolated tasks
 * Ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and performance issues
 * Strong communication skills and comfort collaborating closely with engineers and leadership

Nice to Have

 * AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps Administrator)
 * Experience with Kubernetes in production environments
 * Experience in at least one programming language (ideally Python) for tooling, automation, and integrations
 * Background supporting SaaS or fintech products with high security and uptime requirements
 * Experience setting up and tuning observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch)
 * Experience with secrets management, key management, and identity management at scale

## Description

* Own and manage our AWS infrastructure across environments (staging, production, internal tools) for a high-availability tax platform
 * Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable cloud architectures aligned with SOC 2 and other compliance requirements
 * Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (primarily Terraform) for repeatable, auditable deployments
 * Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline build, test, and release processes for our engineering teams
 * Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues across our services, networking, and data layers
 * Drive observability and reliability through logging, metrics, alerting, and incident response practices
 * Collaborate with engineering to design systems that are secure, cost-effective, and easy to operate in production
 * Take ownership of core infrastructure components (VPCs, IAM, networking, storage, containers, etc.) and continuously improve them


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