Senior Devops Engineer (azure) | San Francisco, US

Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

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At Degreed, we're on a journey to modernize and scale our platform—and we're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who thrives in Azure environments and brings hands-on experience with Terraform. This is a high-impact role where you'll help lead key initiatives to improve reliability, performance, and developer experience as we continue migrating toward container-based services.

If you're someone who loves solving infrastructure challenges, automating everything, and collaborating with developers to ship faster and safer, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Skills

• Strong experience with Azure cloud infrastructure in a production environment.
• Solid knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD tools.
• Well-versed in the principles of cloud security, with a practical mindset toward secure infrastructure design.
• Comfortable working remotely and asynchronously with distributed teams.
• A collaborative mindset and a willingness to learn and share knowledge.
• 5–7+ years of relevant experience in DevOps/SRE or similar roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to Infrastructure as Code initiatives using Terraform.
• Help define and improve our cloud infrastructure on Azure.
• Work closely with engineering teams to streamline deployments and build robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Support our shift toward containerization (e.g. Kubernetes).
• Collaborate with teams across the business to support growth, scalability, and automation.
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to support uptime and stability.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• A supportive culture focused on impact and continuous improvement.
• Opportunities to influence technical direction and make meaningful contributions.
• Work with smart, humble people who care deeply about learning and innovation.
• Drive the shift toward Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Develop tools to empower developers to manage their codebases effectively.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand technical requirements and dependencies.
• Implement and configure new development tools and infrastructure.
• Optimize software delivery through process automation and best practices.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

Compensation

We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The total pay range for this role is $170,000 - $190,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.

We take care of our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and success.