Senior DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure
City of New York8 hours ago
Brooklyn, NY, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Monitor CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and application health dashboards; triage alerts, apply documented fixes, and escalate complex incidents.
- Write, update, and maintain scripts, YAML configurations, and Terraform and Ansible modules supporting deployments and infrastructure changes.
- Perform smoke testing and deployment validation in development and staging environments, including verification of monitoring, logging, and alerts.
- Participate in design sessions and code reviews with senior engineers while following team standards and change-control processes.
- Maintain wikis, runbooks, deployment guides, and troubleshooting documentation.
- Perform special projects and assigned initiatives.
Requirements
- Eligibility is limited primarily to permanent NYC employees in the title or candidates reachable on the current civil service list.
- A qualifying pathway includes a master's degree in computer science and three years of progressively responsible IT experience, including at least 18 months in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity.
- Alternative pathways include a bachelor's degree and four years of qualifying IT experience, or a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and six years of qualifying IT experience.
- All candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or equivalent, at least three years of qualifying IT experience, and the required 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience.
- A satisfactory combination of education and experience may qualify; undergraduate or graduate credits may substitute for limited portions of the required IT experience but not for the required supervisory experience.
Benefits
- NYC public-sector benefits are offered, with work contributing to technology services that affect millions of New Yorkers.
- The position is based in Brooklyn, New York, with a day shift but possible overtime and weekend, night, or evening shifts due to 24/7 operations.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About City of New York
The City of New York is the municipal government for the five boroughs, delivering public services such as housing, social assistance, public safety, and digital tools for residents and businesses. It is publicly funded and operates agencies including the Department of Social Services (HRA and DHS) and the New York City Housing Authority. Headquartered in New York, NY, it builds and maintains large-scale systems supporting benefits eligibility, case management, housing, and civic services.