Senior DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure
City of New York9 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 verifying monitoring, logging, and alert functionality.
- Participate in design sessions and code reviews with senior engineers while developing expertise in Linux, containers, Git, infrastructure-as-code, and observability tools.
- Maintain wikis, runbooks, deployment guides, and troubleshooting documentation to support incident response.
- Perform special projects and initiatives as assigned.
Requirements
- Must be a permanent employee in the title, reachable on the current civil service list, or otherwise meet the stated eligibility requirements for consideration.
- Must have at least a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and at least three years of qualifying progressively responsible IT experience.
- Required qualifying experience includes at least 18 months in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity; stated education and credit substitutions may apply.
- Experience with Linux, containers, Git, infrastructure-as-code, observability, deployment, and automation practices is relevant to the role.
Benefits
- NYC employment benefits and the opportunity to work on technology projects affecting millions of people.
- Day shift is stated, but overtime and varied shifts, including nights, evenings, and weekends, may be required for 24/7 operations.
- Work location is Brooklyn, New York.
- The position is open to City employees only and is permanent in the title.
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.