Senior DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes)

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes/Terraform): Building and operating resilient, secure infrastructure for blockchain compliance and intelligence systems with an accent on multi-region Kubernetes, cloud automation, and AI platform infrastructure. Focus on designing progressive GitOps delivery, securing service meshes, managing disaster recovery, and operating AI Gateways across AWS environments.

Location: Hybrid in New York, United States; the role offers the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.

Salary: $140K–$260K per year

Company

hirify.global provides crypto data and intelligence infrastructure for compliance, risk management, investigations, and blockchain operations.

What you will do

• Engineer and evolve multi-cluster, multi-region Kubernetes platforms and support application migration to EKS.
• Build the Kong AI Gateway and operate infrastructure for LangChain and LangGraph-based AI products.
• Develop GitOps-driven progressive delivery pipelines with canary releases and automated deployments.
• Maintain Terraform infrastructure, automated testing, and platform delivery standards.
• Implement Zero Trust controls, service identity, mTLS-secured meshes, and policy-driven automation.
• Collaborate with Security, Data, AI, and engineering teams on platform decisions and reliability.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience, including cluster lifecycle management, Operators, API extensions, Helm, and the CNCF ecosystem.
• Strong Terraform experience with complex state management and reusable module design across cloud environments.
• Experience operating multi-cluster, multi-region Kubernetes platforms with Istio, Consul, or Linkerd.
• Experience implementing GitOps and progressive delivery with ArgoCD or FluxCD.
• Working knowledge of LLM-based services and AI infrastructure, including deploying and securing AI Gateways.

Nice to have

• Operator development, CRD automation, eBPF, or Cilium experience.
• Policy-as-code with OPA or Kyverno and secure software supply chain experience.
• DataDog observability and monitoring pipeline experience.
• Contributions to open-source or CNCF projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with up to 90 days per year from almost anywhere.
• $650 remote work budget and $1,000 annual learning and development budget.
• 25 days of annual leave, 8 US public holidays, and birthday leave.
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for eligible employees.
• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, and mental health support.
• Inclusive workplace focused on psychological safety, diversity, and collaboration.