What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer | Remote position at ExecutivePlacements.com?
Job Description
Job Description
DEVOPS ENGINEER
100% Remote | United States
Overview
We are supporting a high-growth health and biotechnology company that is building a cloud-native platform handling sensitive, large-scale biological and health data. This is a greenfield DevOps role where you will establish the infrastructure, tooling, and operational standards from day one.
This role is perfect for a DevOps Engineer who enjoys building systems the right way from the start and wants meaningful ownership rather than incremental maintenance work.
What You’ll Do
Base salary varies by level and experience:
Job Description
DEVOPS ENGINEER
100% Remote | United States
Overview
We are supporting a high-growth health and biotechnology company that is building a cloud-native platform handling sensitive, large-scale biological and health data. This is a greenfield DevOps role where you will establish the infrastructure, tooling, and operational standards from day one.
This role is perfect for a DevOps Engineer who enjoys building systems the right way from the start and wants meaningful ownership rather than incremental maintenance work.
What You’ll Do
- Architect and provision cloud infrastructure using AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC
- Build infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting Python/Django and React applications
- Manage containerized environments using Docker and introduce orchestration as scale requires
- Implement security best practices by default, including IAM, encryption, and network segmentation
- Establish monitoring and logging to track system health, performance, and reliability
- Support database operations including backups, scaling, and recovery
- Act as a foundational partner to engineering as the platform scales
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments
- Deep knowledge of Docker and containerized workflows
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
- Solid scripting skills in Bash and/or Python
- Experience supporting PostgreSQL or similar databases
- Strong understanding of security fundamentals and access management
- Comfort working independently in a fast-moving, early-stage environment
Base salary varies by level and experience:
- Junior level: approximately $95K-$120K
- Mid level: approximately $135K-$165K
- Senior level: approximately $175K-$210K
- Build cloud infrastructure from the ground up
- High autonomy and ownership
- Mission-driven work with meaningful societal impact
- Fully remote team and flexible working environment
- Competitive compensation with growth upside
Salary : $95,000 - $135,000