DevOps Engineer III
Austin, TX
Full Time
Experienced
DevOps Engineer III
About Yotta Energy
Yotta Energy is a leader in cutting edge commercial solar and energy storage solutions, delivering innovative, cost-effective, and scalable technology to power the future of clean energy. We are building a world class team of professionals passionate about renewable energy and sustainable solutions. If you're looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-growing, mission driven company, Yotta Energy is the place for you.
Position Summary
Yotta Energy is seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer III to own and optimize the software delivery lifecycle from code commit through production deployment. This role is responsible for maintaining CI/CD pipelines, managing release processes, monitoring production systems, and ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of our cloud-connected platforms.
You will collaborate closely with software, firmware, and support teams to build highly automated, observable, and resilient deployment environments that support distributed solar and energy storage technologies. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on cloud infrastructure, release engineering, automation, and operational excellence
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain CI/CD pipelines from development through production deployment
- Manage software releases, including branching strategies, build promotion, deployment, and rollback procedures
- Monitor and maintain production applications, cloud infrastructure, and supporting services
- Configure and maintain observability platforms, including logging, metrics, monitoring, and alerting
- Troubleshoot production incidents, performance bottlenecks, and system reliability issues
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar tools
- Collaborate with software engineers to ensure applications are deployable, testable, and production ready
- Support the integration of cloud services, IoT devices, and embedded systems into deployment workflows
- Maintain release documentation, operational runbooks, and incident response procedures
- Implement best practices for security, scalability, reliability, and disaster recovery
- Continuously improving deployment automation, release velocity, and system observability
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering
- Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, GitLab CI/CD, or similar platforms
- Experience deploying and supporting cloud-native applications in AWS or an equivalent cloud platform, with strong knowledge of Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, DynamoDB, EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, load balancers, and IAM
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or equivalent
- Experience with configuration management and fleet automation using Ansible or equivalent
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, or another scripting language
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Linux administration and package management
- Experience with serverless frameworks, particularly SST
- Experience with IoT or edge devices
- Background in renewable energy, solar, energy storage, or industrial automation
- Experience working in startup or high-growth technology environments
- Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
Bonus Skills
- VPN configuration and secure network architecture
- Key vault and secrets management
- TLS/PKI certificate lifecycle management
- Infrastructure security, vulnerability management, and patching
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
- Strong troubleshooting, incident response, and root-cause analysis skills
Who May Not Be a Fit
- Prefer to work independently without collaborating across teams
- Struggle with ambiguity, competing priorities, or tight deadlines
- Aren’t willing to roll up your sleeves and help wherever needed
- Avoid accountability or have difficulty receiving and acting on feedback
Technical Competencies
- CI/CD Pipeline Engineering
- Cloud Infrastructure and Operations
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Release Management
- Production Monitoring and Observability
- Incident Response and Troubleshooting
- Containerization and Orchestration
- Software Security and Compliance
- System Reliability and Scalability
- Cloud Networking and Integration
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Collaborative, mission-driven work environment
- Opportunity to work on innovative clean energy technologies
- Career growth and professional development opportunities
- Exposure to cutting-edge energy management and cloud technologies
- Up to 150,000 a year DOE
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Collaborative, mission driven work environment
Work Authorization Requirement
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.
Why Join Yotta Energy
At Yotta Energy you won’t be one of many, you’ll be a key leader helping define how our operations scale. This role offers the opportunity to take ownership, build high-performing teams, and directly impact the growth of a fast-moving clean energy company.
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