Senior DevOps Engineer, Developer Experience Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer – Developer Experience & CI/CD
Location : SF Bay Area preferred, hybrid 2x/week
About the Role: WitnessAI is a leader in providing innovative networking solutions designed to enhance security, performance, and reliability for businesses of all sizes.We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the design and management of our developer experience, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized application builds in Kubernetes. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge infrastructure and tools that enable productivity, automation, and secure deployments at scale.
Key Responsibilities: CI/CD Pipeline Management:
• Design, implement, and maintain secure and efficient CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure all tests run seamlessly in the pipeline, enabling fast and reliable deployments.
• Design and implement RBAC frameworks for secure developer and team access to systems and resources.
Developer Productivity & Tooling:
• Lead initiatives to enhance developer productivity, including real-time static analysis tools, pull request automation, and integration with CI/CD workflows.
• Optimize build machines and reduce build times.
Kubernetes Containerization & Infrastructure:
• Build and manage containerized environments using Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to automate and standardize environments.
• Develop and manage self-service platforms for environment provisioning and management.
Developer Portal:
• Create and maintain an intuitive internal developer portal for accessing tools, environments, and workflows.
• Build trend and metrics portals to provide insights on deployment efficiency and business impact.
SRE Enablement and Support:
• Contribute to SRE Tooling and automation
• Participate in Shared on call schedule with other team members
• Contribute to highly useful Observability solutions
Experience: • 15+ years in software and systems engineering, specializing in CI/CD, automation, DevOps practices, infrastructure, and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience as a Lead Engineer or Architect in a comparable DevOps organization and track record of improving developer experience through automation
• Is very comfortable with running anything and everything through a pipeline supported by repos.
• Comfortable with GitOps concepts and approaches• Proficient in Python, Go (Golang), Shell (Bash). Javascript a plus.
• Expertise with cloud services (preferably AWS and GCP) and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools: Jenkins, GitHub, Helm, Docker, Artifactory, CI/CD toolchains and more.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems, web architecture, and database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis, Cassandra).
• Ability to balance technical depth with a broad focus on organizational goals.
Preferred Qualifications: • Familiarity with tools and strategies for secure CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like DataDog, Grafana, StatsD and APIs like OpenAI for productivity improvements.
Why join this team? • Opportunity to drive initiatives like developer portals, factory-level CI/CD and environment provisioning as a service.
• Work alongside a passionate team building systems that scale with the organization.
• Be part of a team that pushes the envelope on innovation for infrastructure and developer productivity.
Benefits:
Hybrid work environment
Competitive salary.
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) plan.
Opportunities for professional development and growth.
Generous vacation policy.