Senior DevOps Engineer

Merciv is pioneering autonomous retail intelligence through EVA (Evolving Virtual Analyst), our agentic AI platform that's transforming how the world's largest retailers operate. We're building the infrastructure that enables AI agents to inform consumer-facing strategies, make million-dollar inventory decisions, optimize pricing in real-time, and orchestrate complex retail operations 24/7.

Requirements

• 6-10+ years of industry experience with at least 4 years in hands-on DevOps roles
• 4+ years managing cloud infrastructure in production (AWS strongly preferred)
• 2+ years of production Kubernetes experience (EKS preferred)
• Expert-level AWS knowledge (EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, Secrets Manager, KMS)
• Advanced Infrastructure-as-Code expertise with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Strong GitOps experience and configuration management (Ansible)
• Hands-on experience with bare metal configuration and machine templates
• Advanced Docker knowledge and container debugging skills
• Production Kubernetes with Helm, FluxCD, and KEDA
• Container-based deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling)
• Strong Python and Bash scripting for automation and CLI tool development
• CI/CD pipeline design with GitHub Actions and other platforms
• Ability to write robust, production-ready automation
• Experience with observability stacks (NewRelic preferred, CloudWatch, Prometheus/InfluxDB)
• Distributed tracing, log aggregation, and alerting strategies
• Root cause analysis and post-mortem expertise
• Deep understanding of network security, load balancing, and DNS
• IAM best practices, key management, and secret rotation
• Compliance experience (SOC2, GDPR) and zero-trust architecture principles
• Threat modeling capabilities with a proactive security mindset
• Solid Linux administration and system debugging skills
• Strong networking fundamentals and troubleshooting abilities

Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Commuter