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 SummaryYotta 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 RequirementCandidates 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 EnergyAt 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.