Sr DevOps Engineer

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow. Section 1: Position Summary As a DevOps Principal Engineer , you will provide technical leadership and architectural direction for DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud‑native engineering practices across multiple agile teams. You will partner closely with architects, engineers, security, and infrastructure teams to design scalable, secure, and highly automated delivery platforms that enable teams to ship software faster and more reliably. This role is ideal for a hands‑on technical leader who enjoys working at both the strategic and tactical levels —setting standards, guiding teams, and occasionally rolling up their sleeves to solve complex engineering problems or lead proofs of concept. You will also serve as a champion of DevOps and DevSecOps culture , continuously improving developer experience, platform reliability, and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Architecture Provide architectural oversight and technical direction for DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering practices across multiple scrum teams. Partner with Application and Program Architects to align DevOps solutions with business and product strategy. Define and evolve standards for build, deployment, infrastructure, and environment management. Design reusable reference architec