Senior CloudOps Engineer

⚙️ Senior CloudOps Engineer Job Description

Join Rapid7 : Secure the Future with AI

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly specialized

Senior CloudOps Engineer

to manage, automate, and secure our production cloud infrastructure and Machine Learning (ML) / Large Language Model (LLM) operational pipelines. This role is strictly focused on the

operations and infrastructure

that supports our data science and engineering teams—it is

not

a data science or core LLM development position.

Key Responsibilities and Required Expertise

The successful candidate will be an expert in all the following areas, driving high availability, scalability, and security.

I. Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) :

Deep expertise in managing and provisioning infrastructure using

Terraform .

Containerization & Orchestration :

Advanced deployment, scaling, and management of services using

Docker / Kubernetes .

Networking & Services :

Architecting and maintaining high-performance

API Layers & Microservices .

AWS CloudOps :

Expert proficiency in AWS operational services, including

EventBridge

and

Step Functions , for building robust automation flows.

Data Storage :

Managing and optimizing critical AWS data services, including

S3, DynamoDB, Redshift, and Kinesis .

II. MLOps Tooling & Monitoring

ML / LLM Tooling Support :

Provide and maintain the operational infrastructure for ML / LLM systems, including

Model Registry / Versioning

tools like

MLflow / SageMaker .

Pipeline Automation (CI / CD) :

Designing and implementing robust CI / CD pipelines for ML / LLM deployments using tools like

GitHub Actions / Jenkins .

Model Operations :

Building the infrastructure to support

Drift Detection & Retraining

capabilities.

Monitoring & Alerting :

Implementing comprehensive observability stacks using

Prometheus / Grafana / CloudWatch .

Incident Management :

Leading resolution efforts for production issues, including expertise with

PagerDuty and On-call

responsibilities.

III. Security & Compliance (FinOps)

Cloud Security :

Establishing and enforcing strong security policies and best practices across the cloud environment ( IAM, VPC, Secrets ).

AWS Security Services :

Expert knowledge and application of specific AWS security tools like

IAM, KMS, and Secrets Manager .

Cost Optimization :

Leading initiatives for

Cost Optimization (FinOps) , balancing performance and efficiency across all cloud resources.