Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer

The Opportunity We are seeking a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer in Developer Platform Org to help design, build, and operate highly scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms that power a global developer ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, and automation powered by modern AI technologies. The ideal candidate thrives in complex, distributed environments and is passionate about operational excellence, automation-first engineering, and building modern, intelligent infrastructure platforms.

You will play a key role in shaping next-generation cloud architecture, improving reliability and developer experience, and integrating AI capabilities into operational workflows. This position is suited for a forward-thinking engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong collaboration skills and a commitment to continuous improvement. What you'll Do Cloud Platform Engineering Architect, build, and operate multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure).

Design highly available, fault-tolerant, multi-region systems. Support containerized and serverless platforms using Kubernetes and modern cloud-native technologies. Improve scalability, performance, and cost efficiency of shared platform services.

Reliability & Operational Excellence Ensure high availability and quality of service aligned with enterprise SLA targets (99.99%+). Define and track service-level objectives (SLOs), reliability metrics, and key performance indicators. Strengthen observability through logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing.

Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements. Develop and maintain runbooks and standard operating procedures. Drive the productization of SRE capabilities by building reusable reliability frameworks, self-service tooling, and standardized operational practices across platform services.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent tools. Enforce automated validation, policy controls, and configuration consistency. Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

Champion “automate everything” practices to reduce manual effort and operational risk. Security & Compliance Embed secure-by-design principles into infrastructure architecture and delivery Implement secure networking, encryption, secret management, and access controls. Partner with security teams to maintain compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards.

Proactively reduce risk through architecture reviews and security hardening. AI-Enabled Operations & Innovation Integrate AI and automation into operational workflows. Explore intelligent incident triage, log analysis, and predictive monitoring.

Build tools that use modern AI and LLM capabilities to reduce operational toil Contribute to the evolution of platform operations using AI-enabled automation and self-healing systems. Collaboration Across Engineering and Product Teams Partner closely with software engineering, product, and architecture teams. Advise teams on cloud-native design patterns and onboarding to platform services.

Contribute to strong documentation practices and share operational knowledge across teams. Participate in an on-call rotation and support a geographically distributed engineering team. What you need to succeed Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering. Strong expertise in AWS and Azure cloud services. Deep experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized workloads.

Proven experience designing and operating microservices-based architectures. Strong programming/scripting skills (e.g., Python, Go, or Node.js). Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).

Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or ArgoCD. Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic). Strong understanding of cloud security fundamentals and secure architecture principles.

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See how we think about AI in the hiring experience . Expected Pay Range: Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets.

The U.S. pay range for this position is $139,000 -- $257,550 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. In California, the pay range for this position is $177,900 - $257,550 In New York, the pay range for this position is $177,900 - $257,550 In Washington, the pay range for this position is $161,700 - $234,150 At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

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