DevOps Engineer II

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 Summary
Yotta Energy is seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer II to own and optimize the software delivery lifecycle from code commit to 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 work closely with software, hardware, and product teams to build highly automated, observable, and resilient deployment environments supporting 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, Pulumi, or similar tools
• Collaborate with software engineers to ensure applications are deployable, testable, and production ready
• Support integration of cloud services, IoT devices, and embedded systems into deployment workflows
• Maintain release documentation, operational runbooks, and incident response procedures
• Implement security, scalability, reliability, and disaster recovery best practices
• Continuously improving deployment automation, release velocity, and system observability

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ 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
• Strong proficiency with Git workflows and release management practices
• Experience deploying and supporting cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, including Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, DynamoDB, EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, Load Balancers, and IAM
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi, or Ansible
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or another scripting language
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
• Strong troubleshooting, incident response, and root-cause analysis skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or Open Telemetry
• Familiarity with Linux administration and package management
• Experience with serverless frameworks, particularly SST
• Experience with embedded systems, IoT devices, or hardware/software integration
• 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
• Zero-trust networking and access control models
• Disaster recovery and business continuity planning

Technical Competencies

• CI/CD Pipeline Engineering
• Cloud Infrastructure & Operations
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Release Management
• Production Monitoring & Observability
• Incident Response & Troubleshooting
• Containerization & Orchestration
• Software Security & Compliance
• System Reliability & Scalability
• Cloud Networking & 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

What We Offer 

• Up to 135,000 a year DOE 
• Comprehensive benefits package 
• Collaborative, mission driven work environment 

Work Authorization Requirement
Candidates 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 Energy
At 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.