Senior DevOps Engineer

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at

Job summary

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who will play a role in updating the state of our infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence. This role requires a deep understanding of systems, networking, monitoring, and security, with a strong bias toward automation, reliability and scale. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader, helping to shape the direction of infrastructure and tooling.

What you will do

Implementation of infrastructure automation, monitoring, and system reliability practices committed to providing 100% service availability.

Able to perform forensic system administration, troubleshooting unfamiliar Linux systems and services.

Demonstrates a SecOps mindset with a focus on secure automation and hardened Linux system administration.

Champion the use and advancement of DevOps best practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and zero-touch provisioning.

Utilize best practices in release management, incident management, capacity planning, and operational readiness.

Instrumentation of services with visualization to speed triage (lower MTTR) allowing no direct access to systems.

Exerts technical influence horizontally—up and laterally to fellow seniors, and down to the team.

Acts as a mentor to DevOps and engineering team members; share knowledge and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

Proactively identify and implement opportunities to increase system resiliency.

Implement technical direction around infrastructure, cloud, networking (BGP), and automation strategy.

Participate in on-call rotation, demonstrating strong customer empathy and responsiveness to incidents.

Own and improve standard operating procedures and system documentation.

Research, prototype, and implement new technologies across cloud, virtualization, and hardware platforms.

What you will have

Strong Linux systems administration background with a deep understanding of how Linux interacts with hardware (CPU, memory, disk, networking).

Advanced proficiency in scripting and automation using Ansible, Bash, Python, Packer, and Terraform.

Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, etc.) and provisioning tools like Terraform and Packer.

Experience with datacenter operations including racking, stacking, and remote system management.

Proven ability to manage and configure systems at scale with zero-touch provisioning approaches.

Experience managing monitoring systems and developing custom dashboards for observability.

Solid understanding of networking within a linux environment (Router -> Switch -> Server -> Virtualization -> Linux -> Service) ; BGP and DNS experience is a plus.

Passion for operational excellence, security, and performance.

Ability to self-manage, communicate effectively, and collaborate with diverse technical teams.

Willingness and ability to learn new technologies as required.

Nice to have

Experience with Kentik, Splunk, or similar network visibility and observability platforms.

Familiarity with modern CI/CD tools and pipeline architecture.

Willingness and ability to learn new languages as required.

Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs following coding best practices.

Understanding of release management processes in large-scale environments.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement savings programs with company matching (401(k) or RRSP)

Generous paid time off, including holidays, and vacation

Paid parental leave and family support benefits

Life and disabilitycoverage

Flexible spending and health savings options (where applicable)

Health and wellness support, including gym reimbursement and wellness programs

Employee Assistance Program with 24/7confidential support for employees and families

Education assistance and professional development opportunities

Access to LinkedIn Learning and continuous learning resources

Employee referral bonus program and additional company perks and discounts

Internal rewards and recognition platform (Motivosity) to celebrate and acknowledge project wins, milestone achievements, and the outstanding contributions of our colleagues

Business travel insurance and global employee support programs

To protect candidate information and maintain a secure hiring process, all applications must be submitted through our careers portal. Resumes or CVs sent directly via email will not be reviewed or considered.

DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran’s status, status as a qualified person with a disability, or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified person with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Compensation Transparency:

The annualized base salary range for this position is outlined below.

Each candidate’s compensation offer will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, job duties, business needs, and location. For roles that include additional compensation components, total compensation may include base pay, bonus, equity, or other incentives.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, which will be discussed during the hiring process. We are committed to fair and transparent pay practices and comply with all applicable pay transparency requirements. If you would like more information about compensation or benefits, we are happy to provide additional details during the hiring process.

For more information regarding our comprehensive benefits, see the benefits section.

Base Salary

$150,000—$160,000 USD

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