Senior DevOps Engineer

Ambush is a people first company where talented, thoughtful individuals come together to build meaningful products and lasting partnerships. We believe the best work happens when people feel supported, trusted and empowered to bring their full abilities to the table.
Since 2015, because of our people first and long term mindset, we have grown into a partner relied on by some of the best companies in the world. We combine strong engineering, design and strategy with a growing strength in AI to help our clients see what is next and achieve bigger outcomes.
At the heart of everything we do is our team. We collaborate, take risks, lift each other up and take pride in doing work the right way, not settling for a quick makeshift solution. If you join Ambush, you join a group of people who want you to succeed and who show up for each other every day.
We believe in and expect real teamwork, a constant drive to be better, and delivering meaningful long term outcomes that we can be proud of together.

When you join us, you will:
- Design, implement, and manage GCP-based infrastructure ensuring scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support reliable deployments and automated testing.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automate environment setup and configuration.
- Establish and maintain observability frameworks: monitoring, logging, and alerting for uptime and performance.
- Collaborate with Security and Engineering to enforce least privilege, compliance, and Zero Trust principles.
- Troubleshoot and optimize system performance, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness.
- Contribute to DevOps best practices and mentor other engineers on automation, cloud, and reliability.

Must-Haves
- Proven expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) like Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Build, IAM, VPC, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Run.
- Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Pulumi).
- Solid scripting/automation experience.
- Deep understanding of Docker and Kubernetes orchestration.
- Strong knowledge of networking, cloud security (IAM, firewalls, service accounts), and high availability architecture.
- Experience with CI/CD systems (CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, GitLab CI, etc).
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting (Stackdriver, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar).

- Excellent English proficiency is extremely important; you will have daily contact with senior stakeholders, and communication is key.

Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
- Experience with Zero Trust networking and DevSecOps practices.
- Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration systems such as Temporal, Cadence, or Airflow.
- Previous exposure to regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC 2, or equivalent compliance frameworks).
- Familiarity with modern edge security practices, including Zero Trust networking, service meshes, and mTLS.