Sr. DevOps Engineer

Who we are

Datassential is a global food and beverage intelligence platform. By embracing billions of data points and AI, we offer a suite of innovative solutions that empower over 90% of the largest global brands in the food & beverage ecosystem to more effectively develop, market, and sell their products.

Datassential, headquartered in Chicago, USA, has gained momentum in global markets through its acquisition of CHD Expert (HQ: France) in 2022. Datassential recently received investment from New Mountain Capital and Endicott Capital, two top tier private equity firms. This significant milestone in our company’s journey enables us to accelerate our product roadmap and enhance our R&D efforts to deliver even more value-added features and solutions for our clients. 

Our global, remote-first team celebrates diverse backgrounds and new perspectives while cultivating expertise in all things food and beverage. Food brings people together, and there's room for everyone at Datassential's table.

The DevOps team is responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that powers Datassential’s applications and data platforms. We focus on automation, reliability, and scalability to ensure our systems remain secure, efficient, and resilient. From managing CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure to improving monitoring, security, and cost efficiency, we work closely with development teams to streamline deployments and optimize performance. Our goal is to provide a strong, stable foundation that allows our engineering teams to deliver high-quality products quickly and reliably.

What you will do

• Build, manage, and enhance automated CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins JTE) and AWS-based infrastructure to deploy and run Datassential’s applications efficiently and reliably.
• Implement and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform to ensure consistency, security, and scalability across environments.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to understand requirements, design effective infrastructure solutions, and troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues.
• Proactively monitor system performance and security, managing tools like New Relic, Snyk, SonarCloud, and Intruder.io to maintain compliance and reliability.
• Mentor other DevOps team members, share knowledge, champion best practices, and contribute to architectural discussions as we transition toward a Platform Engineering model.

Why you should join us

• Gain hands-on experience managing cutting-edge cloud infrastructure and deploying modern technologies in AWS, EKS/ECS, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Work in a team that values innovation and experimentation. We're not afraid to explore new ideas, including leveraging the latest AI tools to boost productivity and automation.
• Play a key role in major technology initiatives, including transitioning towards a Platform Engineering model and exploring new ways to improve security and efficiency across the organization.
• Advance your technical skills and career growth in a supportive environment that encourages continuous learning, mentorship, and exploration of emerging technologies.
• Collaborate closely with talented developers and data teams, gaining broad exposure to application architectures, data workflows, and business operations.

Who You Are

• Passionate about automation, infrastructure reliability, and building efficient, scalable systems.
• Detail-oriented, with strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to quickly diagnose complex technical issues.
• A collaborative team player who communicates clearly and proactively with teammates and development partners.
• Adaptable, self-driven, and comfortable working independently, taking initiative to propose and implement improvements.
• Curious and eager to learn new technologies, tools, and practices, consistently looking to innovate and stay ahead of the curve.

What you bring

• 7-10 years of experience in DevOps, with extensive hands-on experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure

• Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Strong experience with Jenkins pipelines, including Jenkins Templating Engine (JTE) and Groovy scripting
• Comfortable deploying, managing, and migrating containerized workloads on AWS ECS and Kubernetes (EKS), including building EKS clusters from scratch
• Solid Linux administration skills, including troubleshooting via CLI and scripting (Bash, Python)
• Experienced with secure networking concepts, including AWS networking services, protocols, routing, and network security best practices

Nice to Have

• Experience with security and compliance tools (Snyk, SonarCloud, Intruder.io, Vanta)
• Familiarity configuring monitoring and alerting solutions, particularly New Relic
• Experience integrating Atlassian tools (Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket) into CI/CD workflows
• Familiarity with modern AI tools aimed at improving developer productivity, including supporting ML workloads (e.g., AWS SageMaker, MLOps, and related data pipelines)
• Previous experience using AWS Serverless services (Lambda, Serverless RDS, API Gateway, etc.)
• Experience managing AWS IAM, including creating and maintaining policies, roles, and permissions for secure resource access

• Competitive salary and annual bonus eligibility
• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, including a no cost employee-only plan
• 401K with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 5%
• Unlimited PTO, recharge days, and Christmas through New Year break
• Remote Stipend (non-Chicago residents)
• Wellness Reimbursement or HQ Gym access

Our Table Welcomes All. We embrace diversity of both background and thought and foster an inclusive environment that extends an open landscape of opportunities to everyone. We invite each of us to simply be ourselves. We operate with respect and without judgment, celebrating both the power of the individual as well as our shared humanity.

Datassential is an E-Verify employer.

The pay range for this role is $140,000k/yr- $150,000k/yr. Actual compensation within the pay range will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location.

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