Cision
StaffDevOpsEngineer
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“Staff DevOps Engineer at Cision. Skills: DevOps, SRE, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, automation, CI/CD, observability. design and implement the tools, automation, and infrastructure that support reliable, secure, and scalable service delivery across our environments. improving platform reliability, operational efficiency, scalability, and consistency”
What You'll Achieve.
improve platform reliability, operational efficiency, scalability, and consistency; support knowledge sharing; ensure platform availability
Industry & Context.
solving complex problems
24x7 on-call rotation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or software engineering roles, Kubernetes experience at scale, with deep understanding of containers and container orchestration, Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet, programming skills in at least one object-oriented language, along with effective scripting and automation capability, understanding of security principles and best practices across infrastructure, platforms, and services, Significant hands-on experience in at least one major cloud platform, with broad exposure across AWS, GCP, or OCI, monitoring, alerting, and observability experience using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or similar platforms, Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and distributed systems, Linux and/or Windows systems administration experience, Experience with software delivery automation, CI/CD pipelines, and secure SDLC practices, including exposure to static and dynamic security testing, Good understanding of SRE concepts such as SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, toil reduction, availability, and observability
Nice to Have
Experience managing and scaling Elasticsearch in production is strongly preferred, Kafka, MySQL and/or PostgreSQL, Redis, Networking
What You'll Do.
design and implement the tools
and infrastructure that support reliable
and scalable service delivery across our environments
improving platform reliability
operational efficiency
deliver resilient and well-governed solutions
and ongoing improvement of reliable
and secure production platforms and services
build and maintain resilient infrastructure and deployment patterns
Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to support critical services and ensure platform availability
Drive standardisation
and documentation to improve consistency
reduce operational overhead
and support knowledge sharing
Contribute across the full lifecycle of platform and service delivery
from design and build through to operation and optimisation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with cross-functional teams to build and maintain resilient infrastructure and deployment patterns; Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across the organisation, promoting engineering standards and operational best practice
Full Job Description
At Cision, we believe in empowering every individual to make an impact. Here, your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your unique perspective fuels our collective success. As part of our global team, you'll thrive in an environment that champions curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, all while making meaningful contributions to the brands we accelerate. Join us in shaping the future of communication and building authentic connections that matter. Whether you're solving complex problems or driving bold innovations, your growth is our success, and together, we’ll create the conversations of tomorrow. Empower your impact at Cision. Be seen, be understood, be you. We’re looking for an accomplished Staff DevOps Engineer to help shape and evolve our cloud, DevOps, and SRE platforms. In this role, you will design and implement the tools, automation, and infrastructure that support reliable, secure, and scalable service delivery across our environments. You will play a key role in improving platform reliability, operational efficiency, scalability, and consistency, working across teams to deliver resilient and well-governed solutions. Reporting to the Cloud DevOps Manager, you will also mentor other engineers and help drive best practice across cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, and site reliability engineering. What you’ll do Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of reliable, scalable, performant, and secure production platforms and services. Work closely with cross-functional teams to build and maintain resilient infrastructure and deployment patterns. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across the organisation, promoting strong engineering standards and operational best practice. Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to support critical services and ensure platform availability. Drive standardisation, automation, and documentation to improve consistency, reduce operational overhead, and support knowledge sharing.
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