DevOps Engineer II
Yotta Energy
Software Engineering
Austin, TX, USA
USD 135k-135k / year
Posted on Jun 3, 2026
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.