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    Ayla Networks

    Internet of Things (IoT)

    Senior DevOps engineer.

    Any, United StatesRemoteFull-time8+ yrs experiencePosted 1w ago
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    Job description

    Senior DevOps Engineer — Remote  
    About Ayla Networks  
    Ayla Networks is a full-stack IoT platform and managed services partner for consumer  
    smart home brands. Since 2010, Ayla has helped its customers build, grow, and evolve  
    connected product ecosystems, handling the infrastructure, security, and OTA updates  
    required to deliver world-class connected experiences at scale. Ayla provides a flexible  
    architecture that works with any device, hardware, or communication protocol,  
    empowering manufacturers to bring truly differentiated products to market. Trusted by  
    leading global consumer brands, Ayla has activated more than 15 million devices  
    worldwide and manages billions of transactions each month.  
    Our platform spans device connectivity, cloud services, mobile applications, device and  
    user management, data services, security, analytics, and lifecycle management. This  
    creates an opportunity for our DevOps engineers to work on complex, large-scale systems  
    that have a direct impact on millions of connected products and their users around the  
    world.  
    We are looking for an exceptional Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Ayla DevOps team.  
    You will be a key member of a global engineering organization responsible for the  
    infrastructure and services that manage devices, users, and data. This is a highly visible  
    role with the opportunity to influence infrastructure architecture, reliability, automation,  
    cloud efficiency, and the future evolution of Ayla's global platform.  
    What You Will Be Doing  
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    Work in a collaborative, engineering culture where teams work together to solve  
    challenging technical problems.  
    Manage and improve highly scalable, reliable systems supporting millions of  
    devices and users across seven geographically distributed platform instances.  
    Play a significant role in the reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency  
    of Ayla's global cloud infrastructure.  
    Collaborate with engineering leaders and peers across multiple countries to  
    develop repeatable and scalable objectives.  
    Work closely with the U.S. Vice President of DevOps to plan and execute short- and  
    long-term infrastructure improvement initiatives, including architecture, budgeting,  
    implementation, and cloud cost optimization.  
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    Identify opportunities for automation and other process enhancements  
    Participate in a scheduled 24/7 on-call rotation supporting production systems.  
    Desired Skills and Experience  
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    8+ years of industry experience supporting Docker-based microservices, PaaS  
    environments, and cloud technologies.  
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    5+ years of networking experience supporting high-availability applications on  
    AWS and GCP. Experience with both platforms is preferred, including HTTP- and  
    MQTT-based ingestion and messaging solutions.  
    Proficiency in Linux with 5+ years of hands-on experience in system  
    administration, user and machine administration, package management, and  
    scripting using Python and Bash.  
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    5+ years of experience deploying and operating cloud applications, including  
    AWS and GCP. Azure experience is a plus.  
    3+ years of experience managing high-availability Kafka clusters, with a strong  
    understanding of Kafka internals, including brokers, producers, consumers, and  
    partitions.  
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    3+ years of database administration experience with technologies such as  
    MySQL, Cassandra, or other NoSQL databases.  
    3+ years of experience in log collection and analysis, performance  
    monitoring/tuning, using tools such as Coralogix, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry,  
    New Relic, Datadog, or similar platforms.  
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    3+ years of experience with infrastructure automation tools, particularly  
    Terraform. Ansible experience is also valuable.  
    Proficiency with modern CI/CD tools, automation practices, and deployment  
    workflows.  
    Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development and automation tools such as  
    Claude (preferred), Cursor, Gemini, or similar technologies.  
    Strong understanding of DevOps architecture and operations, including  
    infrastructure strategy, capacity planning, budgeting, cost optimization,  
    implementation, reliability, and scalability.  
    Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively  
    across teams, functions, countries, and time zones.  
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    Why Join Ayla?  
    Ayla's platform connects millions of devices and supports global consumer brands,  
    providing challenging engineering problems involving distributed systems, cloud  
    infrastructure, networking, messaging, databases, observability, security, automation, and  
    high availability.  
    As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will have influence over both day-to-day operations and  
    the longer-term technical direction of the platform. You will work with an experienced  
    international team while helping shape how Ayla makes its infrastructure more scalable,  
    resilient, automated, and cost-efficient.  
    If you are a driven DevOps engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure problems,  
    improving systems through automation, and making a visible impact on a global  
    technology platform, we would like to hear from you.  
    Location  
    This is a 100% remote position with occasional travel.  
    Candidates should be located in the Eastern Time Zone of the United States or Canada,  
    or in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to support effective collaboration with the broader Ayla  
    team.  

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    Ayla Networks

    Ayla Networks provides a leading IoT platform that enables manufacturers to connect, manage, and analyze their connected products.

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