Devops/Cloud Admin (Middle) – AI SaaS to $4000

About Us:

We are Sembly AI — a cutting-edge AI SaaS startup revolutionizing how businesses leverage AI to achieve results with our industry-leading AI Teammate product. Our innovative platform is transforming the way teams collaborate and optimize productivity. As an Azure Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in building and scaling our cloud infrastructure to support our dynamic, growing product. We are a US-based company with roots in NYC, and a strong presence in Ukraine and the EU. Join us and be part of a fast-paced, forward-thinking team shaping the future of AI in business.

We’re seeking an experienced Azure Cloud & Kubernetes Administrator to help scale, secure, and optimize our global cloud infrastructure. This is a mid-to-senior level role for a proactive sysadmin who thrives in a high-impact environment and brings deep expertise in Azure and Kubernetes. You’ll play a mission-critical role in driving performance, availability, and automation across our production environments.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Own and optimize our Azure-based environments, ensuring reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Kubernetes Operations: Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters, including Helm-based deployments and cluster scaling strategies.
• DevOps: Work closely with development teams to support CI/CD pipelines, service resilience, and infrastructure alignment with product needs.
• Security & Compliance (SOC II): Apply security best practices, lead vulnerability management, and support our SOC II compliance process.
• Infrastructure Automation: Automate provisioning, deployment, and scaling using Terraform or similar tools.
• Monitoring & Observability: Build and maintain effective monitoring solutions (Grafana, Prometheus, etc.), ensuring system uptime and quick incident resolution.
• System Hardening: Administer Linux-based systems (primarily Ubuntu), implement patching and secure configurations across environments.
• Workspace & Tooling Administration: Manage dev team infrastructure including access control, VPN, cloud workspaces, and internal tools.
   

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years in systems administration or cloud infrastructure roles.
• 2+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong Kubernetes expertise (EKS/AKS, Helm, pod autoscaling, ingress controllers, etc.).
• Solid experience with Linux administration (Ubuntu/Debian preferred).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform).
• Scripting knowledge in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience managing production-grade environments with high uptime requirements.
   

Bonus Experience (Nice-to-Haves):

• Experience with RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Nginx, and Cloudflare
• Familiarity with Grafana, Prometheus, or other observability stacks.
• Experience with storage container management and WAFs.
• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305) or Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD).
• Experience with GCP or other cloud platforms is a plus.
   

Additional Skills (Preferred):

• Azure and Google Cloud Platform: Knowledge of Azure and GCP is a plus, along with relevant certifications.
• Certifications: Any relevant certifications (e.g., Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, SOC II) are a plus.
   

Why Join Us?

• High-impact role in a fast-growing, globally distributed company.
• Work on modern cloud-native infrastructure with cutting-edge tooling.
• Collaborate with a forward-thinking and passionate engineering team.
• Opportunity for professional growth, certifications, and leadership development.
   

Ready to build the future of AI infrastructure with us? Apply now and be part of something great.