Top Remote DevOps Engineering Jobs
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Simplify has compiled the top remote DevOps engineering jobs for experienced engineers looking to lead infrastructure at scale, no office required. These roles are ideal for mid-level to senior staff and head engineers who want to work on cloud infrastructure, SRE, platform reliability, and CI/CD systems across a variety of fast-moving tech environments.
Our listings include DevOps roles at remote-first startups, SaaS companies, Cloud-native platforms, and global enterprises modernizing their infrastructure.
Skills and tools often required: cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), and Microsoft Azure; infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation; container orchestration: Kubernetes, Helm; monitoring & observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog; CI/CD systems: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI
These positions come with competitive compensation, offering many base salaries of $160K–$220K+, equity, and comprehensive remote benefits, including wellness stipends and an asynchronous work culture.
Whether you're optimizing global-scale infrastructure or building greenfield platforms from scratch, these DevOps work-from-home roles offer autonomy, impact, and the ability to work from anywhere.
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CenturyLinkMid LevelSenior IT Infrastructure Engineer$84.6k - $124.1kRemote in USA$84.6k - $124.1k6d - 3d
Porch GroupExpertInfrastructure Engineering Team Lead$168.8k - $236.3kWashington$168.8k - $236.3k3d - 9d
Penn MutualExpertSenior Site Reliability Engineer$128k - $165kRemote in USA$128k - $165k9d - 6d
FICOSeniorDevOps Engineer - Kubernetes$101.5k - $159.5kRemote in USA$101.5k - $159.5k6d - 16d
LyricSeniorSenior Data Infrastructure Engineer$122.4k - $183.6kRemote in USA$122.4k - $183.6k16d - 16d
PTCExpertPrincipal Site Reliability EngineerRemote in USA---16d - 16d
VeritoneSeniorSite Reliability Engineer$130k - $140kRemote in USA$130k - $140k16d - 3d
CoterieSeniorSr Site Reliability Engineer$140k - $170kRemote in USA$140k - $170k3d - 10d
NetBox LabsSeniorSenior DevOps Engineer - Cloud DeliveryRemote in USA---10d - 3d
Slingshot AerospaceSeniorSenior Devops Engineer$136k - $237kColorado Springs, CO$136k - $237k3d - 24d
Zeta GlobalExpertPrincipal DevOps Engineer$180k - $210kRemote in USA$180k - $210k24d - 18d
Flock SafetySeniorSite Reliability Engineer 3 - Aviation$140k - $165kRemote in USA$140k - $165k18d - 3d
Stability AISeniorSenior Site Reliability EngineerRemote in USA---3d - 6d
OracleExpertPrincipal Big Data Site Reliability Developer$86.4k - $199.5kRemote in USA$86.4k - $199.5k6d - 6d
EDBSeniorSenior IT Infrastructure EngineerRemote in USA---6d
Explore our FAQ section to learn more.
DevOps focuses on infrastructure, deployment, automation, monitoring, and CI/CD, not building app features. SWE builds product logic. DevOps builds the tools and processes to run and scale that product reliably.
If your team is async and infrastructure is cloud-native, remote DevOps can work well. But if systems are legacy or teams are onsite (like hardware or on-prem setups), hybrid or in-office may be expected.
Yes, especially if you've dealt with deployments, monitoring, Docker, AWS/GCP, or internal tooling. Learning Terraform, CI/CD, and observability tools like Prometheus or Grafana will help you transition.
SaaS platforms, devtool startups, cloud-native apps, and distributed-first teams all lean heavily on remote DevOps. Industries like fintech, gaming, and streaming media also demand high system reliability.
Linux, CI/CD pipelines, containers (Docker/K8s), cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), Terraform, and strong documentation skills. Being able to debug systems independently is essential when remote.
Yes. As more systems move to cloud-native and hybrid deployments, skilled DevOps engineers are critical to reliability and cost control. It’s one of the least likely tech jobs to be automated away soon.
