Staff DevOps Engineer, Cision

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Redis

Linux

Postgres

Terraform

Jenkins

Ansible

MySQL

Prometheus

Grafana

loki

Senior and Expert level

Boston

Chicago

New York

PR and marketing software

Be an early applicant

PR and marketing software

1001+ employees

B2BAnalyticsCommunicationDigital MediaSaaSData AnalysisMedia

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Redis

Linux

Postgres

Terraform

Jenkins

Ansible

MySQL

Prometheus

Grafana

loki

Senior and Expert level

Boston

Chicago

New York

1001+ employees

B2BAnalyticsCommunicationDigital MediaSaaSData AnalysisMedia

Company mission

To use their software to provide prompt and professional resolutions that allow PR and Marketing professionals to focus on optimal communication.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5–10 years’ experience in DevOps, SRE, or Software Engineering roles
Strong coding ability in languages like Python, Go, or a similar OOP language
Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes and containerized workloads at scale
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and configuration management
Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
Solid grasp of networking, Linux internals, and security best practices
Deep understanding of CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.)
Strong observability mindset—experience with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc
Experience with hybrid service meshes, multi-cluster Kubernetes, or edge computing, preferred
Knowledge of Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, or RDBMS (MySQL/Postgres), preferred

What the job involves

This role is responsible for writing clean, production-grade code as they are architecting infrastructure, deploying services, or debugging systems
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient platforms, streamline operations, and accelerate delivery in hybrid cloud infrastructure setups
Design, build, and maintain infrastructure and platform tooling across hybrid environments—from cloud-native (AWS/GCP) to on-prem systems
Develop internal tools and automation to eliminate manual tasks and improve developer experience
Implement and evolve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and GitOps workflows
Work closely with software engineers to embed infrastructure and operational thinking early in the SDLC
Champion observability, reliability, and performance through metrics, logging, and alerting best practices
Lead incident response, postmortems, and ongoing resilience improvements
Contribute to a 24×7 on-call rotation for critical systems

Our take

As marketing and PR continues to be digitised, software that helps streamline and make their communication more efficient is in high demand. Cision ranks amidst the top PR Software companies and boasts over 100,000 public relations and marketing professionals globally.

The company is well established as a Media and Influencer Targeting Software and has rapidly become the market leader. As influencers have become more plentiful and effective, there is a forecast growth of brand spend on influencer marketing. Tools such as Cision are therefore looking to be in higher demand.

It is a global enterprise with a vast team of over 2000 employees, making it a company able to deal with high-frequency requests. Cision is already ranked as a leader in the $3 billion communications intelligence software and services market. In February 2023, Cali Tran took over as CEO, having previously led the influential Brandwatch which was one of four high-profile acquisitions made by Cision between 2021 and 2023.