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DevOps Engineer jobs in San Diego, CA
DevOps engineers build the pipelines, infrastructure, and automation that let teams ship software quickly and safely. The work centers on CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and reliability.
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Staff / Sr Staff Engineer - System SoftwareCategorySoftwareLocationSan Diego, CA ExperienceMore than 8 Years Work Expe.Job Description• Bring up new platform boards and verify the major functions independently• Regular s…
build autonomy systems for air, maritime, space, and other platforms operating in complex and contested environments. Forge is the engineering platform used to build, integrate, test, and operate Hivemind capabilities. I…
$115k - $135k
Commercial clients. We are looking for a full-time DevSecOps Engineer to join our team of 110+ employees in San Diego, CA. U.S.... ...stakeholders, you will design and implement automation solutions through DevOps script…
$149.8k - $262.2k
Company DescriptionIt all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for e…
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Company DescriptionIt all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for e…
$160k - $250k
more information, visit . Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:Shield AI is seeking a Senior Engineer to help design, develop, and integrate a safety critical Run-Time Assurance (RTA)…
$75.17k - $130.5k
with SIT, UAT, End-to-End Process Testing, and Cutover ValidationHands-on experience with defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ALM.Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.Where required by law,…
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Instagram, and YouTube. Job Description:Join Shield AI’s Hivemind SDK State Estimation and Vision team to build the tools that help engineers develop, understand, and validate autonomous navigation systems. You will turn…
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Job TitleSenior Procurement/Strategic Sourcing EngineerJob DescriptionThe Senior Procurement Engineer develops and industrializes the supply base, drives Product Cost Roadmaps (PCRs), and executes Design for eXcellence (…
We are seeking a Senior CJA Implementation Engineer to lead the design, implementation, configuration, and reporting of Adobe Customer Journey Analytics (CJA) alongside a website implementation. The role will support the…
$110k - $180k
The Marlin Alliance, Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer (OpAI) supporting Naval Operational Architecture.The successful candidate... ...as a cloud engineer, cloud administrator, cloud architecture, DevOps enginee…
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What devops engineers earn in San Diego
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $42–$60 | $88k–$124k |
| Mid level | $60–$85 | $124k–$177k |
| Senior | $82–$111 | $171k–$230k |
Adjusted for the San Diego market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
AWS, GCP, or AzureKubernetes and DockerTerraform or other IaCCI/CD pipelinesLinux and shell scriptingPython or GoMonitoring (Prometheus, Grafana)Incident responseCost optimization
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through a CI/CD pipeline you built or improved.
Cover the stages, what you automated, and the measurable result — faster deploys, fewer failed releases. Numbers make this answer.
A deploy just took production down. What do you do?
Roll back first, diagnose second, communicate throughout. Then talk about prevention: canaries, health checks, smaller changes.
How do you manage infrastructure as code, and why does it matter?
Explain reproducibility, review, and drift prevention with a tool like Terraform. Mention how you handle state and secrets — that is where real experience shows.
How would you reduce a team's cloud bill?
Start with visibility (tagging, cost reports), then rightsizing, reserved capacity, and killing orphaned resources. A real example with a dollar figure is ideal.
How do you decide what to monitor and alert on?
Alert on symptoms users feel, not every metric. Talk about SLOs and reducing alert fatigue — mature answers focus on fewer, better alerts.
How do you roll out a risky infrastructure change?
Describe staging environments, incremental rollout, rollback plans, and communicating with affected teams before you touch anything.
How do you handle secrets in pipelines and applications?
Name a secrets manager, rotation, and least privilege, and the anti-pattern you are avoiding: credentials in code or CI variables sprayed everywhere.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For devops engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Lead with measurable operational wins: deploy frequency, mean time to recovery, uptime, or cloud cost reductions.
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Name your infrastructure stack precisely — 'Kubernetes on EKS with Terraform and GitHub Actions' beats 'cloud technologies'.
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Certifications (AWS, CKA) still move the needle in this field; list current ones near the top.
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Describe scale: number of services, clusters, or engineers your platform supported.
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Mention incident and on-call experience — teams hiring DevOps are usually buying calm under pressure.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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