Lead AWS DevOps Engineer

Resource Innovations is seeking a AWS DevOps Engineer. This is remote position requiring occasional in-person office meetings for candidates residing in one of the following metro areas: San Francisco CA, Chicago IL, Phoenix AZ, Denver CO, or Madison WI. This position will work on a wide range of SaaS products on AWS platform that fundamentally changes how utilities manage business processes and customer initiatives for energy efficiency, renewable energy, demands response and conservation. We are looking for candidates who want to work on things that make an impact on the world and are passionate about product craftsmanship.

We require candidates to currently reside in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not offering visa sponsorship or extensions for this position.

The Lead AWS DevOps Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and managing AWS technology infrastructure leveraging cloud services and automation to ensure SaaS solutions are optimized for functionality, performance, and cost. This role will be responsible for developing and driving AWS cloud deployment, integration of new cloud services, CI/CD automation and pipelines.

As a member of the technology team, you will work to transform current cloud technology capabilities across portfolio of SaaS products and pave the way for best-in-class solutions. You will identify opportunities to leverage cloud architecture, identify new and emerging technologies and design platform that will optimize delivery of SaaS products.

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we're constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we're leading the charge to power change.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architecture & Strategy
• Design, build, and evolve cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions to support our SaaS products.
• Define and continuously improve standards for infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational processes.
• Lead the team in adopting modern practices like containerization, serverless computing, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Drive the roadmap for DevOps tooling, automation, and scalability improvements.
• Hands‑On Engineering
• Build and maintain highly available, secure, and scalable cloud environments.
• Develop and integrate next‑generation CI/CD pipelines, supporting automated deployments and testing.
• Implement configuration management, monitoring, alerting, and logging to ensure proactive issue detection.
• Optimize systems for performance, cost efficiency, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and deployment issues in real time.
• Technical Leadership & Collaboration
• Act as a technical lead and mentor for the DevOps team—review designs, guide implementation, and share best practices.
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to support new features, releases, and operational improvements.
• Participate in sprint planning, stand‑ups, and cross‑team discussions to prioritize DevOps initiatives.
• Foster a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.