About this role

Five9 is hiring a senior-level DevOps Engineer in the software engineering function as a remote position. The posting calls out experience with Python, Bash, Kubernetes, Terraform and roughly 7+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $90,000–$250,300 per year.

Role: DevOps Engineer
Function: software engineering
Level: senior
Track: Individual contributor
Employment: Full-time
Location: Remote (United States)
Work mode: Remote
Experience: 7+ years
Department: Voice & Infrastructure - Product Engineering

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Senior DevOps Engineer managing OpenStack and Rancher Kubernetes platforms at scale. Requires 7+ years infrastructure/SRE experience, CKA certification, and expertise in Kubernetes automation (GitOps, Terraform, Helm), OpenStack multi-tenant operations, and cross-platform observability. Lead platform lifecycle, security, and reliability across hybrid cloud environments.

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Job description

from Five9 careers

Join us in bringing joy to customer experience. Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide.

Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together. We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves.

This position spans the Infrastructure Reliability and Platform Engineering domains, with equal responsibility for OpenStack and Rancher-managed Kubernetes environments. The engineer will lead the lifecycle of both platforms, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable foundations that support mission-critical workloads.

This role defines how Five9 builds and runs both Kubernetes and OpenStack platforms at scale, ensuring parity in automation, performance, security, and observability. By bridging the two ecosystems, this engineer will enable hybrid flexibility while providing the resilient foundation on which the business depends.

The role covers:

Kubernetes (Rancher RKE2/K3s): Designing and maintaining bare-metal clusters with GitOps-driven automation (Fleet, Argo CD, Terraform, Helm), optimized for performance and secured with RBAC, network policies, and compliance guardrails.
OpenStack: Designing, automating, and operating multi-tenant clusters across Nova, Neutron, Octavia, Manila, Cinder, Ironic, and Glance, ensuring performance, tenant isolation, and lifecycle automation.

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