Senior DevOps Engineer at Fooda
Chicago, IL
$160,000–$185,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Chicago, IL
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on infrastructure role centered on managing and improving AWS-based cloud environments, with day-to-day work spanning Kubernetes (EKS) cluster operations, Terraform-driven infrastructure-as-code, database administration across Postgres, MySQL, and SQL Server, and security and monitoring tooling such as Datadog. The position also covers disaster recovery, networking, and traffic management, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams. It suits engineers with broad AWS and Kubernetes experience who are comfortable owning both operational reliability and security improvements in a hybrid Chicago office setting.
Senior level · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 190 people in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 140–250
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,335 (middle half $106,829–$171,337). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role sits at the boundary between DevOps/infrastructure engineering (15-1252) and systems administration (15-1244). The JD emphasizes writing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), managing EKS clusters, and scripting — work that leans toward software development — but also includes substantial operational duties (patching, backup/DR, monitoring, VPN). 15-1252 was chosen as the primary code given the IaC and automation emphasis.
RabbitMQ and Redis are listed under 'What You Should Already Have' but framed as 'Knowledge of' rather than 'strong experience with' or 'proficiency in' — a softer gate than the other required skills. They are retained as required given their placement in the requirements section, but this is a borderline call.
Python and Shell are listed under 'Familiarity with scripting' in the requirements section — 'familiarity' is softer language, but section placement (required qualifications) governs, so they are marked required.
ElastiCache and ElasticSearch appear in the responsibilities/stack narrative rather than the requirements section, so they are marked preferred.
Cloudflare is explicitly listed under 'Preferred Qualifications' and is marked preferred accordingly.
The role is hybrid (Chicago office required), not fully remote.
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