Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer

About MISUMI Americas MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas. Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer Location: Oakland, CA (Onsite / Local Candidates Required) Salary Range: $180,000 – $220,000 USD (base salary) Impact in This Role Ironwood Digital is seeking a Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade cloud infrastructure at scale. This is a hands-on, highly technical role —not advisory. You will lead infrastructure initiatives end to end, from architecture and planning through implementation, debugging, and optimization, supporting a growing, multi-regional global platform. This role requires deep, practical expertise in AWS , with a strong emphasis on CloudFormation , as well as extensive hands-on Node.js development experience used to build internal tools, automation, services, and platform capabilities. You will partner closely with engineering, security, and product teams to ensure reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency across our cloud infrastructure. This position is based in Oakland, CA. Candidates must be located in the Oakland / greater Bay Area and able to work onsite as required. Areas of Responsibility Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation as the primary Infrastructure-as-Code tool Own and evolve AWS environments to support high availability, scalability, failover, and security Lead infrastructure projects from planning through execution, mentoring and guiding a small team Build and maintain Node.js–based tools and services for automation, deployment workflows, monitoring, and platform operations Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments Set up and manage logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions across AWS environments Perform infrastructure upgrades and improvements while minimizing downtime Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across infrastructure, applications, and CI/CD systems Drive initiatives to improve performance, reliability, security posture, and cloud cost efficiency Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, security, and operations teams Maintain clear documentation for infrastructure, automation, and operational processes Contribute to and uphold Ironwood Digital’s Quality Management System (QMS) Required Qualifications Location Must be located in the Oakland, CA / greater Bay Area Ability to work onsite as required Work Authorization Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder) Experience 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Systems Engineering 5+ years of hands-on production experience writing Node.js code , including building services, automation, or internal tools (not just deploying Node.js applications) Expert-level, hands-on AWS experience , including: EC2, Lambda, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, CodeBuild, Elastic Beanstalk Extensive, real-world CloudFormation experience , including: Authoring and maintaining complex templates Managing stacks across multiple environments Handling updates, rollbacks, drift detection, and full stack lifecycle management Strong experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines Hands-on experience debugging systems and applications in production environments Experience with database performance tuning and optimization Strong understanding of AWS security best practices (IAM, networking, encryption, least-privilege access) Strong Linux systems experience Excellent written and verbal communication skills Nice to Have Experience leading or mentoring engineers on infrastructure projects Experience operating multi-region or globally distributed AWS environments Familiarity with containerized workloads (ECS, EKS) Cloud cost optimization / FinOps experience Background working in fast-growing or high-scale engineering organizations Compensation Base salary range: $180,000 – $220,000 USD Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, and alignment with role requirements Why Ironwood Digital At Ironwood Digital, you’ll work on real, complex infrastructure challenges that support the design and manufacturing of physical products around the world. This role offers the opportunity to own core cloud systems , influence architectural decisions, and play a key role in scaling a global platform. Perks and Benefits Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance 401K plan Monthly Virtual Work stipend for things like food, internet, travel, pet care, health and wellness Parental leave programs Paid volunteer days Onboarding setup, including: standing desk, laptop, monitor, and chair, and a stipend for additional items such as headphones, blue light glasses, or any other ergonomic supplies you may want or need And much, much more! We’re actively seeking teammates who: Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company. Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team. Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth. Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins. Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.