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title: 'Senior DevOps Engineer at Monks'
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# Senior DevOps Engineer at Monks

- **Company:** Monks
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA
- **Compensation:** $110k–$160k
- **Posted:** 2026-06-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://www.monks.com/careers/6010678004/job?gh_jid=6010678004

## Job description

Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website ([monks.com/careers](http://monks.com/careers)).

We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative DevOps engineer to join our team. In this position, you will join a team of DevOps engineers focused on automating solutions, securing data and infrastructures, and owning all aspects of our infrastructure to achieve high availability, scalability and reliability.

Location: You would be required to be on-site 3 times per week, between Tuesday to Thursday.

Description

We are looking for a world-class DevOps Engineer who is passionate about operational excellence through automation and engineering processes. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the seamless integration of development and operations processes, to deliver best in class and highly available systems.

You will work with the application development teams to understand infrastructure requirements, while promoting efficiency, scalability, security, and reliability throughout the software lifecycle. Your expertise in cloud platforms, automation, and infrastructure management will be crucial to the success of our projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Designing engineering platforms and tooling that simplify the process of building, deploying, and operating applications.
- Developing automation for common development and operational tasks.
- Monitoring system performance and availability, and remediating as necessary.
- Collaborating with software and data engineering team on finding operationally sustainable solutions to engineering problems.

## Minimum Qualifications

- 5+ years in operational roles (Cloud Operations, Site Reliability, DevOps, etc...)
- Experience with GitOps-based deployments, enabling CI/CD with Jenkins, ArgoCD or similar systems.
- Proficiency with logging and observability technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk or similar.
- Proficiency with designing and operating applications in a public cloud environment (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc...)
- Expertise in operating and integrating with AWS services such as RDS, EKS, CloudWatch, etc...
- Expertise with containerization technologies such as Docker.
- Expertise with container orchestration such Kubernetes and Helm.
- Expertise in configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Terraform).
- Expertise in maintaining and troubleshooting Linux-based systems.
- Continuously work with the engineering teams to improve reliability, implementing actionable monitoring framework.
- Analytical & problem solving skills, ability to communicate ideas clearly.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with a strong focus on teamwork.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent in Engineering.
- 10+ years in operational roles (Cloud Operations, Site Reliability, DevOps, etc...)
- 1+ years in Software Engineering roles or equivalent software architecture roles.
- Experience with preparing and executing PCI, SOC2, SOX, or other compliance audits.

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## What We Offer

## Benefits

- Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
- 401k with company contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
- Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
- A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
- Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge[here](https://www.adweek.com/agencies/s4-capital-continues-its-ambitious-evolution-by-joining-the-climate-pledge/?utm_content=154645660&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-2717758)!)

This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range: $110,000—$160,000 USD

## About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect.

This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.

## About Monks

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Monks is a global digital-first marketing, technology services, and consulting company that connects content, data, and digital media to help ambitious brands grow.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Wholly owned subsidiary of S4 Capital plc, LSE: SFOR)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Wesley ter Haar, Gin Roberscheuten, Terrence de Kat (formerly Terrence Koeman)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Services, Marketing & Technology Consulting, Digital Content Production
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large Enterprises and global brands (Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including Netflix, Meta, HP, Dove, and Mondelēz) [monks.com]
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To be a catalyst for change in the industry and communities through technological innovation, creativity, and impactful work, aiming to "win the decade" by making best-in-class work and being the best place to work. [monks.com/careers]

## Products & Services
- **Monks.Flow (AI Platform)**: An AI-powered operating system designed to orchestrate marketing and technology into unified, intelligent systems for real-time brand management. [linkedin.com]
- **Marketing Orchestration**: A service that boosts efficiency and creativity to accelerate marketing results at any scale.
- **Glass Box Media**: A service offering total visibility and control for smarter, more impactful media investments.
- **Technology Services**: Modernizing infrastructure, accelerating product and platform innovation, and delivering next-generation customer experiences.
- **Content Production**: A global studio model blending strategy, talent, and production for effective content with cost savings.
- **Data & AI Consulting**: Services focused on transforming data to fuel customer experience, including AI-powered tools for creative asset production.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available for the subsidiary. Parent company S4 Capital plc has a public market cap.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$1.5 Billion** (as per LinkedIn data) [linkedin.com]
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company S4 Capital plc (Founded by Sir Martin Sorrell). Key Technology Partners include Salesforce, Meta, NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Marketing Platform, and Google Cloud. [monks.com/what-we-do]
- **Growth Signals**: Despite a -6.4% YoY headcount decline (now 4,787 employees), the company maintains a massive global footprint across 62 countries. It is actively investing in its AI transformation, highlighted by the "Monks.Flow" platform. The company recently rebranded from MediaMonks to Monks in 2024, signaling a strategic shift. [linkedin.com]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Global Reach**: Operates in 62 countries, giving it a unique ability to execute complex, global campaigns from a single P&L. [linkedin.com]
- **AI-First Approach**: Has aggressively moved into AI-powered services, including training custom AI models for clients (e.g., Dove's Real Beauty campaign) and building its own AI operating system (Monks.Flow). [monks.com/what-we-do]
- **"One P&L" Model**: Unlike traditional holding companies, Monks offers a unified, non-siloed approach to content, data, and media, which it markets as "foundationally different." [monks.com/careers]
- **Premium Client Roster**: Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including tech giants like Meta, Netflix, and HP, creating a strong "halo effect" for talent and capabilities. [monks.com/what-we-do]

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Acceleration**: The company's clear priority is embedding AI across its entire workflow ("from strategy to supply") and scaling its "always-on agents" to change how work is done.
- **Winning the Decade**: Pushing to become the dominant digital partner for brands by unifying marketing and technology into one performance system.
- **Radical Transparency**: A focus on data-driven performance and clear measurement, moving away from traditional opaque agency models.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture of Innovation**: Describes itself as a "digital-first" powerhouse that is "disrupting the industry." The emphasis on AI and technology suggests a challenging, forward-looking environment for engineers and data scientists. [monks.com/careers]
- **Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**: The company explicitly states a commitment to being a "catalyst for change" with a purpose-driven culture focused on DEI. [monks.com/careers]
- **Global & Hybrid Work Environment**: With offices in over 30 cities globally (including London, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Singapore, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo), the company offers significant opportunities for international exposure and likely supports a hybrid work model. [monks.com/careers, linkedin.com]
- **Focus on Engineering & Tech**: With job postings for roles like "Fullstack Engineer," "Implementation Engineer," "Battery Test Engineer," and "AI Craft Director," the company is actively building its technical practice, offering opportunities to work on complex systems at scale. [linkedin.com]
- **Warning**: The company states it will never ask for payment as part of the recruitment process. [monks.com/careers]

## Sources
1. [Monks Official Website](https://www.monks.com/)
2. [Monks Careers Page](https://www.monks.com/careers)
3. [Monks LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/monks)
4. [Monks "What We Do" Page](https://www.monks.com/what-we-do)
5. [Monks Careers Search Page](https://www.monks.com/careers/search)

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