Senior DevOps Engineer II
McKinsey & Company · San Jose, Costa Rica · 4d ago
SeniorOn-siteDevOps, SRE & Infrastructure
Who you'll work with
You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and reliable systems supporting SaaS applications and platforms.
You will work in Agile, cross-functional teams alongside product managers, developers, and operations specialists to develop infrastructure, automate provisioning, enforce security controls, and continuously improve system performance and reliability. You will contribute to CI/CD practices, monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis while leveraging cloud-native technologies, containerization, and open-source tooling.
Your work will directly support McKinsey’s transition to a digital and technology-driven organization by enabling high-performing, resilient systems that empower teams and clients to make timely, data-driven decisions.
You will be based in Costa Rica as part of our DevOps Team within the Tech Ecosystem group, collaborating with a globally distributed team.
Your background
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
- 5+ years of corporate and/or professional services experience
- Strong experience with DevSecOps practices
- Programming experience in Python
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
- Experience with CI/CD tools, specifically GitHub
- Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Elastic)
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and operating systems (Linux/Windows)
- Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills