Sr Staff/Principal Devops Engineer

You will

• Lead the development of critical DevOps projects, set technical direction, and influence the organization's technical strategy.
• Solve complex problems, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact DevOps solutions.
• Design and develop IaC components for Balbix solutions and internal engineering tools running in AWS.
• Build and deploy a state-of-the-art security SaaS platform using the latest CI/CD techniques, ensuring it is fully automated, repeatable, and secure.
• Secure infrastructure using best practices (e.g., TLS, bastion hosts, certificate management, authentication and authorization, network segmentation).
• Design and develop a scalable, cost-efficient deployment infrastructure on Kubernetes
• Design and implement consistent observability systems for Balbix solutions 
• Participate in on-call rotation.

You are

• Collaborative, comfortable working across teams, taking ownership of driving cross-organizational initiatives, and leading customer engagement for operational initiatives.
• An effective communicator with strong documentation practices and the ability to articulate thought processes in a team setting.
• Comfortable working in an agile environment.
• Curious about technology, industry trends, DevOps best practices, and committed to continuous learning.

You have

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in DevOps for Sr Staff or 12- 15 years for Principal.
• 4+ years of experience setting up and managing infrastructure in AWS for a product development organization.
• Ability to independently architect, design, document, and implement complex platforms and complex DevOps systems.
• Solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and services such as load balancers (ALB/ELB), IAM, KMS, Networking, EC2, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, Lambda, etc.
• 4+ years of experience building infrastructure using Terraform.
• 3+ years of solid experience with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Expert-level programming experience with Python for scripting and automation.
• Excellent knowledge of working on configuration management systems such as Ansible.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD code management and deployment technologies like GitLab, Jenkins, or similar.
• Familiarity with Nginx, HAProxy, Kafka, and other components used in public cloud environments.
• Experience managing Observability systems using Grafana, Prometheus, LGTM stack is a plus.
• Experience deploying and managing Aurora RDS - Postgres, ElasticCache, Cassandra, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, ClickHouse is a plus.
• Cloud certifications (e.g., Cloud Solutions Architect, DevOps, Developer, Database—AWS certifications preferred) are a plus.
• MLOps experience is a plus.
• Experience building/working on the latest AI technologies for infrastructure management is a plus.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to stay focused and calm under pressure while meeting competing deadlines and quickly changing priorities when needed.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and verbal.
• Be available for on-call duties