DevOps Engineer - (DevOps or SRE)

Responsibilities

• Discuss the Cost of Change (= code quality) with your team members continuously
• Write unit tests, integration tests and API tests
• Should be able to support the application 24/7 based on team on call rotations. 
• Write clean code (mindful about coupling, separation of concerns, etc.)
• Designing DevOps Architecture: Design and architect scalable and resilient DevOps solutions that meet business requirements and industry best practices.
• Leading DevOps Initiatives: Lead DevOps initiatives and projects, collaborating to drive innovation, efficiency, and reliability.
• Infrastructure Automation: Implement and manage advanced automation solutions for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability through automation, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Mentoring and Training: Mentor and coach junior team members, providing guidance, support, and knowledge transfer to accelerate their growth and development.
• Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting: Resolve complex technical issues and incidents, identify root causes, and implement preventive measures to minimize future occurrences.

Key Skills

• Required
• 4-10 years of experience as a DevOps or SRE on a cross-functional agile team
• Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline (field), or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency in cloud computing platforms, particularly AWS services such as:
• Compute: EC2, ECS, Lambda
• Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
• Networking: VPC, Route 53
• Database/query engine: RDS, Athena
• Monitoring & Security Tools
• Proficiency with version control systems such as Git for code management, branching strategies, and collaboration.
• Advanced experience in scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
• Proficiency and hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Proficiency and hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like GitLab CI/CD.
• Proficiency and hands-on experience in containerization technologies such as Docker for packaging applications and Kubernetes for container orchestration and management.
• Experience and in-depth understanding of configuration management tools.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for tracking system performance and troubleshooting issues.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written, with a large vocabulary (C1 english level)
• Commitment to following best practices for security, scalability, and performance.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues in production environments.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and third-party vendors.
• Continuous improvement mindset to identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and efficiency gains in infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Ability to document processes, procedures, and technical architectures for knowledge sharing and future reference.
• Follow Agile principles and feature related discussions and participate in grooming and planning sessions to effectively translate business requirements to Agile stories.


• Preferred
• Leadership qualities and the ability to inspire and motivate a team
• At least 1 year of experience with Test-driven development
• Advanced experience with cloud computing using AWS services.
• Advanced experience and understanding of configuration management tools for automating server configuration and application deployment.
• Experience with security best practices and compliance standards for securing cloud infrastructure and data, including encryption, access control, and network security.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, and high availability architectures to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
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