Senior DevOps & Architecture Engineer

About the role

JOB DESCRIPTION

A Senior DevOps and architecture professional is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and optimizing the continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) systems and practices. They collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to automate and streamline operational processes, ensuring system stability, scalability, and security. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field and has at least five years of experience in DevOps roles. They must be proficient in AWS, various CI/CD tools, and cloud platforms and possess excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, aligning with software development and deployment processes.

- Automate and optimize operational processes to reduce the risk of errors and increase efficiency.

- Collaborate with development teams to understand software features and technical implementation, ensuring architecture alignment with business requirements.

- Proactively monitor system performance and capacity management, ensuring system scalability, reliability, and efficiency.

- Ensure system security by collaborating with security teams and implementing secure DevOps practices.

- Conduct regular system audits to detect deviations from the established process, and implement corrective actions.

- Lead the definition and implementation of cloud architecture, including containerization and orchestration systems.

- Mentor junior team members, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and learning.

- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest industry trends and technologies.

- Production Support & Incident Management: Respond to production issues, troubleshoot incidents, and ensure high availability of critical systems. Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and post-mortems, implement corrective actions, and participate in on-call rotations. Utilize logging and monitoring tools for proactive detection of system anomalies.

Qualifications:

- Education: A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, including extensive hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and cloud platforms.

- Project Management: Experience with agile project management and workflow tools such as Jira, Asana, Trello, or similar.

- Version Control: Proficiency in using Git or other version control systems.

COMPETENCIES:

- Technical Skills:

- Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions, and others.

- Extensive experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, Azure.

- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration systems (Kubernetes).

- Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.

- Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, Shell.

- Knowledge of system monitoring tools (like VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, Grafana).

- Understanding of network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).

- Hands-on experience with logging and observability tools such as Loki, Elasticsearch, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or equivalent.

- Configuration & Secret Management: HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Kubernetes Secrets, SOPS.

- Load Balancing & API Gateway: NGINX, HAProxy, AWS ALB/NLB, Azure Application Gateway, API Gateway concepts.

- Storage & Databases: RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage.

- Software Design: Demonstrated proficiency in software design principles and patterns, with a focus on DevOps practices and principles.

- Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, ability to troubleshoot complex system issues.

- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Teamwork and Leadership: Proven ability to lead and work as part of a team, ability to mentor and guide junior team members.

- Time Management: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities and time effectively.

- Adaptability: Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and tools.

- Continuous Learning: Commitment to learning and keeping up with the latest trends and best practices in DevOps.

- Flexibility in Work Schedule: Willingness and ability to adjust work schedule as necessary to collaborate with team members in different time zones, meet project deadlines, or address urgent issues.

- Fluency in English: Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.