Senior devops & architecture engineer

Job Type

permanent

A Senior Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops roles.

They must be proficient in AWS, various CI/CD tools, and cloud platforms and possess excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

• 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 Dev Ops 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.

• 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 Dev Ops 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.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  • 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 Victoria Metrics, 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:
    Hashi Corp 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, Dynamo DB, Postgre
    
    SQL, MySQL, Mongo
    
    DB, Redis, S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage.
  • Software Design:
    Demonstrated proficiency in software design principles and patterns, with a focus on Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops.
  • 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.

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