Senior DevOps Developer, GCPay

Job Requisition

As a Senior Dev Ops Developer on the GCPay team, you will lead the evolution of our cloud‑native platform by advancing CI/CD, release engineering, infrastructure as code (IaC), system reliability, and security operations. You will support and enhance a core technology stack built on Java, MySQL, Elastic Search, and AWS cloud technologies, enabling secure and reliable delivery across web applications, ERP integrations, APIs, and internal services.

This role requires a hands‑on developer with broad expertise across development and operations, including automation, infrastructure management, observability, and modern Dev Ops tool chains. You will play a critical role in strengthening platform resilience, improving security posture, increasing delivery velocity, and championing Dev Ops best practices across the organization.

• Architect and implement scalable hosting solutions for dynamic SaaS web applications, ensuring reliability, performance, and resilience at scale.
• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of secure, scalable, and reliable Infrastructure‑as‑Code solutions across GCPay environments.
• Establish, document, and drive adoption of engineering standards, operational processes, and Dev Ops best practices that improve consistency, maintainability, and delivery efficiency.
• Own and continuously strengthen security and compliance practices across infrastructure and applications, including hardening, access controls, and least‑privilege enforcement.
• Use modern tools such as Docker, Terraform, AWS cloud technologies, and related automation frameworks to provision, manage, and deploy infrastructure and services.
• Partner closely with development and testing teams throughout the development lifecycle to ensure quality, operational readiness, and successful delivery.
• Drive automation across build, deployment, infrastructure, and operational workflows, and evaluate new technologies that can improve reliability, scalability, security, or developer productivity.
• Define, monitor, and improve Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets to ensure reliability goals are measurable, understood, and achieved.
• Provide technical leadership in aligning platform strategy, infrastructure investments, and operational priorities with business and product requirements.
• Participate in on‑call rotation and lead incident response efforts, ensuring timely resolution, strong cross‑functional coordination, and clear communication during production events.
• Lead blameless post‑incident reviews to identify root causes, drive corrective and preventive actions, and improve overall platform reliability and team effectiveness.
• Contribute hands‑on coding, scripting, and automation to improve tooling, deployment workflows, infrastructure management, and operational efficiency.
• Own the operational health, scalability, and security posture of GCPay’s core platform, including systems built on Java, MySQL, Elastic Search, and AWS cloud technologies.
• Serve as a senior technical resource and trusted partner across teams, using sound engineering judgment and business context to solve complex platform and operational challenges.
• Demonstrate strong ownership, a self‑starter mindset, and a commitment to continuous improvement, learning, and engineering excellence.
• Solve complex problems that require in‑depth evaluation of variable factors by taking a broad perspective to identify the best approach and innovative solutions.
• Effectively communicate technical challenges within and across teams.
• Keep yourself up‑to‑date with evolving technologies and showcase them with an implementation.

• 8+ years of experience in Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering, or related roles supporting cloud‑based applications.
• Advanced hands‑on experience with Linux administration, including system monitoring, troubleshooting, reliability, performance, and security.
• Strong experience managing large‑scale cloud infrastructure, with deep expertise in AWS preferred.
• Proven track record of architecting and operating large‑scale, highly available, and resilient systems.
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