Senior DevOPS/Cloud Engineer

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform.
• Scripting and Automation: Write and maintain scripts in Bash and/or Python to automate routine tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• Linux Administration: Manage and troubleshoot Linux-based systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Kubernetes Orchestration: Deploy, manage, and scale applications using Kubernetes.
• System Design: Reason about and design scalable, reliable, and efficient systems. Provide recommendations and lead design discussions.
• Project Delivery: Take ownership of projects from conception to delivery, ensuring they meet business requirements and are delivered on time, even under ambiguous conditions.
• Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA, and business stakeholders, to ensure seamless project execution.
• Clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• dditionally, proactively share knowledge and mentor team members on new technologies and best practices.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to learning and skill development.
• Workload Management: Effectively manage multiple workloads and prioritize tasks in a dynamic environment.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Technical Skills:

• IaC: Hands on experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management or related IaC options (CF Templates, CDKs, etc).
• Scripting: Strong scripting skills in Bash and/or Python, as well as experience writing Kustomize, Helm, and Ansible playbooks.
• CI/CD: Hands on experience writing pipelines in one of the leading CI systems be it Gitlab, Github Actions, Jenkins, etc. as well as local docker.
• Linux: Deep understanding of Linux systems, including troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Kubernetes: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration (Open Shift, EKS, AKS).
• Observability and Monitoring: Must have experience working with logging and observability tools such as AWS Cloud Watch, X-Ray, Kinesis, LokiStack, Elastic Search, AppInsights, Grafana/Prometheus, SIEMs.
• Knowledge of common authentication technologies, security controls, and standard application security tools.
• Experience in securing environments using offensive and defensive approaches.
• Must have demonstrable experience in designing and reasoning about complex systems, with a proven track record of developing and implementing architectural solutions.

Project Delivery:

• Demonstrated experience in delivering projects from start to finish, meeting business requirements and deadlines.

Communication:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• bility to articulate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Comfortable participating in design sprints and bringing candidate product and technical ideas to the wider team.

Learning Aptitude:

• strong drive for continuous learning and self-improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to persevere and deliver results in challenging situations.

Detail Oriented:

• Demonstrate candidate detail oriented by coming to the interview with the answer to eleven times two, and tell us why that number is significant.

Experience:

• rgoCD, Kubernetes (pick candidate flavour/vendor), ElasticSearch, Grafan/Prometheus, SIEMS, Ansible.