Senior Devops Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Design cloud infrastructure components (network, compute, storage, orchestration, security etc) based on application architecture and requirements (typically containerized microservice applications)
• Build and deploy these components using an infrastructure as code platform such as Terraform
• Set up CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor other team members on good practices and problem resolution
• Stay current with and adapt to emerging technologies, infrastructure, and frameworks to maintain industry-standard systems and processes
• Be ready to work as the ultimate subject matter expert (SME) during incidents and support the team on resolution and root cause analysis
• Have the opportunity to design and implement processes and tools with our team
• Work with the latest technologies in the Google Cloud Platform and keep your skills current while you innovate
• Apply different deployment strategies and their implementations like blue/green deployments, canary deployments depending on the requirement to avoid any downtimes when working with applications while testing new code versions
• Manage and optimize cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, Azure, or AWS, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency
• Work in a small team environment within a large, stable, and successful company that is growing fast
• Lead the creation of automation and deployments pipelines for applications to all environments
• Enforce best security practices, ensuring infrastructure and applications are compliant with industry standards.
• Deploy new and existing applications to production and lower environments as per the release schedule
• Implement and maintain monitoring solutions to ensure system health and performance
• Investigate and troubleshoot complex issues and help support applications in all environments
• Work closely with developers, QA engineers, and other IT teams to promote DevOps culture
• Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong proficiency in English (written and verbal communication) is required
• Experience working with remote teams in North America and Latin America, ensuring smooth collaboration across time zones
• 5+ years of cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or equivalent experience
• Deep understanding of Google Cloud
• Understanding of network topology and creating & organizing secure network communications between different resources in a virtual private cloud (VPC) based on client & security requirements
• Expert proficiency with Terraform
• Experience with microservices architecture and serverless computing
• Knowledge of database administration (SQL, NoSQL) and caching mechanisms
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, GraphQL Mesh) and API gateways
• Very good understanding at least in one of the three main cloud platforms (GCP, AWS or Azure)
• Strong experience with CI/CD and tools like GitHub Actions and GitLab
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of networking, security best practices, and system administration
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Google Cloud Monitoring.
• Ability to analyze metrics from distributed applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding
• Ability to consult on cost effective solutions for the present, and how they will evolve in the future as needs scale
• Experience with Agile processes, testing, and code review
• Strong experience with scripting - shell, Python, etc.
• Excellent customer service attitude, communication skills (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. You should feel comfortable explaining technical concepts in simple terms
• Experience working in fast-paced, Agile environments, balancing priorities across multiple projects