Sr. DevOps Engineer

Job Summary :

AurigaIT is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our globally distributed team. Youll be a key contributor in a fast-paced environment, architecting, building, and optimizing cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines to support modern Composable digital platforms. You bring a deep understanding of DevOps best practices, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native systems (especially on Google Cloud),

with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and security. This senior-level IC role is ideal for someone who thrives in distributed teams, mentors junior engineers, and collaborates effectively across disciplines to streamline deployments and enhance operational efficiency.

You'll bring extensive experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code, along with strong communication skills and a passion for mentoring. This is a senior-level hands-on IC role, ideal for someone who excels in distributed teams and can architect scalable cloud solutions while implementing robust automation and deployment strategies.

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

Qualification :

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

Nice To Have:

Experience with SRE

AWS Professional Certification

Kubernetes Certification

Google Cloud Certification

Azure Cloud Certification

Terraform Certification

Agile Certification