DevOps Engineer

What you will do:

• Kubernetes Cluster Management: Oversee multiple Kubernetes clusters across various environments, including tasks such as version upgrades, security patching, and managing critical cluster applications.
• Application Deployment on Kubernetes: Deploy and optimize JVM-based applications for containerized environments, leveraging Kubernetes' proactive scaling capabilities. Manage deployments using GitOps practices to ensure consistency and automation.
• AWS Network Design: Demonstrate a strong understanding of AWS network design principles, including the ability to manage and control network traffic flows effectively.
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to automate application builds and deployments.
• Containerization Expertise: Exhibit expertise in Docker and containerization practices, ensuring efficient and reliable containerized application environments.
• Cloud Cost Optimization: Identify and resolve cloud cost inefficiencies, implementing strategies to optimize resource utilization and expenditure.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to automate infrastructure management, ensuring consistency, scalability, and ease of maintenance.
• Infrastructure Improvement: Proactively evaluate infrastructure for potential enhancements and recommend actionable improvements to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Ownership and Documentation: Take end-to-end ownership of products and applications you deploy. Provide comprehensive documentation detailing the deployment process and infrastructure setup.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Kubernetes Expertise: Proven experience in managing and operating Kubernetes clusters, particularly on Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).
• Containerized Java Applications: Solid understanding of deploying and maintaining containerized Java applications, including optimization for performance and scalability.
• GitOps and CI/CD: Proficiency in GitOps practices, with hands-on experience writing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar tools.
• Scripting and Automation: Strong scripting skills in languages such as Go (Golang), Python, or JavaScript to automate processes and solve operational challenges.
• Infrastructure Debugging: Demonstrated ability to debug complex network and infrastructure-related issues, ensuring system reliability and uptime.
• AWS Proficiency: Extensive experience working with AWS services, with a solid understanding of its ecosystem and best practices for cloud infrastructure.
• Monitoring and Observability Tools: Familiarity with tools such as Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, OpenSearch, and Kafka, as well as database systems like PostgreSQL. Experience with these is highly advantageous.