Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team and lead the design, implementation, and management of our DevOps processes and infrastructure. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a critical role in automating and streamlining our software development and deployment pipelines, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our systems.

Responsibilities:

1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and maintain infrastructure using IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation, ensuring infrastructure is versioned, reproducible, and scalable.

2. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automate testing, and ensure smooth and efficient software delivery.

3. Containerization and Orchestration: Work with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes to optimize application deployment and scaling.

4. Monitoring and Alerting: Set up and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues.

5. Security: Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with security policies and standards.

6. Automation: Automate repetitive tasks and processes to increase efficiency and reduce manual intervention.

7. Collaboration: Collaborate with development and operations teams to bridge the gap between software development and IT operations.

8. Performance Optimization: Continuously optimize infrastructure and application performance to meet the demands of the business.

9. Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents to minimize downtime and ensure system reliability.

10. Documentation: Maintain documentation of infrastructure, processes, and best practices.

Qualifications:

1. Education: A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.

2. Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure automation, and cloud services.

3. Scripting and Coding: Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Python, Bash) and experience with infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).

4. Cloud Computing: Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including provisioning and managing resources.

5. CI/CD Tools: Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Travis CI, CircleCI, or GitLab CI/CD.

6. Containerization and Orchestration: Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes.

7. Monitoring and Logging: Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, ELK Stack, or Splunk.

8. Security: Knowledge of security best practices for infrastructure and applications.

9. Version Control: Proficiency with version control systems such as Git.