Senior DevOps Engineer
CloudSmiths
AWSCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesPythonTerraform
Lead DevOps Engineer
CloudSmiths
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Senior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPythonTerraform
About the role
- Leading and Mentoring a team of skilled DevOps engineers, guiding their professional growth and setting technical direction.
- Architecting Cloud Solutions by designing and implementing scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure on both GCP and AWS.
- Owning the CI/CD Pipeline to automate the build, test, and deployment of our applications, ensuring fast and reliable releases.
- Championing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to manage our cloud resources declaratively.
- Driving Containerization Strategy by managing and optimizing our Kubernetes (K8s) clusters and container ecosystem.
- Enhancing System Observability by implementing and maintaining robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
- Collaborating Across Teams to work closely with software engineers to optimize performance, security, and reliability from development to production.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in a Senior or Lead DevOps role, with a history of mentoring team members.
- Expert-level, hands-on experience with both Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Deep proficiency with tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.
- Deep understanding and practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes (K8s).
- Proficiency in a language like Python, Go, or Bash for automation.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or the ELK Stack.
Benefits
- Work on high-visibility platforms that are used by millions of people around the world.
- Embrace remote and hybrid work to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.
- Provide a generous budget for training, certifications, and conferences to help you stay at the top of your game.
- Offer a top-tier salary, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
DevOpsCloud Solutions ArchitectureCI/CD PipelineInfrastructure as CodeContainerizationSystem ObservabilityPythonGoBashDocker
Soft skills
LeadershipMentoringCollaboration