Social Discovery Group

DevOps Engineer – Video Services

Social Discovery Group

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🏈 Anywhere in North America

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesLinuxMongoDBMS SQL ServerPostgresPrometheusPythonShell ScriptingSQLUnix

About the role

  • Maintain and troubleshoot existing infrastructure, applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Deploy and manage services in self-hosted Kubernetes and GCP environments.
  • Perform regular system updates, backups, monitoring and performance tuning.
  • Implement automation and improvements using Python and shell scripting.
  • Collaborate on new integrations, infrastructure enhancements and incident resolution.

Requirements

  • Kubernetes: - Proficient in orchestrating and managing containerised applications.
  • Hands-on experience operating self-hosted Kubernetes clusters.
  • Practical experience in Google Cloud (GCP), ideally including GKE, networking and IAM.
  • GitLab CI/CD & Argo CD (GitOps): - Extensive experience in designing and optimising CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
  • GitOps deployments to Kubernetes via Argo CD and Helm with reliable promotion, rollback and release management.
  • Database Administration: - Practical administration experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) including configuration, backup/restore, replication/high availability, monitoring and performance tuning.
  • Python Development: - Python development skills for automation and service development.
  • Shell Scripting: - Scripting skills for automation and system management using Bash and common Unix tooling.
  • Linux Administration: - Solid skillset in configuring and maintaining Ubuntu/RHEL-like systems.
  • Observability Technologies: - Knowledge of tools and practices for system monitoring and observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Alertmanager; metrics, alerting, dashboards).
  • DevOps Methodologies: - Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices (automation, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, GitOps).
  • Optional: - Experience in administering Windows Server environments (Active Directory, WSFC).
  • Proven experience administering and maintaining Bitrix platforms: regular updates, backup/restore, performance tuning, troubleshooting and integrations.
Benefits
  • REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
  • Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
  • 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
  • Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
  • 50% payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
  • Corporate discount for English lessons;
  • Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
  • Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
  • Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for our merchandise, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

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Hard skills
KubernetesGoogle Cloud (GCP)GitLab CI/CDArgo CDHelmMongoDBPostgreSQLMicrosoft SQL ServerPythonShell Scripting
Soft skills
collaborationtroubleshootingincident resolutionperformance tuningautomation