Senior DevOps Engineer

Aerospike - Mountain View, CA

Full-time - Senior

Mountain View, CA

Publishing Industries

About the position

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Aerospike, you will play a crucial role in developing the Aerospike Cloud Platform, which is a multi-cloud, multi-tenant database as a service offering. Your work will directly influence the delivery of innovative solutions to a global customer base, ensuring the infrastructure is robust, secure, and optimized for performance and cost. You will implement Infrastructure as Code, manage CI/CD pipelines, and oversee container orchestration, among other responsibilities, to support the company's mission of providing real-time data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using tools like Terraform and Ansible to automate infrastructure management.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of applications.
• Utilize Kubernetes and other container orchestration platforms for managing containerized applications.
• Establish and manage multiple environments to support the software development lifecycle.
• Set up monitoring and logging solutions to track cloud resources and application performance.
• Architect and manage multi-cloud deployment strategies for redundancy and disaster recovery.
• Implement security automation practices and tools to enforce security policies and ensure compliance.
• Design and implement secure secrets management solutions for sensitive credentials.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD processes for performance and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to align DevOps practices with business objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the DevOps domain.
• Proficiency in AWS, Azure, or GCP with hands-on experience in cloud services.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, VLANs, subnetting, and routing.
• Knowledge of firewall configurations and security group management in cloud environments.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI.
• Familiarity with security automation tools and practices in cloud environments.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and similar tools for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proven leadership abilities in establishing DevOps infrastructure and processes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with database management and provisioning.
• Proficiency in additional scripting or programming languages beyond Python and Bash.
• Certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Docker Certified Associate (DCA).
• Relevant security certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).