Senior DevOps Engineer

Calance - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior DevOps Engineer will be a key member of a 24/7 support team for web and mobile applications. This role involves designing and building infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms, managing cloud-based infrastructure, and collaborating closely with development teams to ensure operational readiness and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building infrastructure on AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure environments.
• Managing cloud-based infrastructure and providing off-hours support as needed.
• Using infrastructure management tools like Terraform for provisioning.
• Troubleshooting the full web and mobile stack.
• Managing MySQL or NoSQL databases under high traffic conditions.
• Utilizing monitoring tools such as Dynatrace.
• Troubleshooting production issues and escalating as necessary.
• Performance tuning for hosting environments and application components.
• Creating design and training documentation for automation projects.
• Collaborating with software development teams to enhance operational deployment readiness.
• Writing scripts to automate operations, server management, and auto-scaling.
• Ensuring code and server security aspects are maintained.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in building and maintaining applications for large-scale consumer websites running on Linux using Nginx, MongoDB, node.js, PHP, and JavaScript.
• Strong experience with RedHat/CentOS Linux.
• Strong scripting experience in Python and Shell.
• Experience managing MySQL and NoSQL databases like MongoDB.
• Experience in building Terraform stacks.
• Familiarity with GIT, Jenkins, and SonarQube for source control, deployments, and continuous integration.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, Autoscaling, ALB, CloudFront, ECS, and Route 53.
• Ability to work proactively in a pressured and growing environment.
• Ability to think creatively and manage multiple tasks with dynamic priorities.
• Familiarity with the ELK stack or similar logging clusters.
• Demonstrated urgency in solving mission-critical issues.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team player with the ability to foster a positive work environment.

Nice-to-haves

• AWS Certification is a big plus.