Senior Software Engineer (Cloud & DevOps) - Contract to Hire

About the position

As a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer, you will be crucial in bridging the gap between development and operations teams. Your primary responsibility will be to design, implement, and manage the cloud infrastructure and tools that support continuous software application integration, delivery, and deployment. You will be tasked with automating various aspects of the development and deployment process to enhance efficiency, scalability, and reliability. Also, leading production issues and implementing integrations that meet the needs of our internal and external customers. You will collaborate with developers and engineers to ensure that software development follows established processes and works as intended, help plan projects, and be involved in project management decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain the cloud and on-premises infrastructure to support development, testing, and production environments.
• Implement highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure solutions.
• Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Integrate version control, automated testing, and release management tools into the CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate repetitive tasks, deployment processes, and infrastructure provisioning using tools like Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, etc.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles to manage and version infrastructure configurations.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and logging solutions to ensure the health, performance, and availability of applications and infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues, and proactively identify areas for improvement.
• Implement and maintain security best practices to safeguard the infrastructure and applications from potential threats.
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to identify and address infrastructure and deployment-related challenges.
• Provide technical support and guidance to other team members.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies related to DevOps practices.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate tools and technologies to enhance the DevOps process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or a similar role.
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, or others. GCP Preferred.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Ruby.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, etc.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Experience in containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Experience in logging, monitoring, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, PagerDuty, etc.
• Experience in version control systems like Git.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts and security principles.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in cross-functional teams.