Devops Lead

Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer / Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Required:

• 10+ years of overall IT experience, with at least 5+ years in AWS cloud infrastructure and production Kubernetes environments.
• Role Overview
• We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer / Lead DevOps Engineer to design, build, secure, and operate our cloud-native platform ecosystem. This role requires deep expertise in AWS infrastructure, enterprise Kubernetes platforms, observability, and security practices.
• The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience owning and evolving production environments, driving infrastructure automation, and collaborating closely with application teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Platform & Infrastructure Ownership

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise-scale AWS infrastructure.
• Own the architecture, deployment, and operational management of services including:
• Amazon EKS
• EC2
• RDS
• VPC
• Transit Gateway
• Site-to-Site VPN
• IAM
• AWS WAF
• AWS KMS
• Route 53
• CloudFront
• Define and enforce infrastructure standards, security controls, and best practices.
• Optimize cloud resources for availability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Kubernetes Platform Engineering

• Design, build, and operate multi-tenant Kubernetes environments in production.
• Manage and enhance Kubernetes clusters with a focus on scalability, resilience, and security.
• Implement and maintain solutions such as:
• Karpenter for node provisioning and autoscaling
• Calico for networking and network security policies
• Kyverno for policy management and governance
• Rook Ceph for persistent storage management
• Establish platform standards and operational procedures for Kubernetes environments.

GitOps and CI/CD

• Develop and maintain GitOps-driven deployment practices.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines using:
• ArgoCD
• GitLab CI
• Improve release automation, deployment reliability, and change management processes.

Observability and Reliability Engineering

• Build and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting frameworks.
• Implement and support observability solutions using:
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Loki
• Thanos
• Datadog
• Dynatrace
• AWS CloudWatch
• Define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), alerting standards, and operational dashboards.
• Participate in incident response activities and lead post-incident reviews.

Security and Compliance

• Embed security best practices across infrastructure and platform components.
• Implement and manage security controls using:
• Wazuh
• Sysdig
• Kyverno
• IAM policies
• Kubernetes network policies
• Partner with security teams to address vulnerabilities and ensure compliance requirements are met.
• Drive continuous improvement in cloud and container security posture.

Incident Management and Application Support

• Lead major incident response and restoration efforts.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.
• Work closely with application, development, and operations teams to resolve production issues.
• Act as a bridge between infrastructure and application teams to improve operational efficiency and service reliability.

Innovation and Emerging Technologies (Good to Have)

• Evaluate and support AI/LLM initiatives within the platform ecosystem.
• Contribute to:
• OpenShift-based LLM deployments
• Wazuh-LLM integrations
• Chatbot enablement initiatives
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies to improve operational outcomes.

Required Skills and Experience

Cloud Infrastructure

• Strong expertise in AWS services, including EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC, Transit Gateway, VPN, IAM, WAF, KMS, Route 53, and CloudFront.
• Proven experience designing and owning cloud infrastructure architectures.

Container Platforms

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and operations.
• Experience managing production-grade, multi-tenant Kubernetes environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Karpenter, Calico, Kyverno, and Rook Ceph.

DevOps and Automation

• Experience implementing GitOps practices using ArgoCD.
• Strong knowledge of GitLab CI and CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts and automation frameworks.

Monitoring and Incident Management

• Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Datadog, Dynatrace, and CloudWatch.
• Proven ability to manage incidents, perform RCAs, and drive service improvements.

Security

• Strong understanding of cloud and Kubernetes security principles.
• Experience with Wazuh, Sysdig, IAM governance, and network policy implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, Security Specialty, etc.).
• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKS.
• Experience with OpenShift platforms.
• Exposure to AI/LLM deployments and integrations.