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Devops Engineer

ZiventraworldwideAnywhere· Contractor

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Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps / Platform Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Golang, Kubernetes, and AWS to design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will be responsible for CI/CD automation, infrastructure provisioning, container orchestration, monitoring, and incident management in production environments.

Key Responsibilities

Platform & Infrastructure

  • Design, deploy, and manage highly available and scalable infrastructure on AWS

  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for repeatable and secure deployments

  • Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters (EKS preferred), including upgrades, scaling, and security hardening

CI/CD & Automation

  • Design and implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for microservices and cloud-native applications

  • Automate build, test, security scans, and deployment workflows

  • Ensure best practices for pipeline reliability, performance, and security

Containerization & Orchestration

  • Build, optimize, and manage containerized applications using Docker

  • Implement Kubernetes best practices including deployments, services, ingress, HPA, and resource management

  • Enforce container security and image lifecycle management

Monitoring, Observability & Reliability

  • Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)

  • Define and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs

  • Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and reliability risks

Incident Management & RCA

  • Participate in on-call rotations and handle production incidents

  • Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and recovery efforts

  • Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures

    • Collaboration & Best Practices

    • Work closely with development, security, and architecture teams

    • Promote DevOps, SRE, and cloud-native best practices across teams

    • Contribute to platform documentation and operational runbooks

    Mandatory Technical Skills

    • Strong programming experience in Golang

    • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (production environments)

    • Strong hands-on experience with AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, Load Balancers, CloudWatch)

    • Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines

    • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform

    • Deep understanding of containerization and orchestration best practices

    • Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools

    • Solid experience in incident management and root cause analysis

    Nice to Have

    • Experience building or supporting cloud-native microservices architectures

    • Knowledge of cost optimization strategies in AWS

    • Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles

    • Familiarity with security scanning tools and DevSecOps practices

    • Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

    • 4–8 years of experience in DevOps / Platform / Cloud Engineering

    • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

    • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

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