DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer (Contractual)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Manage and orchestrate containerized workloads using Kubernetes, ensuring optimal resource utilization and cluster health.
• Automate the provisioning and configuration of development, staging, and production environments to ensure environment parity.

• Design, implement, and maintain robust, automated CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and frequent, reliable software deployments.
• Partner with development teams to optimize build, test, and release workflows, reducing deployment cycle times and cognitive load on engineers.
• Implement modern deployment strategies (e.g., Blue/Green, Canary, GitOps) to guarantee zero-downtime releases.

• Implement and manage comprehensive monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing systems across all platform layers.
• Define and monitor critical system metrics (SLIs/SLOs) to proactively identify performance bottlenecks and system degradation.
• Participate in on-call rotations, respond to infrastructure alerts, and participate in blameless post-mortems to improve system resilience.

• Integrate automated security scanning tools (vulnerability assessments, secret detection, static code analysis) directly into the delivery pipelines.
• Implement and enforce strict Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls, network security policies, and secure secrets management.
• Assist in maintaining system compliance with industry standards (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) through automated policy enforcement.

• Treat internal developers as your primary customer; build self-service tooling, CLI utilities, or developer portals to improve the internal engineering experience.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, QA, and security teams to troubleshoot complex infrastructure or deployment issues.
• Document infrastructure designs, runbooks, and platform architectures to promote self-service and team transparency.

Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Core Experience: Minimum of 3–5 years of professional experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience managing production environments in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Automation: A proven track record of automating manual operational workflows and managing infrastructure completely via code.
• Work Setup: Must be willing to work strictly On-site.

• Cloud Platforms: Strong proficiency with AWS (e.g., EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM) or equivalents in Azure/GCP.
• Containerization: Mastery of Docker and deep operational experience with Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, or AKS).
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform, OpenTofu, or Pulumi.
• CI/CD Platforms: Hands-on experience with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or Flux.
• Scripting/Programming: Strong coding skills in Python, Go, or advanced Bash scripting for automation.
• Observability: Experience configuring and using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, or New Relic.
• Networking & Linux: Solid understanding of Linux system administration, TCP/IP networking, DNS, load balancing, and SSL/TLS.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to debug complex, distributed cloud architectures.
• Collaboration: A team player who enjoys working across departments to solve shared engineering challenges.
• Adaptability: Eagerness to learn new technologies and adapt to rapidly evolving cloud-native ecosystems.
• Communication: Ability to clearly explain infrastructure requirements and guide developers on platform best practices.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate