Job Overview:

We are looking for a skilled and experienced DevOps Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our DevOps practices. This individual will work closely with development teams, infrastructure engineers, and IT operations to drive the evolution of our automation pipeline, CI/CD workflows, and cloud infrastructure, ensuring that we deliver software with greater speed, reliability, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and optimize scalable and reliable DevOps processes for continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD), and infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Lead the architecture and implementation of cloud-based infrastructure solutions, leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP, depending on project requirements.
• Collaborate with software development teams to ensure smooth integration of development, testing, and production environments.
• Implement and manage tools for automation, monitoring, and alerting across development and production environments (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Oversee the management of version control, release pipelines, and deployment processes for a variety of applications.
• Design and implement infrastructure monitoring solutions, ensuring high availability and performance of systems.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and work closely with development and operations teams to enhance automation, testing, and release pipelines.
• Ensure security best practices are followed in the development and deployment pipeline (e.g., secret management, vulnerability scanning).
• Lead efforts to address performance bottlenecks, scaling challenges, and infrastructure optimization.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers in the DevOps space.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and automation tools.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their services (EC2, Lambda, S3, etc.).
• Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration tools.
• Extensive experience with automation tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform).
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles and practices.
• Proficient with scripting languages (Bash, Python, Go, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of version control systems (Git, SVN).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, New Relic).
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve complex issues.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a proven ability to collaborate across multiple teams.
• Solid understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications in DevOps tools, cloud technologies, or Kubernetes.
• Experience with serverless architecture.
• Familiarity with security best practices in a DevOps environment.
• Experience with database management and backup strategies.