DevOps Engineer at Baaraku

Resonsibilities

• Working within AWS to architect and operate highly available, secure production services.
• Working with containers and utilising different methods of orchestration e.g., Docker, Kubernetes
• Develop applications to provide core functionality
• Configure / Build infrastructure using terraform (IaC)
• Debug complex issues in systems spanning multiple components.
• Researching, learning, and suggesting new systems to add to the core platform stack.
• Create pipelines and automations systems to improve the development process.
• Embody the ideals of a security first culture and DevSecOps
• Help train and mentor other developers / engineers

Technical skills & Desirables:

• 7+ years Opereational experience
• Familiarity with Linux systems and core applications (Ubuntu, CentOS, Cron, Apache, Nginx, PHP-FPM, Node etc.)
• Expert familiarity with scripting languages (bash/python) and security best practice etc.
• Experience with observability and monitoring solutions and how these are applied and configured e.g. Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios.
• Experience with docker and containerization
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment tooling (CICD Pipeline, GitLab, GitOps, Jenkins)
• Experience with Scripting and Automation (Bash, Python)
• Experience debugging and maintain complex systems
• An expert working with development tooling e.g., SVN/Git, and ticketing systems e.g. Jira.
• Examples of self-driven learning and development
• Highly advantageous knowledge and experience:
• Experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role
• Experience building infrastructure in AWS or an equivalent cloud provider
• Knowledge of Cloud Native development philosophies including Pipelines, way of working, Cloud tooling etc.
• Training / experience with IaC / orchestration technologies e.g. Kubernetes, terraform, serverless framework
• Experience with Kustomize or Helm
• Familiarity with enterprise infrastructure networking e.g., Load balancing, Network segmentation, IP configuration.