Senior Systems Operations Engineer

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Design, deploy, and manage scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS
• - Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans leveraging AWS capabilities for backup and replication
• - Collaborate with engineering and security teams to improve infrastructure health, security, and long-term scalability
• - Design reusable Terraform/OpenTofu modules following DRY principles
• - Direct the migration of manual infrastructure to code
• - Implement AIOps practices, leveraging AI tools to enhance monitoring and incident response
• - Define and implement SLOs for services
• - Build and maintain comprehensive monitoring solutions using tools such as CloudWatch and Datadog
• - Develop automation scripts and tools in Python, Bash, or similar languages
• - Guide cost optimization initiatives

Required Skills

• - 5+ years of experience in systems operations, platform engineering, or DevOps with a focus on cloud infrastructure
• - Proven production experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC)
• - 5+ years of hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform and/or OpenTofu
• - Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix administration, systems, and shell scripting
• - Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar programming languages
• - Experience with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments
• - Demonstrated experience implementing or working with AIOps tools
• - Excellent problem-solving skills with the composure to guide through incidents under pressure

Benefits

• - Retirement plans (401k, SIPP, etc.)
• - Health insurance
• - Generous paid time off
• - Parental leave
• - Home office allowance
• - Flexible work schedules
• - Paid and discounted subscriptions
• - Regular engagement activities