Lead API DevOps Engineer & Deployment Coordinator

Tasks

• Monitoring deployment health across multiple pipelines (CI/CD) and resolving any issues that arise while strictly adhering to best practices.
• Managing the ongoing updating of project documentation and creating new process flows.
• Successful implementation and deployment of AWS-based applications.
• Successful deployment, testing, and monitoring of APIs and services.
• Troubleshooting and prompt reporting of results to ensure the health and reliability of the applications provided.
• Ensuring compliance with SLAs and monitoring key performance indicators.
• Troubleshooting and reporting the results to senior engineering leadership.
• Commitment and communication with others from different teams.
• Leading cross-functional meetings and reviewing meeting notes and action items.
• Establish and document KPI tracking for the unit.
• Implementation of network security measures.
• General support for staff when problems arise.
• Supporting other developers throughout the build and deployment process, especially on larger projects.
• Daily testing and bug fixes.
• Maintaining well-documented records, monitoring progress, and analyzing performance.
• Knowledge of the core components of the respective business unit.
• Monitor the deployment of APIs on cloud services in collaboration with the project manager.
• Manage resources and reduce security threats by maintaining appropriate access levels, automating deployment processes, and adjusting configuration settings.

Requirements

• Proven experience with cloud infrastructure.
• Proven skills in DevOps engineering with cloud platforms.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon EC2/EBS, Azure Cloud, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Skills in C#, Java, JavaScript, and Python.
• Effective oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, including problem-solving.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• At least 5 years of experience in IT infrastructure management.
• At least 3 years of experience in AWS cloud architecture.
• Basic understanding of Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Helm.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Experience in managing complex, highly available distributed systems.
• Knowledge of programming languages, including Python, Java, JavaScript, and Bash scripts.
• CI/CD experience with Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitLab, or similar version control systems.
• Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or similar frameworks.
• Knowledge of AWS-specific technologies such as S3, EC2, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS, API Gateway, CloudFormation, IAM, VPC, Route53, SQS, and Redshift.
• Knowledge of AWS-related technologies, including Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Kubernetes, Helm, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ECR, and EFS.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud architecture principles, including availability, scalability, high availability, redundancy, disaster recovery, and security.
• Knowledge of the principles of application lifecycle management, including CI/CD, TDD, security audits, vulnerability and patch management, monitoring, and alerting.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, including microservices, serverless computing, and event-driven architectures.