[Hiring] DevOps Engineer @Thaloz

Role Description

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in container orchestration and cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure across AWS environments. You will work closely with development, security, and platform teams to accelerate software delivery and ensure operational excellence.

• Design, deploy, and manage containerized workloads using Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) and Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery workflows.
• Develop and manage Docker container images, registries (ECR), and container lifecycle best practices.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and cost.
• Enforce security best practices across containerized environments (IAM roles, network policies, secrets management).
• Collaborate with software engineers to containerize applications and migrate workloads to ECS/EKS.
• Manage Kubernetes cluster configurations, namespaces, Helm charts, and service mesh integrations.
• Define and maintain observability standards using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering role.
• Advanced expertise in Amazon ECS – task definitions, services, capacity providers, Fargate & EC2 launch types.
• Advanced expertise in Amazon EKS – cluster provisioning, node groups, autoscaling, RBAC, and networking (VPC CNI, CoreDNS).
• Deep knowledge of Docker and container best practices (multi-stage builds, image optimization, security scanning).
• Strong experience with Kubernetes concepts: Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, HPA/VPA.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Solid understanding of AWS networking (VPC, subnets, security groups, ALB/NLB, Route 53).
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux).

Requirements

• AWS Certifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Kubernetes Certifications: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) or CKAD.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, AWS App Mesh).
• Knowledge of FinOps practices for container cost optimization.
• Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations and landing zone architectures.
• Familiarity with security tools such as Trivy, Snyk, or AWS Security Hub.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset.
• Excellent communication skills – able to translate complex infrastructure topics to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive, self-driven, and able to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Team player with a collaborative approach to cross-functional work.