[Hiring] Senior DevOps Engineer @Social Discovery Group

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior DevOps with strong hands-on experience in AWS and Kubernetes, who will take ownership of our infrastructure reliability, automation, and CI/CD ecosystem.

• Support and develop hybrid AWS-based infrastructure
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform (AWS) and Ansible
• Build, improve, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions (for both application delivery and infrastructure workflows)
• Develop and maintain monitoring (Prometheus + Thanos), logging (Loki), and visualization (Grafana) systems
• Analyze production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes
• Collaborate closely with development teams to support infrastructure and pipeline needs
• Administer and configure core services such as nginx, Redis, RabbitMQ, RDS (MSSQL), ECR, Route53, and CloudFront
• Implement FinOps practices and optimize infrastructure costs

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Timely and stable delivery of automation tasks
• High CI/CD pipeline stability and minimal technical failures
• Reduced incident response and resolution times
• Reliable monitoring and logging systems without blind spots
• Measurable infrastructure cost optimization
• Positive feedback from development teams on infrastructure support quality and responsiveness

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer / SRE
• Strong hands-on AWS experience (EKS, EC2, VPC, CloudFront, Route53, RDS, ECR, etc.)
• Solid Kubernetes experience (deployment, configuration, maintenance)
• Production experience with Terraform and Ansible
• Advanced knowledge of GitHub Actions (matrix builds, multi-step workflows, conditionals)
• Deep understanding of CI/CD principles and best practices
• Experience with Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, and Grafana
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to perform root cause analysis
• Experience configuring nginx as a load balancer and ingress controller
• Strong Linux administration skills (Bash, TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, system services, permissions, troubleshooting)
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with development teams
• High level of self-organization, emotional intelligence, and a positive, solution-oriented mindset

Benefits

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time
• Vacation: 28 calendar days per year
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company
• 50% payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings
• Corporate discount for English lessons
• Health benefits: Up to $1,000 gross per year per employee for health insurance or doctor's fees for yourself and close relatives
• Workplace organization: Equipped workplace and necessary equipment provided; reimbursement of workplace costs up to $1000 gross once every 3 years
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for merchandise, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.