Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Remote in Ukraine: Kyiv

Amazon Web Services

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We are seeking a Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting the world's largest hedge fund, where our services are truly unique in the market. You will help us maintain our large-scale infrastructure, development pipelines, and automation initiatives. As part of a shared DevOps service team, you will support multiple delivery streams and core components, including Git, SSO, and AD.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-based or on-premise infrastructure environments
Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions for consistent and repeatable infrastructure provisioning
Perform regular maintenance, patching, and upgrades to ensure high availability and stability
Develop, monitor, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support continuous deployment of high-quality software
Collaborate with project teams to ensure proper integration of CI/CD pipelines into the SDLC
Automate deployment mechanisms to improve release velocity and minimize downtime
Automate routine and repetitive operational tasks to reduce manual intervention and enhance productivity
Build custom scripts or tools to support operational workflows, reduce toil, and improve system observability
Based on feedback from the end users, improve the state of the written automation
Set up and maintain robust monitoring and alerting systems to ensure observability and performance tracking across all services
Implement centralized logging solutions for applications and infrastructure for efficient issue troubleshooting
Monitor and analyze cloud/infrastructure usage patterns to identify opportunities for cost containment and optimization
Implement tagging, rightsizing, and reserved instance strategies to minimize cloud costs while maintaining performance requirements
Conduct regular audits of resource utilization and recommend best practices for cost control
Work closely with software developers, QA teams, and data engineering teams to ensure a seamless and scalable development lifecycle
Participate in release management activities (provide steps for deployment, assist when issues occur, plan for potential rollback in advance)
Mentor and guide project members on DevOps best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement
Advocate for DevOps tools and methodologies across the organization to drive adoption and alignment

Requirements

5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role
Expertise in managing AWS cloud platform, including base services (VPC, IAM, EC2), storage (EBS, S3), and serverless offerings (CloudFront, Lambda, DynamoDB)
Familiarity with additional AWS services such as Step Functions, SQS, and SNS, as well as Glue and SES
Background in AWS container and workflow services (EKS, ECS, Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow)
Strong knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and best practices for infrastructure management using Terraform
Capability to perform configuration management on large-scale deployments
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and SonarQube
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python or Bash)
Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Skills in monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, ELK, and AWS CloudWatch
Knowledge of cost-optimization strategies and tools in cloud environments
English proficiency at an Upper-Intermediate level (B2) or higher

Nice to have

Competency in configuration management with Ansible
Familiarity with Apache HBase, Apache Hadoop, and Apache Spark
Expertise in monitoring with Prometheus