Senior Devops Engineer
Location: India (Remote)
About Us:
Platform9: A Better Way to Go Cloud Native
Platform9 is a leader in simplifying enterprise private clouds. Our flagship product, Private Cloud Director, turns existing infrastructure into a full-featured private cloud. Enterprise IT teams can manage VMs and containers with familiar GUI tools and automated APIs in a private, secure environment.
Enterprises are selecting Platform9's Private Cloud Director to migrate away from legacy virtualization platforms because it meets all of the following enterprise requirements:
- Familiar VM management experience
- Critical enterprise virtualization features: HA, DRR, networking, scale, reliability
- Compatibility with all existing hardware environments, including 3rd-party storage
- Automated migration tooling that lowers cost barrier by 10x
Platform9 was founded by a team of VMware cloud pioneers and has over 30,000 nodes in production at some of the world’s largest enterprises, including Cloudera, EBSCO, Juniper Networks, and Rackspace. Platform9 is an inclusive, globally distributed company backed by prominent investors, committed to driving private cloud innovation and efficiency
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. You will be working closely with our engineering team to automate deployments, manage infrastructure as code, and troubleshoot production issues.
This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the success of a rapidly growing company. We offer a fast-paced and collaborative work environment where you will have the opportunity to learn and grow your skills.
Responsibilities
* Design, implement, and maintain our cloud infrastructure on AWS, including Kubernetes clusters, OpenStack environments, and supporting services.
* Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools like Terraform.
* Implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and other relevant tools.
* Develop and maintain internal tooling and scripts to improve operational efficiency.
* Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to infrastructure, applications, and performance.
* Collaborate with engineering teams to implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
* Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability of critical services.
* Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends in cloud computing and DevOps.
Qualifications
* 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or SRE role, with a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and operations.
* Extensive experience with Kubernetes, including cluster administration, deployment strategies, and troubleshooting.
* Experience with OpenStack is highly desirable, but not required.
* Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible.
* Strong scripting skills in Python or similar languages.
* Strong programming skills in Golang or similar languages.
* Strong configuration management skills with Salt, Chef or similar languages.
* Experience with Observability tools like Prometheus, Cortex, Grafana, and Loki.
* Experience with CI/CD tools and best practices.
* Experience with administrating and debugging on Linux-based operating systems.
* Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills.
* Strong incident management experience.
Bonus Points
* Experience with EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).
* Experience with Cluster API, Cluster API Provider for AWS
* Experience with managing on-premise infrastructure.
* Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and AI-powered observability tools.
* Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment.