Lead DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the Scalr platform's reliability, scalability, and observability.

• Proactively recognize and mitigate risks before they escalate into incidents affecting customers.

• Design new architectural components.

• Advocate for and implement SRE and DevOps best practices.

• Propel strategic technical advancements.

• Provide customer support and resolve customer issues.

• Develop and maintain the SRE roadmap and backlog.

• Oversee the comprehensive observability strategy, which includes monitoring, alerting, and dashboards.

• Architect and enhance scalable, efficient, and resilient platform infrastructure.

• Remove single points of failure and manage disaster recovery and failover strategies.

• Define and manage customer-focused SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.

• Oversee the infrastructure technology stack and assess and integrate CI/CD and monitoring tools.

• Collaborate with other Tech Leads and facilitate interaction with various departments.

• Lead the resolution of technical challenges and engage in hands-on system maintenance.

• Encourage ownership, autonomy, and continuous development within the team.

• Educate and mentor team members through mentoring, Q&A sessions, and knowledge reviews.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficiency in Python scripting.

• Experience with Terraform/OpenTofu.

• Extensive knowledge of Linux, including RHEL/Debian, and bash scripting.

• Familiarity with Docker.

• Experience with Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform.

• Experience in leading SRE teams or initiatives.

• Proficiency with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or New Relic.

• Familiarity with CI platforms like GitHub Actions, Drone, or CircleCI.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with GitOps, Argo CD, Flux CD, or similar tools is a plus.

• Experience with Chef, Omnibus, and Ruby is a plus.

• JavaScript knowledge for GitHub Actions would be an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

• Long-term contract and tax compensations.

• Flexible work schedule.

• Opportunity to work fully remotely.

• Medical insurance coverage.

• 20 days of paid vacation annually.

• Two weeks of paid sick leave.