Staff Lead Platform DevOps Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Assist engineering teams throughout Mimica in creating robust and resilient applications on GKE, providing guidance on best practices and swiftly resolving issues.

• Create and sustain infrastructure-as-code utilizing Terraform and ArgoCD, along with Mimica-specific Platform applications developed in Python.

• Oversee and maintain GKE environments across various regions (EKS experience is also acceptable), including IAM and identity management on GCP (AWS experience is acceptable).

• Analyze and troubleshoot issues in current applications, monitor database and system component health, and implement enhancements to support the SDLC of other teams.

• Assist in migrating our IaC layer from Terraform to Crossplane and facilitate expansion into multi-region clusters and single-tenancy environments.

• Propel FinOps initiatives, aiding us in gaining visibility and control over cloud expenditures across multiple accounts and environments.

• Aid in designing and implementing access patterns for new BYOC and single-tenancy environments.

• Instrument, monitor, and enhance observability across our technology stack using tools like Honeycomb and Grafana.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, preferably on GKE, but EKS, OnPrem, or other managed Kubernetes services are also acceptable.

• Demonstrated experience with Terraform as the primary IaC tool; familiarity with Terragrunt is an advantage.

• Experience in IAM and identity management on at least one major hyperscaler: GCP (preferred) or AWS.

• Proficiency with ArgoCD or a similar GitOps tool for continuous delivery.

• Observability experience with at least one major platform: Honeycomb, Datadog, Grafana, or New Relic.

• Comfortable writing code, especially in Python, to automate platform tasks and develop internal tools.

• Experience in startups or scale-ups: accustomed to ambiguity, rapid pace, and taking on multiple roles.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience in leading and participating in incident response efforts.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation along with stock options - aligned with our internal framework, market data, and individual expertise.

• Flexible working arrangements: Work from anywhere - fully remote, in our hubs, or a combination of both.

• Company-provided laptop, remote setup stipend, and co-working budget.

• Flexible schedules and locations.

• Generous paid time off, in addition to local public holidays.

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Health and retirement benefits.

• Annual learning and development budget.

• Annual workaways and regular virtual and in-person social events.

• Opportunity to engage in innovative projects that shape the future of work.