DevOps Engineer

LOCATION: ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
WORK TIME: MUST WORK CENTRAL STANDARD TIME USA
LANGUAGE: MUST WRITE and SPEAK FLUENT AMERICAN ENGLISH
PAYROLL IS DONE THROUGH WISE - Should have a wise account setup.

About the Role
We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer who thrives in building reliable, automated, and scalable systems. This role will be central to designing and managing infrastructure in AWS, writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), creating robust CI/CD pipelines with GitHub, and leveraging Python. The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver who can balance speed with stability, ensuring our applications and services are built on a rock-solid foundation.

Responsibilities
Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure using tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
Standardize configurations and enforce infrastructure best practices through code reviews and automation.

CI/CD Pipelines:
Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions to support fast, safe, and repeatable deployments.
Automate build, test, and deployment workflows to support multiple environments.

AWS Cloud Architecture:
Design and build secure, scalable, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure (e.g., EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, VPCs, IAM).
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting with tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
Ensure resilience and high availability across services.
Automation & Python Development:
Write Python scripts and tools to automate infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks.
Build internal tooling and integrations that simplify developer workflows.
Contribute to codebases that support infrastructure and application reliability.

Azure and Microsoft 365:
(If you dont know M365, be willing to learn it!)
Assist with Azure & M365 Conditional Access policies and configurations.
Support Microsoft 365 email troubleshooting.
Provide Azure server administration, including VM management, networking, and role-based access controls.
Collaborate with teams to enforce compliance and best practices across Microsoft environments.

Reliability & Performance:
Champion SRE practices, including SLIs/SLOs, i ---------- response, postmortems, and performance tuning.
Identify and remediate bottlenecks, scaling issues, and operational risks.

Collaboration & Leadership:
Work closely with development teams to embed reliability, automation, and Python-based tooling into the software lifecycle.
Provide guidance on DevOps, automation, and cloud best practices across the organization.

Requirements
Proven experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure role.
Strong proficiency with AWS services and best practices for security, scalability, and reliability.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, etc.).
Experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines, preferably in GitHub Actions.
Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and tooling.
Strong knowledge of Linux systems, networking, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Alert Manager, and Grafana
Familiarity with security and compliance standards in cloud environments.

Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) or other container orchestration platforms.
Knowledge of cost optimization in AWS.
Experience with secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SSM).
Familiarity with i ---------- management platforms (Splunk oncall, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, etc.).