Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Posted 5 days ago by ClearScale

Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
EMEA

Summary: The Senior DevOps Engineer at ClearScale will play a pivotal role in shaping cloud solutions for diverse clients, leveraging extensive experience in AWS and modern DevOps practices. This position involves building high-performing DevOps pipelines, enhancing processes, and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver successful projects. The role offers the opportunity to tackle complex technical challenges and contribute to innovative cloud strategies. Candidates will work remotely within a collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement and professional growth.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide strong technical expertise, build high-performing DevOps pipelines, and enhance DevOps processes for clients.
  • Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration with clients and engineering teams.
  • Analyze project requirements, contribute to scope definition, and review/create accurate work estimates.
  • Design, specify, and review robust architecture designs for infrastructure and DevOps solutions on AWS.
  • Solve complex technical challenges during project implementation, providing expert guidance and solutions.
  • Engage in hands-on DevOps coding and implementation of deliverables and work products.
  • Design and implement comprehensive application-level monitoring and logging solutions for enhanced observability.

Key Skills:

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure automation and software delivery leveraging AWS and modern DevOps practices.
  • Proven ability to work effectively with distributed teams, providing clear technical guidance and strong leadership.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate directly and effectively with peers, managers, and clients.
  • Solid understanding of common challenges associated with cloud migrations and modernizations.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the full software development lifecycle.
  • Deep expertise in application observability patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) principles.
  • Extensive experience working with large-scale, distributed infrastructure environments.
  • In-depth experience with the AWS cloud platform, including core services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ECS/EKS, RDS, and Lambda.
  • Strong practical experience with key DevOps tools, including CloudFormation/Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and others.
  • Hands-on experience with Linux and/or Windows operating systems, containerization technologies, databases, and scripting languages.
  • A strong awareness of relevant security standards and compliance frameworks.
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification is ideal.
  • AWS Certified SysOps Associate or DevOps Engineer – Professional certification is ideal.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

DevOps Engineer Shape the Future of Cloud with ClearScale: As a leading AWS Premier Consulting Partner, ClearScale is at the forefront of cloud innovation, empowering businesses to modernize, automate, and scale their operations. Our expert team, operating remotely for over a decade, provides comprehensive cloud services, including Migrations, Application Modernization, DevOps, Data & Analytics, AI/ML, IoT, Managed Cloud, and Cloud Strategy. We partner with Fortune 500 enterprises, mid-market businesses, and startups across diverse industries, architecting and deploying cutting-edge cloud solutions. Due to significant growth in the rapidly expanding public cloud market, we are seeking a highly experienced and passionate DevOps Engineer to provide technical expertise and help drive successful project delivery. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact, work on diverse and challenging projects, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the cloud services industry.

What You'll Do: Provide strong technical expertise, build high-performing DevOps pipelines, and enhance our DevOps processes for clients. Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration with both clients and engineering teams. Analyze project requirements, contribute to scope definition, and review/create accurate work estimates. Design, specify, and review robust architecture designs for infrastructure and DevOps solutions on AWS. Solve complex technical challenges that arise during project implementation, providing expert guidance and solutions. Engage in hands-on DevOps coding and implementation of deliverables and work products. Design and implement comprehensive application-level monitoring and logging solutions for enhanced observability.

What You'll Bring: 5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure automation and software delivery leveraging AWS and modern DevOps practices. Proven ability to work effectively with distributed teams, providing clear technical guidance and strong leadership. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate directly and effectively with peers, managers, and clients while leading the team. Solid understanding of the common challenges associated with cloud migrations and modernizations, and the ability to strategically choose the optimal path based on prior experience. Comprehensive understanding of the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and functional specification authoring to development, testing, and delivery. Deep expertise in application observability patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) principles and practices. Extensive experience working with large-scale, distributed infrastructure environments. In-depth experience with the AWS cloud platform, including core services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ECS/EKS, RDS, and Lambda. Strong practical experience with key DevOps tools, including CloudFormation/Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and others. Hands-on experience with Linux and/or Windows operating systems, containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), databases, and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash). A strong awareness of relevant security standards and compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS, HIPAA).

Ideally, You Also Have: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification. AWS Certified SysOps Associate or DevOps Engineer – Professional certification.

Why You'll Love Leading with Us: Be a key leader in a collaborative, high-energy team that encourages innovation and continuous improvement. Work on a diverse range of challenging and impactful projects for clients across numerous industries. Solve interesting and complex problems, leveraging cutting-edge AWS technologies. Enjoy a high degree of autonomy and ownership in your work, with opportunities to shape technical direction. Mentor and inspire fellow engineers, contributing to the growth and success of the team.

Our Commitment to Your Growth: Competitive salary Exceptional opportunities to build a significant leadership career within the rapidly expanding cloud industry. A collaborative, high-energy, and fully remote work culture that fosters connection and innovation. Continuous learning and development opportunities to expand your skills and stay ahead of the curve. The flexibility and convenience of a 100% distributed workforce – work from the location that suits you best!