Senior DevOps Engineer

Project description We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and operate a resilient, scalable cloud platform supporting high-throughput, low-latency financial systems. The role focuses on AWS infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containerized workloads, and ensuring secure, observable, and highly available production environments. Responsibilities • Key Responsibilities • Design and manage AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, MSK/Kinesis, Lambda, CloudWatch) • Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) for automated deployments • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions • Manage containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECR, ECS/EKS) • Ensure production observability (logging, metrics, tracing) • Define monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes • Enforce security and compliance (IAM, secrets management, encryption) • Operate and optimize data platforms (RDS/Aurora) • Lead capacity planning, cost optimization, and reliability improvements • Own disaster recovery and business continuity strategies • Collaborate with engineering teams on scalability and troubleshooting Required Skills & Experience • 5+ years of AWS experience in production environments • Expertise with ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, IAM • Strong experience with RDS/Aurora • Proficiency in Terraform and CI/CD pipelines • Strong Docker and Kubernetes knowledge • Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) • Experience with IAM, VPC security, and secrets management • Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go • Experience with PostgreSQL and cloud databases Preferred Qualifications • Advanced Kubernetes or service mesh experience • Experience in fintech or regulated environments • Knowledge of cost optimization and chaos engineering Soft Skills • Strong communication and documentation skills • Collaborative mindset • Ownership of incident response • Mentorship and coaching ability SKILLS Must have • AWS infrastructure (ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, MSK/Kinesis, Lambda, CloudWatch) CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions Containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECR, ECS/EKS) Security and compliance (IAM, secrets management, encryption) Nice to have Client Lifecycle Management