Infrastructure Engineer
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Requirements
• Education • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field preferred. Equivalent practical experience may be considered. • 3–5 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, systems engineering, or related technology roles. • Proven experience managing production-grade AWS environments. • AWS environments • Strong hands-on experience with Terraform (module development and state management). • Terraform • Experience managing Linux-based systems at scale (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, or RHEL). • Linux-based systems • Direct experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins). • CI/CD pipelines • Cloud Proficiency: Deep understanding of AWS networking (VPC, Peering, Transit Gateways) and security groups. • Cloud Proficiency: • Container Mastery: Proficiency in Docker; experience with Kubernetes (EKS) is highly desirable. • Container Mastery: • Scripting: Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python preferred). • Scripting: • Python • Version Control: Expert knowledge of Git-based workflows. • Version Control: • Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex, distributed systems. • Problem Solving: • Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. • Communication: • Experience with Serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Fargate). • Serverless architectures • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator certification. • Experience with Data Infrastructure (managing Snowflake, Redshift, or Kafka clusters). • Data Infrastructure • Familiarity with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes or ECS. • This position primarily operates in a professional office or remote environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones. The ability to remain stationary for extended periods and operate a computer is required.
Responsibilities
• Cloud Architecture: Architect and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure primarily within Amazon Web Services (AWS), including EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, and IAM. • Cloud Architecture: • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Lead the implementation and maintenance of infrastructure using Terraform or similar tools, ensuring all environments are version-controlled and reproducible. • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): • Automation & Scripting: Develop and maintain automation scripts (Python, Bash, or Go) to eliminate manual tasks and improve operational efficiency. • Automation & Scripting: • Containerization: Manage and optimize containerized application environments using Docker and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes or AWS ECS). • Containerization: • CI/CD Pipeline Management: Design and support robust Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate application releases and reduce deployment risk. • CI/CD Pipeline Management: • Observability & Reliability: Implement and manage modern observability frameworks (logging, metrics, and tracing) to proactively monitor system health and performance. • Observability & Reliability: • Performance Engineering: Monitor system capacity and performance, performing right-sizing exercises and scaling configurations to meet business growth. • Performance Engineering: • Security & Compliance: Enforce infrastructure security best practices, including access control (Least Privilege), network hardening, and automated vulnerability scanning. • Security & Compliance: • FinOps & Cost Control: Partner with leadership to monitor cloud spend and implement cost-optimization strategies. • FinOps & Cost Control: • Incident Response: Troubleshoot complex infrastructure-related issues and participate in a blameless post-mortem culture to prevent recurrence. • Incident Response: • Documentation: Maintain high-quality technical documentation for infrastructure designs, standard operating procedures, and disaster recovery plans. • Documentation: • On-Call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure the 24/7 reliability of production systems. • On-Call Support: • Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
• Generous parental and caregiver leave • Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans • Remote-first culture • Annual $1000 tuition reimbursement stipend • The expected annual salary for this position is between $120,000 and $140,000, with the opportunity to earn an annual bonus of up to 15% of the base salary.