Senior DevOps Engineer - Datastores

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Requirements:

• 3-5 years of professional experience working in an SRE/DBRE team with Infrastructure responsibilities in managing large production workloads.
• Proficiency with managing MySQL at scale (Horizontal Scaling, sharding, InnoDB optimizations, Query Optimization, HA/DR, Monitoring, Backups Strategy, Security, Automations).
• Strong understanding in running Production Workloads in Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Git and how to work with Infrastructure as Code, and automated provisioning.
• Strong experience in Kafka cluster management, topic configuration, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. Experience with MSK is also good.
• Experience with Message Queues (MQ/SQS) and Caching (Redis, Memcache) or similar products.
• Experience in Python.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools, monitoring systems (Datadog or similar) for database infrastructure, and scaling strategies for handling increased data volumes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills to diagnose complex database issues.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and a grasp of security best practices.
• Adaptability and comfort working in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead improvement projects for datastores and platform teams to align with the company’s long term objectives.
• Maintain Infrastructure Uptime, monitor performance, and ensure infrastructure continues scaling as we grow.
• Develop Immutable infrastructure patterns, and automate Infrastructure provisioning via Code (Terraform, Python, Ansible etc ..)
• Ensure adherence to PCI and ISO27001 compliance as well as SOC 2 security requirements, modifying CI/CD processes when necessary.
• Advocate for and implement positive changes in tools and processes through healthy discussions.
• Participate in the on-call rotation, demonstrating a systematic approach to incident management.
• Participate in day-to-day activities, support requests, and project-related tasks for the team.
• Contribute to documentation, maintain ticketing queues, provide project support, troubleshoot, and offer after-hours assistance as required.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to new hires, fostering their technical growth and integration into the team.