- Company Name
- Digital Science
- Job Title
- Senior DevOps Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Senior DevOps Engineer
**Role Summary:**
Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of Google Cloud-based infrastructure for a high‑profile, globally distributed product. Own Terraform code, manage Kubernetes clusters, and ensure system resilience, performance, and cost efficiency.
**Expactations:**
Deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure with minimal downtime. Automate operational tasks, reduce manual effort, and enforce security best practices. Participate in on‑call rotations, incident response, and post‑incident reviews.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Own and evolve GCP infrastructure and Terraform codebase (VPC, Compute Engine, Kubernetes, Cloud SQL/Redis, Load Balancers, Cloud Armor, IAM).
- Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Docker).
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident management using Google Cloud Monitoring, Grafana, or similar.
- Perform proactive database management for PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis (monitoring, tuning, backups).
- Assess and manage cloud costs; recommend resource optimizations.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, mentor peers, and document processes.
**Required Skills:**
- GCP or AWS experience; strong knowledge of Kubernetes & Docker.
- Terraform (IaC) – full lifecycle management.
- Linux/Unix administration; scripting in Bash and/or Python.
- CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins) and monitoring platforms (Grafana, Cloud Monitoring).
- Database experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis.
- SRE principles: alerting, monitoring, observability, incident handling.
- Agile methodology familiarity; version control best practices.
- Security‑first mindset covering confidentiality, integrity, availability.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent hands‑on experience).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., GCP Professional Cloud Architect, Kubernetes Administrator) are a plus.