Staff DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff DevOps Engineer to join our Smart Factory Cloud Team. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, cloud infrastructure, automation and CI/CD practices to support and enhance our enterprise SaaS platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong hands-on background in building and managing scalable, secure and resilient cloud environments, with a strong passion for process optimization and automation.

Key Responsibilities:

•  Design, implement and maintain highly scalable and secure cloud environments on AWS.

•  Manage and optimize AWS services including VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS, AppStream and other key cloud components.

•  Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD and GitOps methodologies.

•  Define and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform/OpenTofu, Crossplane or CloudFormation.

•  Establish and improve monitoring and alerting solutions using OpenTelemetry (Otel), SignalFX, CloudWatch and Splunk.

•  Develop automation scripts and tools using GitHub Actions, Jenkins or other scripting languages.

•  Basic troubleshooting and optimize PostgreSQL, SQL and RDS databases for performance and reliability.

•  Enforce security best practices in cloud environments and advocate for secure SDLC processes.

•  Drive adoption of ITIL and Agile methodologies to ensure efficient operations and incident management.

•  Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a geographically distributed environment.

•  Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership to the DevOps team.

Required Qualifications:

•  8+ years of strong hands-on experience in DevOps, CloudOps or SaaS Ops, managing large-scale enterprise SaaS applications in public cloud (preferably AWS).

•  Strong expertise in AWS cloud services, networking, security and cost optimization.

•  Deep understanding of containerized application deployments using EKS and ArgoCD.

•  Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins and GitOps methodologies.

•  Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Crossplane or CloudFormation.

•  Knowledge of database management with PostgreSQL, MS SQL or AWS RDS.

•  Experience in setting up monitoring and logging solutions using OpenTelemetry, SignalFX and Splunk.

•  Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or other scripting tools.

•  Excellent understanding of ITIL, Agile methodologies and DevOps best practices.

•  Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across global teams.

•  Ability to work in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and drive initiatives independently.

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Experience setting up enterprise SaaS environments from scratch.

•  Knowledge of security frameworks and best practices in cloud environments.

•  Familiarity with compliance standards such as SOC2, ISO 27001 and GDPR.