• Location: New York, New York
• Type: Perm
• Job #21362

DevOps/SRE Engineer – VP

About the Role 

Technology team is looking for a Senior DevOps/SRE architect to develop and maintain the production and development environments for a multi-party application. This role will utilize strong DevOps principles and advanced cloud capabilities to facilitate the infrastructure and automated CI/CD for a distributed ledger platform. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative, creative, and intellectually curious DevOps Engineer. The person in this role should have solid experience in Site Reliability Engineering and is passionate about forming and implementing cutting-edge cloud computing capabilities. 

Responsibilities 

• Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation. 
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab for seamless code deployment and integration. 
• Collaborate with blockchain engineers to ensure optimal performance and security of the distributed ledger technology (DLT). 
• Monitor system performance using Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog, and proactively address system issues. 
• Ensure high availability and reliability of the application across the end-to-end tech stacks. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand needs and deliver solutions that meet business objectives. 
• Lead and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. 

Qualifications 

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, TechOps, or SRE, including at least 5 years working with AWS 
• Strong desire to experience microservices in a production environment, particularly with Docker and Kubernetes 
• Strong Linux OS-level, command-line and scripting knowledge (e.g., Bash, Python), and configuration management principles 
• Applicants should have a working knowledge of databases such as MongoDB, Postgres, and DynamoDB 
• Experience in architecting, implementing, and managing monitoring tools such as Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, Datadog, NewRelic, and ELK in the cloud 
• Experience with compute provisioning on Cloud-based platforms using Terraform and/or CloudFormation 
• Exceptional analytical skills, able to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions 
• Experience in building a Microservice-based architecture 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Able to design and implement complex, but easily managed, automated infrastructure 
• A desire to share knowledge, teach, and learn as part of a collaborative team 
• AWS certifications are a plus 
• Experience developing or integrating with blockchain applications is preferred, but not required 

The base salary range for this role is $160,000 to $200,000.