DevOps Engineer

**Why RocketDevs?** We empower software engineers by bridging talent with global tech opportunities. We connect skilled developers with innovative projects, fostering an inclusive tech community. We are seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to join our team and contribute to client projects that power scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure for global products. This is a remote position focused on building and maintaining cloud\-native systems, deployment pipelines, and production environments for our international clients. **About the Role** As a DevOps Engineer in the RocketDevs network, you'll be matched to client projects where you'll own the deployment, automation, monitoring, and reliability of real\-world production systems. Client projects range from scaling Kubernetes infrastructure serving millions of requests per day, to building secure CI/CD pipelines for fast\-growing SaaS products, to improving observability and cloud cost optimisation for distributed systems operating at global scale. **Must Have** High technical skills in: * Strong Linux and command\-line proficiency * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) * Hands\-on experience with containerisation technologies (Docker) * Strong experience with Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms * Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI * Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation * Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack, or equivalent) * Solid networking fundamentals including DNS, load balancing, SSL/TLS, and reverse proxies * Strong Git/GitHub discipline and collaborative development workflows * Experience automating infrastructure and operational tasks using Bash, Python, or Go * Understanding of system reliability, scalability, backup, and disaster recovery principles * Familiarity with security best practices for cloud and infrastructure environments **A deployed project is required:** You must be able to share at least one production infrastructure architecture diagram (cloud architecture, CI/CD pipeline, Kubernetes cluster, monitoring stack, or equivalent) that: * Was used by real users or production workloads * Can be explained clearly: what problem it solved and the scale it handled **Nice to Have** * Kubernetes ecosystem tooling (Helm, ArgoCD, Istio, Linkerd) * Experience with multi\-cloud or hybrid cloud environments * Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and incident response experience * Secrets management tools (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Doppler, etc.) * Experience with serverless infrastructure and event\-driven architectures * Cloud security and compliance exposure * Performance tuning and infrastructure cost optimisation * Experience managing databases and caching systems in production * Knowledge of distributed systems and high\-availability architecture * Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure or MLOps workflows **Our Hiring Process** We built this process to be the most signal\-rich, fairest, and transparent vetting experience you'll encounter. **Step 1 — Apply** **Step 2 — 30\-Minute Practical Technical Assessments (Mandatory)** **Step 3 — 30\-Minute Onboarding Interview** **Step 4 — Final Interview \& Selection** **A Note on Who Thrives Here** Our best\-matched engineers share a few traits: they take ownership of systems end\-to\-end, communicate clearly during high\-pressure situations, value reliability and automation, and are proactive about improving infrastructure and developer experience. If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you. *RocketDevs is an equal opportunity platform committed to connecting global engineering talent with world\-class opportunities, regardless of geography or background.*