Senior DevOps Engineer, Sightline

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles
• Strong experience with AWS services, particularly ECS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, RDS, and VPC networking
• Experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)
• Knowledge of security best practices for cloud infrastructure
• Good communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
• Ability to work in our London office 3 days per week

Desirable

• Design, implement, and maintain our AWS infrastructure using best practices for security, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Manage our Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability and optimal performance
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated testing and deployment
• Create and maintain infrastructure as code using CloudFormation and other IaC tools
• Set up and manage monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and other monitoring tools
• Optimize database performance and ensure proper backup and recovery procedures for RDS instances
• Design and implement networking solutions within AWS VPC
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment workflows and implement DevOps best practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues in production environments

• Initial call with VP Eng (30 mins)
• Technical assessment focusing on AWS and Kubernetes scenarios (60 mins)
• Systems design discussion with engineering team (~60 mins)
• Reference checks + offer