Senior DevOps Engineer

About the Position

At SPD Technology, we bring together a team of like-minded people who are driven by the desire to bring value through their work, united in their commitment to high performance and delivering custom, cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We empower our people with a culture of excellence and enable them with the opportunity to uphold their accountability to contribute on each level. We value humanity and collaboration, encourage professional and personal growth, and foster a supportive and flexible work environment where everyone’s contribution is welcomed.

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join us as part of our team.

About the Role

You will work on a Payment Orchestration Platform, a greenfield project designed to optimize transaction processing, enhance operational efficiency, and deliver a seamless user experience. As part of this project, you will have the opportunity to influence its architecture and technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own and support day-to-day DevOps activities across development, staging, and production environments.
• Design, maintain, and optimize secure and scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Manage Kubernetes environments and support containerized application deployments.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation processes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure platform reliability.
• Maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and GitOps practices.
• Collaborate with development and security teams to improve system performance and stability.
• Support security, compliance, and DevSecOps initiatives across infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot production issues, participate in incident response, and conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and operational excellence of cloud platforms and services.
• Continuously improve deployment workflows, operational processes, and infrastructure standards.

Requirements

• Terraform: Proficiency in writing reusable modules and managing state for multi-environment setups (Dev/Staging/Prod).
• AWS Organizations: Understanding of multi-account strategies and Service Control Policies (SCPs).
• Orchestration: Deep knowledge of EKS, including Managed Node Groups vs. Fargate, Cluster Autoscaler, etc.
• Helm: Ability to manage complex application releases using Helm charts.
• Service Mesh (Optional but Preferred): Istio or Linkerd for mTLS and fine-grained traffic control between microservices.
• Pipelines: Hands-on experience with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline.
• GitOps: Preference for tools like ArgoCD.
• Automation: Scripting proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash to automate repetitive tasks and custom logic.
• Security Scanning: Implementation of SAST/DAST in pipelines and container image scanning.
• Secrets Management: Proficiency in AWS Secrets Manager or HashiCorp Vault.
• Compliance Knowledge: Basic understanding of PCI DSS or SOC2 requirements (e.g., audit logs, data encryption, and access reviews).
• Auditability: Ensuring every change is tracked in Git and all actions in AWS are logged via CloudTrail and Config.
• Monitoring: Experience setting up Prometheus and Grafana for K8s metrics.
• Logging: Implementation of centralized logging (ELK stack, CloudWatch Logs, or Loki).
• Tracing: Familiarity with AWS X-Ray or OpenTelemetry to debug transaction flows across microservices.
• Incident Management: Experience with on-call rotations and root cause analysis (RCA).

We’re Looking for You If You Have

• 3–5 years in DevOps/SRE roles
• 2+ years on AWS
• Familiarity with DevSecOps

What’s in it for You

Reveal Great Tech Solutions

Join the team of experts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses, fueling client growth. Unleash your potential, tackle new challenges, and be part of a team that values your skills and contributions. Focus on long-term impact and building tailored, long-lasting partnerships with our clients.

Experience an Agile and Flexible Working Environment

Enjoy the freedom of fully remote work with a flexible working schedule. Empower yourself with a stable workload and a stable income, supported by provided laptops and licensed software. We focus on lasting cooperation and unite result-oriented individuals who stand on a high-performance approach to work.

Embrace the Opportunity for Personal and Professional Growth

Benefit from performance and merit reviews, elevate your skills with personal development plans, and individual learning through the corporate library, public speaking support, and more.

Be Among Like-Minded People

Work with a team of one mind who cares about what they do and how they do. Collaborate with top-notch experts who are always ready to help and support you through any challenges. Join company-wide tech and cultural events, and contribute to meaningful CSR initiatives that resonate with your values. Feel supported by your HR, and take advantage of our referral bonus program.

Interview Steps

• Pre-Screening with the recruiter
• Technical interview (up to 90 min)
• Manager interview (30 – 45 min)

About the Company

SPD Technology is a global software product development company that creates cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We provide software engineering, product development, and IT consulting services to world-renowned companies, ranging from Fortune 500 firms to emerging startups across the globe. Founded in 2006, we’ve delivered over 460 custom projects for high-growth startups, SMBs, and enterprises, building strong partnerships with industry leaders such as PitchBook, Morningstar, Blackhawk Network, Poynt, Space Needle, and many more. Specializing in fintech and digital payment solutions, data engineering, AI/ML, and Cloud technologies, we build products ranging from MVPs to complex, enterprise-grade solutions. We are presented globally: we have 2 development centers in Europe, a representative office in Romania, the U.K., Cyprus, and remote teams, working worldwide from 32 countries around the globe.

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