Senior DevOps Engineer

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. Own and continuously improve cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities supporting applications, data systems, and engineering teams .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • PhilippinesSenior💰 ₱120,000 - ₱175,000 per monthWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, building, and maintaining secure and scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, with a strong focus on Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability practices. Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive improvements in operational excellence and reliability across production systems.

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KubernetesInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDCloud SecurityObservability

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Hard Skills

TerraformOpenTofuPythonBashAWSGitHub ActionsArgoCDDatadogLinux TroubleshootingNetworking

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCollaborationSelf-DrivenMentoring

Tools & Technologies

MonitoringLoggingTracingAlertingIncident ManagementSecrets ManagementLoad BalancingApplication-Delivery Architecture

Industry Keywords

Cloud InfrastructureProduction SystemsOperational RiskDisaster RecoveryCost Efficiency

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftAWSCloudDNSKubernetesLinuxMySQLPythonRedisTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and continuously improve cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities supporting applications, data systems, and engineering teams
Identify opportunities to improve reliability, scalability, security, performance, cost efficiency, developer experience, and operational effectiveness
Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native practices
Build automation, self-service capabilities, reusable infrastructure patterns, and platform tooling to eliminate repetitive operational work
Improve Kubernetes and container-based infrastructure for standardized and reliable deployment, scaling, recovery, and operations
Own and evolve CI/CD and GitOps workflows
Partner with Software Engineers, Product Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and other Technology teams to build platform solutions
Improve observability through monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, dashboards, and actionable service health indicators
Lead technical investigations during complex production incidents and drive systemic improvements
Improve resilience, disaster recovery, backup strategies, security controls, access management, and infrastructure risk
Evaluate infrastructure and architecture for cost efficiency and reduce unnecessary spend
Apply AI-assisted engineering to infrastructure development, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, automation, documentation, and operational workflows
Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term platform strategy
Define, document, and champion engineering standards, operational practices, reusable patterns, and platform capabilities
Mentor engineers and raise standards for infrastructure ownership, automation, reliability, and operational excellence

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated ability to independently identify infrastructure and operational problems, determine root causes, design solutions, and drive improvements through implementation and measurable results
Proven track record owning business-critical production infrastructure and complex platform initiatives with minimal oversight
Strong judgment balancing reliability, security, engineering velocity, cost, complexity, and business needs
Ability to operate effectively during production incidents
Ability to leverage AI-assisted engineering tools for infrastructure development, troubleshooting, automation, documentation, incident analysis, and productivity
Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated infrastructure and operational changes before production use
Deep experience designing, operating, troubleshooting, and improving highly available production systems in cloud environments
Strong experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and modern cloud-native infrastructure
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar technologies
Strong understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, automated deployment practices, and modern software delivery workflows
Experience with production observability, including monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and incident management
Strong understanding of reliability engineering, failure modes, resilience, capacity, recovery, and operational risk
Experience with secure infrastructure patterns, access controls, secrets management, system hardening, and cloud security
Strong Linux and systems troubleshooting skills
Strong experience operating production workloads in AWS or a comparable cloud platform
Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar platforms
Experience with Datadog or similar observability platforms
Strong scripting or programming ability using Python, Bash, or another appropriate language
Working knowledge of networking, DNS, CDN/WAF technologies, load balancing, TLS, and application-delivery architecture
Experience supporting MySQL, Redis, Redshift, or similar data stores and stateful systems
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to collaborate with Software Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Product, Security, and other teams
Self-driven, highly autonomous, and comfortable in a remote-first environment
Ability to challenge existing approaches constructively and influence technical direction
Ability to mentor engineers and raise engineering standards
Currently authorized to work in the Philippines at hire and throughout employment
Pre-employment screening required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Mentorship programs
Leadership academies
Opportunities to shape company culture and DEI initiatives
Flex Fridays: adjust the 40-hour week to enjoy a full or half day off on Fridays
Remote-first culture
14 days of annual paid time off
Philippine government-declared holidays
5 additional paid time-off days after 1 year
Philippine statutory benefits: SSS, PhilHealth, and HDMF
Corporate HMO Plan for full-time PH employees after two months of tenure
Monthly rice subsidy
Headspace app access
Speaker Series bonus