Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS) - WFH/Remote
Summary
Fully remote senior DevOps engineer role on a Philippines night shift (9 PM–6 AM), building and securing scalable AWS infrastructure for a distributed e-commerce framework. Day-to-day spans CI/CD and security automation, zero-downtime deployments, Kubernetes/Terraform, and Elastic-based logging and observability, plus production support for client systems.
This is a fully remote role with a PH night shift schedule (9 PM-6 AM) and work equipment will be provided.
We're seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer who is passionate about CI/CD automation, security automation, security best practices, zero-downtime deployment, and observable cloud infrastructure. You will interact with stakeholders across Engineering, QA, DevOps, Operations, and Product Management. If you enjoy working in an innovative environment on a cutting-edge e-commerce framework built on a highly scalable distributed architecture, this is the opportunity for you!
EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Security, Information Systems, or related field
- 3+ years of related DevOps, infrastructure, and security experience
- Deep knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including networking (VPCs, subnets, Security Groups, NACLs, PrivateLink/VPC endpoints), security (IAM, IAM Identity Center, KMS, Secrets Manager, GuardDuty, Security Hub), Kubernetes (EKS), managed databases (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB), and monitoring/observability (CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs Insights, X-Ray, CloudTrail)
- Hands-on experience with at least one additional cloud platform (Azure or GCP) strongly preferred
- Expert in Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform (and similar technologies)
- Experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash/Beats/Elastic Agent), including cluster deployment, scaling, tuning, and using Elastic for logging, monitoring, and observability
- Experience with REST-style web services and APIs
- Experience with API security and best practices
- Experience with mobile device and application security
- Experience designing networks and subnets (VNets/VPCs) for security, monitoring, and prevention
- Experience with CI/CD automation tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CICD, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or Azure DevOps.
NICE TO HAVE:
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), Terraform, or Elastic
- Understanding of compliance programs such as SOC 2 and PCI DSS
- Experience with PostgreSQL performance tuning, including query and index analysis and index creation
- Experience tuning Kubernetes pod resource requests and limits based on observed metrics
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design and implement resilient, scalable, and observable processes and infrastructure used across client implementations of the software
- Secure networks, applications, and data
- Provide production monitoring and support for client systems
- Design, deploy, and maintain Elastic-based logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions
- Design and implement automation tools for testing, monitoring, and reporting
- Design and implement integrations within CI/CD pipelines
- Build security controls into Engineering and DevOps pipelines (e.g., build automation and configuration management)
- Participate in code and design reviews
- Understand and advocate for the OWASP Top 10, industry best practices, and secure coding principles
- Work with clients on infrastructure and scaling requirements
- Review and assess client deployments for potential security, scaling, and reliability issues
- Routinely conduct, review, and resolve findings from penetration and vulnerability assessments
- Review the security posture of new product integrations
- Assist with company compliance objectives