SRE / DevOps Engineer 8521
Summary
Akvelon is hiring an SRE/DevOps Engineer to support, automate, and scale AWS cloud infrastructure for a large-scale IoT platform. Day to day: Terraform IaC, CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab CI), Docker/Kubernetes (EKS), and observability (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Graylog). Office-based in Kyiv or remote in Moldova, with 3–4 hours overlap with US Pacific Time.
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Akvelon is an IT company with 20+ years of experience and 1,200+ engineers across 15+ locations worldwide.
We work with both well-known global tech companies, including Microsoft, Facebook, Airbnb, Dropbox, and Pinterest, and with growing startups.
The projects cover a variety of engineering areas, ranging from cloud solutions and AI/ML systems to big data, web, and mobile applications.
Collaboration typically takes place in a remote, distributed environment across different locations and time zones. We value ownership, clear communication, and accountability for agreed deliverables throughout each project.
About the role
We are looking for a SRE / DevOps Engineer to support, automate, and scale cloud infrastructure for a large-scale IoT platform.
The role focuses on AWS infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, containerized environments, and observability. You will help improve platform reliability, automate infrastructure and deployment processes, and ensure stable operation of production environments
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, preferably Jenkins and/or GitLab CI
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
- Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, or Graylog
- Scripting experience with Bash and/or Python
- Strong troubleshooting skills and experience supporting production environments
- Experience with Azure
- Knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, VPC, Aurora, ElastiCache, Route 53, WAF, and S3
- Familiarity with Vector or similar telemetry tools
- Familiarity with Java or TypeScript ecosystems
- Previous experience supporting IoT or other distributed platforms
Responsibilities
- Manage, maintain, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure
- Develop and maintain modular Terraform configurations
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI
- Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and production issues
- Automate operational tasks using Bash and Python
- Improve platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency
- Ability to maintain 3–4 hours of regular overlap with US Pacific Time for collaboration and meetings
- Kyiv: Office-based, Monday to Friday.
Moldova: Fully remote initially, with a potential transition to an onsite format and office attendance in the future.