DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud DevOps Engineer to join our team and drive the CI/CD, infrastructure as a code, automation, scalability, and security of our cloud solution.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud operations, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring, with additional expertise in security (SecOps) best practices and financial operations (FinOps) being a significant advantage.

KMS Lighthouse is an industry leader in knowledge management, working with Fortune 500 enterprise-level customers. If you're interested in the intersection of technology, innovation, and knowledge, this is the place to be.

Our company is undergoing a major transition from a monolithic architecture to microservices, and we need to build an efficient, reliable infrastructure to support this modernization effort.

You will join a team of engineers who are passionate about driving architectural changes and ensuring our systems are both scalable and maintainable.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage cloud-based infrastructure with a focus on automation, security, and scalability.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline software development and deployment processes.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud resources for cost efficiency.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies are in place.
• Collaborate with security teams to integrate best practices in cloud security, identity & access management, and compliance frameworks.
• Work with finance and operations teams to implement FinOps strategies, optimizing cloud cost efficiency and resource allocation.
• Automate cloud governance, policy enforcement, and security compliance controls.
• Support application teams with cloud-native best practices and DevOps methodologies.
• Stay up to date with emerging cloud technologies, tools, and best practices.
  
  

• Proven experience as a Cloud DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their associated services.
• Strong proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Expertise in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch, etc.).
  
  

• Knowledge of security best practices, compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, etc.), and cloud security tools.
• Experience with FinOps principles, cost optimization strategies, and cloud financial management.
• Understanding of cloud networking, load balancing, and API gateways.
• Experience with serverless computing and event-driven architectures.
• Certification(s) in cloud platforms (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, Google Professional DevOps Engineer) is a plus.