Senior DevOps Engineer

About Aerospike

At Aerospike, we dream big. Our focus is helping companies tackle seemingly insurmountable problems and doing what’s never been done before. That is why we developed the world's leading real-time data platform that powers mission-critical applications at the world's most innovative, category-disrupting companies.  Aerospike companies have deployed extreme-scale real-time applications to fight fraud, dramatically increase shopping cart size, enable global digital payments, and deliver hyper-personalized user experiences to tens of millions of customers.

Customers like Airtel, Experian, Nielsen, PayPal, Snap, Verizon Media, and Wayfair rely on Aerospike as the data foundation for the future to help them act in the microsecond moments that matter. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Aerospike has a global presence with offices in London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv.

As a founding DevOps engineer on the Aerospike Cloud team, your role is pivotal in developing the Aerospike Cloud Platform - the company's multi-cloud multi-tenant database as a service cloud offering. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to deliver innovative solutions to our global customer base.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and similar, to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of infrastructure resources. Define infrastructure components and security policies, enabling consistent, repeatable, and scalable infrastructure deployments
• CI/CD Pipelines: Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of applications and services across various environments (development, testing, production), optimizing costs associated with build and deployment processes
• Container Orchestration: Utilize Kubernetes and other container orchestration platforms to automate deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications and microservices
• Environment Management and Promotion: Establish and manage multiple environments (development, staging, production) to support the software development lifecycle. Implement environment promotion and configuration management processes, ensuring consistency and reproducibility across environments
• Monitoring and Cost Optimization: Set up monitoring and logging solutions to monitor cloud resources and applications' health, performance, and cost. Identify cost optimization opportunities and implement strategies to optimize cloud spending while maintaining performance and reliability.
• Multi-Cloud Deployments: Architect and manage multi-cloud deployment strategies to achieve redundancy, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery across geographically distributed cloud regions while optimizing costs associated with cross-cloud data transfer and resource redundancy
• Security Automation: Implement security automation practices and tools to enforce security policies, perform vulnerability assessments, and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations 
• Secrets Management: Design and implement secure secrets management solutions to securely store, access, and rotate sensitive credentials, API keys, and certificates used in cloud environments
• Continuous Optimization: Optimize cloud infrastructure, CI/CD processes, and security practices to improve performance, reduce costs, and enhance scalability, reliability, and security posture
• Collaboration and Documentation: Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure alignment of DevOps practices with business objectives. Document architecture, design decisions, cost optimization strategies, and operational procedures to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding

Required skills and qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the DevOps domain
• Proficiency in AWS, Azure, or GCP, with hands-on experience in cloud services
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, VLANs, subnetting, and routing
• Knowledge of firewall configurations and security group management in cloud environments
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI 
• Familiarity with security automation tools and practices in cloud environments
• Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and similar, for infrastructure automation
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration
• Strong scripting and programming skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Proven leadership abilities and initiative in driving the establishment of DevOps infrastructure and processes
• Commitment to staying updated on industry trends and technologies

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Experience with database management and provisioning
• Proficiency in additional scripting or programming languages beyond Python and Bash
• Certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Docker Certified Associate (DCA)
• Relevant security certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Join us at Aerospike and be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future of data management. Salary Range for California Based Applicants: [$190,000 - $210,000] (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).