DevOps Engineer (DevEx)

OpsWerks is a technical consulting company specializing in operational services for the high-tech industry. We help platform and infrastructure teams operate multi-cloud environments, execute complex migrations, and enable seamless app deployments.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on and driven DevOps Engineer to help scale and secure our Kubernetes-based production platform.   

Nearly all our applications run on Kubernetes (primarily managed on-premises Kubernetes platform and Amazon EKS). This role is central to ensuring system reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across our cloud-native environment. 

You will work closely with Engineering and Operations teams to operate production workloads, improve automation, strengthen security practices, and enhance our CI/CD pipelines. If you enjoy owning systems end-to-end and working on real production infrastructure, this role is for you.

Your Role 

Kubernetes & Container Platform Management

• Operate and maintain production workloads running on Kubernetes (managed on-prem clusters and Amazon EKS) 

• Deploy, upgrade, and manage applications using Helm or similar package management tools 

• Troubleshoot cluster-level and workload-level issues (networking, storage, scaling, resource constraints) 

• Implement and maintain Kubernetes best practices for security, RBAC, and namespace isolation 

• Optimize resource utilization and autoscaling configurations 

Cloud & Infrastructure Management

• Support and manage AWS infrastructure (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, networking, security groups) 

• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation 

• Participate in infrastructure design reviews and capacity planning 

System Reliability, Security & Production Support

• Maintain high availability and performance across production environments 

• Participate in a structured on-call rotation to support production systems

• Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and drive preventive improvements 

• Contribute to post-incident reviews focused on learning and long-term resilience 

• Continuously monitor and remediate infrastructure, container image, and dependency vulnerabilities 

• Ensure timely upgrades of base images, Helm charts, system packages, and third-party libraries 

• Collaborate with development teams to resolve security findings (e.g., CVEs) in code repositories 

• Strengthen infrastructure and container security posture across all environments 

CI/CD, Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines supporting containerized deployments 

• Automate builds, testing, and Kubernetes-based deployments 

• Improve release processes to minimize downtime and deployment risk 

• Use tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Ansible to reduce manual operational tasks 

• Promote DevOps and cloud-native best practices across teams .

Your Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Engineering 

• Hands-on experience managing production workloads in Kubernetes 

• Experience with Amazon EKS 

• Experience deploying applications using Helm (or similar tooling) 

• Experience with containerization (Docker) 

• Experience with vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows 

• Experience with Bash and/or Python scripting 

• Strong troubleshooting skills and operational mindset 

• Willingness to participate in a structured on-call rotation 

Plus points if you have:

• Experience operating multi-environment Kubernetes clusters (dev/staging/prod) 

• Experience implementing autoscaling strategies (HPA, cluster autoscaler) 

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Graylog) 

• Familiarity with Kubernetes networking concepts (Ingress, Services, CNI) 

• Experience supporting production systems with monitoring and alerting

• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or equivalent)