Senior DevOps Engineer

Description HyperGuest is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure across development and production environments. In this role, you’ll work closely with software engineers, and other cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our platform. While we use the term DevOps to align with industry standards, we view it as a broad set of principles and practices that guide how our entire company operates. This role goes far beyond basic configuration or automation — we’re looking for someone with deep, hands-on expertise in operating systems, networking, security, databases, and distributed systems. You'll be expected to develop solutions and resolve complex challenges in large-scale, cloud-based production environments.

Responsibilities

Participate in system design, architecture, and technology decisions. Manage Kubernetes clusters and cloud resources for development and production environments. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Document and refine DevOps processes and practices. Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues. Participate in on-call rotation of production services outside normal business hours. Assist developers with daily tasks, deployments, and projects Mentor and guide Junior DevOps engineers.

Requirements

6 years of experience as a DevOps engineer in a production environment. Highly available services using clustering and redundancy are a must. A strong understanding of Linux and network fundamentals. This includes, but is not limited to, kernel tuning, process management, inter-process communication, filesystems and disk I/O, DNS, basic routing and subnetting, IP protocols, in-transit encryption (SSL/TLS), and packet analysis. Demonstrated experience using managed cloud services, including but not limited to, compute, network, storage, and databases, with a preference for AWS or GCP. Proficiency with containers and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm. Experience maintaining Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with a preference for Terraform, Terragrunt desired. Use of monitoring and logging tools - Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/OpenSearch are essential. CI/CD Pipeline development. Experience with GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners are advantageous. Strong shell scripting skills. Basic programming experience with a high-level language such as Python or Go is desired. Working knowledge of security best practices. Ability to work independently and make decisions that directly impact your work. Excellent teamwork, communication, and writing skills.