
Headquarters: Atlanta GA, USA
URL: https://intellum.com
We are seeking candidates who are either:
- Located in the United Kingdom, or
- Long-term contractors residing in Austria, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, or Poland.
- Applications: Ruby on Rails and Node.js
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, Opensearch
- Search/Indexing: Elasticsearch
- CI/CD: Spinnaker, Jenkins
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
- Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker
- Cloud Providers: AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Virtual Machines and k8s clusters using GKE and EKS
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of Kubernetes clusters to support our containerized platform, while also managing legacy VM-based infrastructure during the transition.
- Manage and maintain Linux-based VMs and server environments, ensuring secure and stable operations as we shift towards Kubernetes.
- Automate infrastructure management tasks across both VMs and Kubernetes environments using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
- Troubleshoot and optimize both Linux VMs and Kubernetes environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.
- Collaborate with software engineers to ensure a smooth transition from VM-based infrastructure to containerized environments, improving development workflows along the way.
- Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support both traditional VM-based applications and Kubernetes deployments, automating testing and deployment processes.
- Monitor virtual infrastructure and be part of a 24×7 on-call rotation to respond to alerts.
- Document infrastructure, architecture decisions and processes.
Required Skills
- 7+ years of experience working with infrastructure and operations, including Devops, SRE or Systems Engineer roles.
- Infrastructure as code (IaC) expertise with Terraform and Ansible, automating infrastructure setup, scaling, and maintenance.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes and Docker, including designing, deploying, and scaling containerized applications in production.
- Ability to troubleshoot and optimize Linux systems and containerized environments, ensuring performance and security across both.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes concepts such as Pods, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Namespaces.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills in containerized environments, with the ability to solve complex problems involving Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.
- Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines that support both VM-based and Kubernetes-based applications.
- Experience with Helm for managing Kubernetes applications and deployments.
- Expertise in core Linux skills, including administration, networking, security, and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes networking and security best practices, including RBAC, Network Policies, etc.
- Proficiency in cloud computing with AWS and/or GCP, including managing both VMs and Containerized workloads in cloud environments.
- Strong communication skills to effectively explain infrastructure changes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Core/Behavioral Competencies
Bonus skills (not required)
- Familiarity with the Ruby on Rails stack.
- Familiarity with NodeJS based stack.
- Experience with service mesh technologies like Istio or Linkerd.
- Familiarity with Prometheus.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/intellum-senior-devops-engineer





