Sr DevOps Engineer

Nuuly is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join its Platform Engineering team and support the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of its production infrastructure. The role focuses on designing and managing GCP cloud infrastructure, operating Kubernetes and Kafka environments, building CI/CD pipelines, and improving monitoring, security, troubleshooting, and documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Networking, and Confluent Kafka
• Collaborate with software development teams to establish efficient CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth and automated application deployments
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to maintain the health, performance, and security of the cloud infrastructure
• Collaborate with our engineering team to optimize our Kafka message broker to support our event-driven architecture and enhance system performance
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify and address performance bottlenecks and optimize the overall system performance
• Ensure the security of the cloud infrastructure and applications, implementing best practices and staying up-to-date with the latest security threats and mitigations
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployments, and applications
• Develop and maintain documentation for the infrastructure, deployment processes, and troubleshooting guides
• Stay informed about the latest trends and advancements in cloud technologies, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices, and propose relevant improvements to our infrastructure

Requirements:

• More than 3 years of hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer, with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of streaming data and distributed systems design with asynchronous message brokers like Kafka
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Deployment Manager
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities
• Designing and managing cloud infrastructure on GCP; including virtual machines, storage, networking, and IAM
• Managing Kubernetes deployment, monitoring, scaling, and troubleshooting
• Maintaining our CI/CD pipelines with GCP and GitHub Actions
• Understanding of essential Kafka components like Zookeeper, Brokers, and optimization of Kafka client applications (Producers/Consumers)
• Proficiency in YAML and experience with writing structured configuration files for infrastructure management and application deployment
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Shell
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration concepts
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance standards