DevOps Lead – AWS, Kubernetes & Terraform (High-Scale Systems)

About the Role

We’re looking for a seasoned DevOps Lead to architect and scale cloud infrastructure powering platforms with 500,000+ active users. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership across AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. You’ll lead global incident response efforts, drive automation, and ensure infrastructure resilience in high-demand environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Leadership: Architect and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS using Kubernetes.
• Terraform Pipeline Ownership: Design and maintain advanced Terraform pipelines for infrastructure provisioning, modularization, and lifecycle automation.
• Incident Management: Lead P1 and P2 incident response across global ESR, Level 2, and Level 3 support teams, ensuring rapid resolution, coordination, and post-incident analysis.
• Autoscaling Expertise: Implement and optimize Karpenter for dynamic, cost-efficient node provisioning in Kubernetes clusters.
• CI/CD Strategy: Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitoring & Observability: Deploy and manage tools like Datadog and CloudWatch to ensure performance and reliability.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce best practices in cloud security, IAM policies, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, SOC2).
• Cost Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud spend across services and environments.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with engineering, product, and QA teams to align infrastructure with business goals.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting high-volume platforms with 500,000+ active users or more.
• 7+ years of hands-on DevOps experience, including leadership of global teams.
• Deep expertise in AWS services (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Advanced proficiency in Kubernetes (preferably EKS) in production environments.
• Guru-level hands-on experience with Terraform, including modules, workspaces, remote state, and pipeline integration.
• High proficiency in Karpenter managed EKS services
• Strong background in P1/P2 incident response, escalation workflows, and coordination across distributed support teams.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration best practices.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and performance tuning in cloud-native environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and Kubernetes operators.
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows.
• Basic understanding of AI concepts and how they integrate with cloud infrastructure.
• Background in SRE or platform engineering.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and performance bonuses
• Collaborative and growth-oriented team culture.
• Learning & development budget
• Opportunity to shape infrastructure strategy for a high-growth product