Senior DevOps Engineer

CoinCROWD is a cutting-edge platform in the digital finance space, focused on delivering innovative solutions that empower individuals and businesses in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. We are passionate about creating seamless, secure, and scalable solutions to simplify the way people interact with digital currencies. As we continue to grow, we're looking for skilled backend developers to join our dynamic engineering team. 

Position overview:

We're seeking a detail-oriented and proactive DevOps Engineer who has a strong background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment, where they will have the opportunity to make substantial contributions.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop, test, and maintain infrastructure on GCP.
• Automate infrastructure, application deployment, scaling, and management using Kubernetes and other similar tools.
• Collaborate with our software development team to ensure seamless deployment of software updates and enhancements.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability, and security.
• Implement DevOps best practices, such as IAC (Infrastructure as Code).

Qualifications :

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role in software development and system administration.
• Strong experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform), including Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, and other relevant GCP services.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with network protocols, firewalls, and VPN.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, etc.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools, like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a team.

What We Offer :

In recognition of your valuable contributions, you will receive an equity-based compensation package. Join our dynamic and innovative team in the rapidly evolving fintech industry and play a key role in shaping the future of CoinCROWD's success.

If you're ready to be at the forefront of the Payment Technology revolution and have the vision and experience to drive sales growth in the crypto space, please join us in our mission to redefine fintech at CoinCROWD.

Requirements:

• Previously help a DevOps Engineer or System Engineer role

• 4+ years of production Linux system admin experience in high traffic environment

• 1+ years of experience with Amazon AWS and related services (instances, ELB,

   EBS, S3, etc.) and abstractions on top of AWS.

• Strong understanding of network fundamentals, IP and related services (DNS, VPN, firewalls, etc.) and    

   security concerns.

• Experience in running Docker and Kubernetes clusters in production.

• Love automating mundane tasks and make developers life easy

• Must be able to code in, at a minimum, Python (or Ruby) and Bash.

• Non-trivial production experience with Saltstack and/or Puppet, Composer,Jenkins, GIT

• Agile software development best practices - continuous integration, releases,branches, etc.

• Experience with modern monitoring tools; capacity planning.

• Some experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Node.js, and PHP is a plus.

• Self-motivated, fast learner, detail-oriented, team player with a sense of humor

Experience in managing CI/CD using Jenkins.

Job Role - DevOps Infra Lead Engineer

About LenDenClub

LenDenClub is a leading peer-to-peer lending platform that provides an alternate investment opportunity to investors or lenders looking for high returns with creditworthy borrowers looking for short-term personal loans. With a total of 8 million users and 2 million+ investors on board, LenDenClub has become a go-to platform to earn returns in the range of 10%-12%. LenDenClub offers investors a convenient medium to browse thousands of borrower profiles to achieve better returns than traditional asset classes. Moreover, LenDenClub is safeguarded by

market volatility and inflation. LenDenClub provides a great way to diversify one’s investment portfolio.

LenDenClub has raised US $10 million in a Series A round from an association of investors. With the new round of funding, LenDenClub was valued at more than US $51 million in the last round and has grown multifold since then.

Why work at LenDenClub

LenDenClub is a certified great place to work. The certification comes from the Great Place to Work Institute, Inc., a globally renowned firm dedicated to evaluating companies for their employee satisfaction on the grounds of high trust and high-performance culture at workplaces.

As a LenDenite, you will be a part of an enthusiastic and passionate group of individuals who own and love what they do. At LenDenClub we believe in creating leaders and with you coming on board you get to work with complete freedom to chase your ultimate career goal without any inhibitions.

Website - https://www.lendenclub.com

Location - Mumbai (Goregaon)

Responsibilities of a DevOps Infra Lead Engineer:

● Responsible for creating software deployment strategies that are essential for the successful deployment of software in the work environment. Identify and implement data storage methods like clustering to improve the performance of the team.

● Responsible for coming up with solutions for managing a vast number of documents in real-time and enables quick search and analysis. Identifies issues in the production phase and system and implements monitoring solutions to overcome those issues.

● Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices. Conduct research, tests, and execute new techniques which could be reused and applied to the software development project.

● Accountable for designing, building, and optimizing automation systems that help to execute business web and data infrastructure platforms.

● Creating technology infrastructure, automation tools, and maintaining configuration management.

● To cater to the engineering department’s quality and standards, implement lifecycle infrastructure solutions and documentation operations.

● Implementation and maintaining of CI/CD pipelines.

● Containerisation of applications

● Construct and improve the security on the infrastructure

● Infrastructure As A Code

● Maintaining Environments

● Nat and ACL's

● Setup of ECS and ELB for HA

● WAF and Firewall and DMZ

● Deployment strategies for high uptime

● Setup up monitoring and policies for infra and applications

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Required Skills

● Communication Skills

● Interpersonal Skills

● Infrastructure

● Aware of technologies like Python, MYSQL, MongoDB, and so on.

● Sound knowledge of cloud infrastructure.

● Should possess knowledge of fundamental Unix/Linux, monitoring, editing, and command-based tools is essential.

● Versed in scripting languages such as Ruby and Shell

● Google Cloud Platforms, Hadoop, NoSQL databases, and big data clusters.

● Knowledge of open source technologies

About Kiru:

Kiru is a forward-thinking payments startup on a mission to revolutionise the digital payments landscape in Africa and beyond. Our innovative solutions will reshape how people transact, making payments safer, faster, and more accessible. Join us on our journey to redefine the future of payments.

Position Overview:

We are searching for a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team in Pune, India. As a DevOps Engineer at Kiru, you will play a critical role in ensuring our payment infrastructure's reliability, scalability, and security.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilize your expertise in technology infrastructure configuration to manage and automate infrastructure effectively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Software Developers and technology management, to design and implement robust and efficient DevOps solutions.
• Configure and maintain a secure backend environment focusing on network isolation and VPN access.
• Implement and manage monitoring solutions like ZipKin, Jaeger, New Relic, or DataDog and visualisation and alerting solutions like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Work closely with developers to instrument code for visualisation and alerts, ensuring system performance and stability.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development and deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate on the selection and implementation of appropriate DevOps tools and technologies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues promptly to minimize downtime.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging DevOps trends and best practices.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to DevOps processes and configurations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role.
• Experience configuring infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Kubernetes as a container orchestration technology
• Experience with Terraform and Azure ARM or Bicep templates for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Experience configuring and maintaining secure backend environments, including network isolation and VPN access.
• Proficiency in setting up and managing monitoring and visualization tools such as ZipKin, Jaeger, New Relic, DataDog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers to instrument code for visualization and alerts.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A proactive and self-motivated approach to work.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Services and managing identities across Azure services.
• Previous experience in a financial or payment systems environment.

About Kiru:

At Kiru, we believe that success is achieved through collaboration. We recognise that every team member has a vital role to play, and it's the partnerships we build within our organisation that drive our customers' success and our growth as a business.

We are more than just a team; we are a close-knit partnership. By bringing together diverse talents and fostering powerful collaborations, we innovate, share knowledge, and continually learn from one another. We take pride in our daily achievements but never stop challenging ourselves and supporting each other. Together, we reach new heights and envision a brighter future.

Regardless of your career journey, we provide the guidance and resources you need to thrive. You will have everything required to excel through training programs, mentorship, and ongoing support. At Kiru, your success is our success, and that success matters because we are the essential partners for the world's most critical businesses. These companies manufacture, transport, and supply the world's essential goods.

Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement:

Kiru is committed to fostering a workplace and global community where inclusion is celebrated and where you can bring your authentic selfbecause that's who we're interested in. If you are interested in this role but don't meet every qualification in the job description, don't hesitate to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Requirement
- 1 to 7 years of experience with relative experience in managing development operations
- Hands-on experience with AWS
- Thorough knowledge of setting up release pipelines, and managing multiple environments like Beta, Staging, UAT, and Production
- Thorough knowledge of best cloud practices and architecture
- Hands-on with benchmarking and performance monitoring
- Identifying various bottlenecks and taking pre-emptive measures to avoid downtime
- Hands-on knowledge with at least one toolset Chef/Puppet/Ansible
- Hands-on with CloudFormation / Terraform or other Infrastructure as code is a plus.  
- Thorough experience with Shell Scripting and should not know to shy away from learning new technologies or programming languages
- Experience with other cloud providers like Azure and GCP is a plus
- Should be open to R&D for creative ways to improve performance while keeping costs low

What do we want the person to do?

- Manage, Monitor and Provision Infrastructure - Majorly on AWS
- Will be responsible for maintaining 100% uptime on production servers (Site Reliability)
- Setting up a release pipeline for current releases. Automating releases for Beta, Staging & Production
- Maintaining near-production replica environments on Beta and Staging
- Automating Releases and Versioning of Static Assets (Experience with Chef/Puppet/Ansible)
- Should have hands-on experience with Build Tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild etc
- Identify performance gaps and ways to fix them.
- Weekly meetings with Engineering Team to discuss the changes/upgrades. Can be related to code issues/architecture bottlenecks.
- Creative Ways of Reducing Costs of Cloud Computing
- Convert Infrastructure Deployment / Provision to Infrastructure as Code for reusability and scaling.

As a DevOps Engineer with experience in Kubernetes, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of DevOps engineers in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the organization's infrastructure. You will work closely with software developers, system administrators, and other IT professionals to ensure that the organization's systems are efficient, reliable, and scalable. 

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• Leading the team in the development and implementation of automation and continuous delivery pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible. 
• Managing the organization's infrastructure using Kubernetes, including deployment, scaling, and monitoring of applications. 

• Ensuring that the organization's systems are secure and compliant with industry standards. 
• Collaborating with software developers to design and implement infrastructure as code. 
• Providing mentorship and technical guidance to team members. 
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues in collaboration with other IT professionals. 
• Participating in the development and maintenance of the organization's disaster recovery and incident response plans. 

To be successful in this role, you should have strong leadership skills and experience with a variety of DevOps and infrastructure tools and technologies. You should also have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, and be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 

Job Dsecription:

○ Develop best practices for team and also responsible for the architecture

○ solutions and documentation operations in order to meet the engineering departments quality and standards

○ Participate in production outage and handle complex issues and works towards Resolution

○ Develop custom tools and integration with existing tools to increase engineering Productivity

Required Experience and Expertise

○ Having a good knowledge of Terraform + someone who has worked on large TF code bases.

○ Deep understanding of Terraform with best practices & writing TF modules.

○ Hands-on experience of GCP  and AWS and knowledge on AWS Services like VPC and VPC related services like (route tables, vpc endpoints, privatelinks) EKS, S3, IAM. Cost aware mindset towards Cloud services.

○ Deep understanding of Kernel, Networking and OS fundamentals

NOTICE PERIOD - Max - 30 days