Senior DevOps Engineer

About Binagora

At Binagora, we are a fully remote community of software crafters with over a decade of experience partnering with international clients. We collaborate with bold organizations to deliver high-quality, custom solutions that achieve tangible results. Our expertise spans various sectors, including Media & Entertainment, Solar Energy, Healthcare, Marketing, Audit & Compliance, Diversity & Inclusion, among many others. From initial strategy to final delivery, we go above and beyond, infusing creativity and aligning with business objectives to develop innovative products that challenge conventions and propel businesses forward.

Our Client

Our client provides the leading professional development platform purpose-built exclusively for accounting and advisory firms. They offer the only comprehensive solution for managing learning compliance, L&D initiatives, attendance tracking, and training content. Trusted by over 130 of the top 200 firms, their platform boasts over 99% client retention by helping administrators and compliance specialists save countless hours on manual tasks and eliminate risky errors.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will build, operate, and improve cloud infrastructure supporting Python and Java applications. You will work closely with development teams to ensure reliable services, secure deployments, effective observability, and efficient resource usage. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain multi-AZ AWS cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and databases.
• Build and operate Docker-based containerized applications and microservices in production.
• Troubleshoot Python and Java applications, resolving memory, concurrency, and performance issues.
• Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Develop automated CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning and testing.
• Implement zero-downtime deployment strategies, including blue/green, canary, and rolling updates.
• Centralize logging, metrics, tracing, and alerts using observability tools.
• Configure application and cluster autoscaling based on load testing and usage metrics.
• Implement resilience patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, and dead-letter queues.
• Define disaster recovery plans (RTO/RPO) and enforce security best practices across IAM and encryption.

Qualifications and Requirements

Must-Haves

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps/SRE roles managing production AWS environments (EC2, ECS/EKS, VPC, RDS).
• Strong expertise with Docker containerization and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Solid operational knowledge troubleshooting Python (Gunicorn/Celery) and Java (JVM, thread pools, GC) runtimes.
• Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and safe deployment strategies (blue/green, canary).
• Hands-on proficiency with observability tools (CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Loki), DR concepts (RTO/RPO), and Python/Bash scripting.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with advanced autoscaling based on queue depth, message age, or custom application metrics.
• Experience with capacity planning, sizing, and resource tuning for CPU, memory, storage, and IOPS.
• Relevant AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or Solutions Architect – Professional).