Senior DevOps Engineer

Job description

ABOUT US

At Mondia we believe that there is only one way to build an outstanding organisation; and that is to attract exceptionally talented people who are aligned with our mission, thrive on challenges and are passionate about problem-solving.

 Being a global leader in the digital monetisation space, we supply Operators all over the world with digital solutions and connect with millions of customers on the Mondia Media Entertainment Universe.

 We operate in over 26 countries from 7 office-hubs across the globe from Spain to Singapore and have enormous aspirations for growth.

Our company headquarters are located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with more offices in Germany, Spain, Italy, Egypt, South Africa and Singapore.

We aim to build an inspiring organisation with an engaged and high performing culture.

Joining the team now would mean that you could have a direct impact on the company’s growth trajectory.

If you are hungry to make an impact and develop your skills in a dynamic environment, collaborating with like-minded people, we want to hear from you.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior DevOps Engineer role at Mondia Group will play a pivotal role in defining, testing, implementing, and monitoring the DevOps processes.

 The engineer will primarily work with DevOps Team to ensure seamless integration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across all stages of the software development lifecycle.

 

Responsibilities:

•      Work with the cloud engineering teams and development teams to create effective CI/CD implementations, helping to configure and maintain them.

•      Proactively monitor and fix issues in the development life cycle.

•      Support the Senior Software/System-Engineers to Integrate, configure, deploy and manage centrally provided common cloud services (e.g. IAM, networking, logging, Operating systems, Containers)

•      Ensure compliance with IT Security standards (E.g. Network, Firewall, OS, Logging, Monitoring, Availability, Resiliency) and industry best practices.

•      Help with the release management of new software into the production platform.

•      Troubleshoot security related issues and assist Incident Management inside the organization.

•      Implement and support Continuous Integration and Deployment Pipelines.

•      Ensure continuous availability of various tools supporting SCM & Release Management including Source Control, Continuous Integration, & Change Management.

•      Engage with cross-functional co-located teams in design, development and implementation of enterprise scalable features related to enabling higher developer productivity, environment monitoring and self-healing, and facilitate autonomous delivery teams.

•      Migration existing Data Center infrastructure

•      Work collaboratively across team boundaries to share common capabilities

•      Ensuring the availability and performance of the platforms for our customers 24x7x365 99.9% SLA

•      Service support using DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and ITIL concepts for effective operations.

•      Participating in on-call rotation

Requirements

ABOUT YOU: 

The ideal candidate has exceptionally high ownership, excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to work with agility in a fast-paced environment. He/she would also be insanely focused on demonstrating excellence in service delivery and problem-solving, breaking down complex information into understandable and actionable items.

 

Those with experience in the mobile digital entertainment industry would be at a distinct advantage

Other qualifications include:

•      B S degree in Engineering or Information Technology related field.

•      5+ years track record of relevant work experience

•      Proficiency with DevOps tools and automation frameworks.

•      Hands-on experience with at least two cloud environments with AWS being mandatory : AWS, Azure, GCP.

•      Expert in AWS with proven experience in AWS networking:

o   Extensive experience with AWS networking services, including VPC, Route 53, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, AWS WAF, CloudFront, Security Groups, Subnets, Route Tables, Network ACLs, VPN, NAT Gateway, and Elastic Load Balancing.

•      Deep expertise in ElasticSearch or AWS OpenSearch:

§  Experience in setting up, managing, and scaling OpenSearch clusters.

§  Proficient in indexing, searching, and analyzing large datasets using OpenSearch.

§  Knowledge of OpenSearch Dashboards for creating visualizations and monitoring data.

•      Proficiency with Prometheus and Grafana:

o   Strong experience with Prometheus for monitoring and alerting, including setting up and managing Prometheus servers, configuring Prometheus exporters, and writing custom Prometheus queries.

o   Extensive knowledge of Grafana for data visualization, creating and managing dashboards, and integrating Grafana with Prometheus and other data sources.

•      Strong experience with AWS IAM including policy management, SCPs, user management, group management, and role-based access control.

•      Experience with fully automating CI/CD pipelines end-to-end, from code commits to production

•      Strong infrastructure-as-code experience, particularly with TypeScript AWS CDK.

•      Strong understanding of cloud security architecture.

•      Expertise in GitLab implementations.

•      Understanding of Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions and integration with Active Directory for centralized authentication and access control.

•      Proficiency in programming and scripting languages (TypeScript, Java, Python, PowerShell, Bash).

•      Experience with Jenkins, Docker, Git, Maven.

•      Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).

•      Professional experience with micro-services, containers, and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes,AWS ECS).

•      N-tier web application development and Java/Spring framework experience.

•      In-depth knowledge and experience with Linux OS.

•      Proficiency with monitoring tools like New Relic and OpenSearch.

•      Experience working in Agile environments.

•      Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

·       Strong automation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to follow through to completion.

·       AWS certifications are highly desired.

·       Security certifications (CISSP, CISA, OSCP) are a plus.

·       Excellent communication skills.

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