Senior DevOps Engineer in Colombia

**Who we are**

Blackbird Lab is a software development company. While we are practicing international working culture, we are proud representatives of Ukrainian values and traditions. We are a team of 80+ energetic, curious, smart, and open to new challenges tech pros who prefer efficient async communication, flexible working hours, a co-working office model, etc.

Being in this craft for about 5 years, we managed to accumulate expertise and bring value to a number of clients. We cooperate with US and Canadian product companies of different sizes, from small startups to established products, in close, trusted relationships.

All team members, including management, have an engineering background. The process, participants who speak the same language and have a similar approach based on technical principles, is always efficient. It is way easier to make decisions and introduce new features in a team with engineering at heart. It is the technical DNA that lets us build high-quality products that facilitate the lives of our customers’ users.

**Position & client**

EBlock is an online vehicle auction where vehicles are bought and sold in 60 seconds. EBlock is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and over the last few years has grown significantly. As a part of the infrastructure team, you will be working closely with DevOps engineers and Architects from Canada and will have the opportunity to contribute to overall cloud infrastructure, improve day-to-day operations, system performance and scalability. EBlock is a real-time vehicle auction which has significant load and consists of multiple comprehensive microservices. As a part of this team, you’ll spend 80% of your time working with AWS and Terraform and 20% of your time with Java/Docker, as some of the systems that this team manages will require code changes for maintenance purposes.

This is an outstaff position so readiness to shift your working day will be a strong plus.

**Stack of the project**
- AWS
- Kubernetes (AWS EKS) and AWS ECS Fargate
- AWS Lambda
- CI/CD with Jenkins and AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline
- Terraform, Pulumi
- Dockerized apps written in Java

**Responsibilities**
- Automation, deployment, management, and maintenance of AWS cloud-based systems
- Ensuring availability, performance, security and scalability of AWS production systems
- Establish, manage the creation, release, logging, monitoring, metrics and configuration of production systems
- Help optimize our backend, mobile and web release cycle building continuous deployment and continuous integration pipelines
- Develop and maintain infrastructure documentation and technical diagramming of interconnected systems and networks
- Define, automate, adhere and validate disaster recovery, data manipulation, compliance, security controls, risk treatment and change management policies
- Work solo or collectively with peer DevOps engineers, collaborating cross-functionally and sharing knowledge

**Requirements**:

- 5+ years of experience as infrastructure engineer / developer
- 2+ years experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform
- Experience with Java technology stack is a strong plus
- Experience with Docker, AWS ECS, AWS Lambda
- Knowledge of CI/CD processes and AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline
- Upper-Intermediate English speaking level

**Team setup & processes**
- Director of Engineering (Canada)
- Senior DevOps Engineer (Canada) x2
- Senior DevOps Engineer (Ukraine, Europe) x3
- Senior DevOps Engineer (Colombia) - open position

**Interview process**
- HR interview (30 mins)
- Technical interview with a Senior DevOps Engineer (60 min)
- Technical interview with a Lead DevOps (60 min)
- Final interview with a Director of Engineering (60 min)

**Benefits**

We are all for the self-development of each team member. As a part of our team, you’ll be supported in your professional growth, work on Macs, receive certifications, and visit conferences. On top of that, you will enjoy an attractive social package, including
- Сompetitive monthly compensation
- Flexible working schedule
- Working remotely
- 18 paid vacation working days
- Paid sick leaves (with 5 undocumented days per year)
- Health support with medical insurance or sports programs