Senior DevOps Engineer (Couchbase & Confluent)
Core
Own AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes platform, managing Couchbase and Confluent/Kafka data layers for Python backend, data, and AI teams.
Role type
Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, Couchbase, Confluent)
Builds
Production AWS infrastructure (EKS/ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC), Couchbase clusters, Confluent/Kafka platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and observability systems.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Data Engineering, Streaming Platforms
Required skills
AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC), Kubernetes (stateful workloads, operators), Couchbase (cluster architecture, XDCR, indexing, backup/restore), Confluent/Kafka (brokers, Schema Registry, Connect, partitioning), Terraform, CI/CD, Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch), Docker, Python/Bash scripting, Linux/Networking
Preferred skills
Confluent Certified Administrator, Couchbase certification, CKA, Managed services (Capella, Confluent Cloud), Autonomous Operators, Strimzi, ksqlDB, Kafka Streams, CDC pipelines (Debezium), ArgoCD, GitOps, FinOps
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes, Couchbase, Confluent, Kafka, Terraform, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Docker, Python, Bash
Responsibilities
Design and operate AWS infrastructure; manage Couchbase production clusters; operate Confluent/Kafka platforms; run stateful workloads on Kubernetes; manage infrastructure as code; build CI/CD pipelines; lead incident response and post-mortems; support data/AI workloads and optimize cloud costs.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC