Senior DevOps Engineer (Agile, AWS)

Job description

• The DevOps Engineer role at Mercatus includes (but is not limited to):
• Collaborate with developers to support deployment and automation needs.
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and ArgoCD to automate deployment to Kubernetes.
• Handle lifecycle management and upgrades for Kubernetes clusters (EKS) and associated resources.
• Enhancing infrastructure and application monitoring and alerting using the Grafana LGTM stack.
• Maintain and improve Kubernetes observability and alerting systems.
• Apply security best practices in Kubernetes, including RBAC, network isolation, and secret management.
• Implemented advanced Kubernetes features such as HPA, PDBs, advanced scheduling.
• Configure and manage Ingress Controllers, network policies, custom Helm charts, and resource limits/requests for fine-grained control
• Participate in off-hours/on-call support rotation and be willing to handle urgent production issues during mid-night or non-working hours when required.

Your skills and experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with automated provisioning, Cloud Infrastructure, Continuous Integration, Deployment Pipelines.
• Understanding of a relevant scripting language (eg: python. bash).
• Solid understanding of AWS core services, including S3 bucket, EC2, EKS, VPC, Load Balancers, and NAT Gateway,...
• Hands-on experience with:
• Jenkins and ArgoCD for CI/CD.
• Terraform.
• Helm.
• Kubernetes operations and application deployment.
• Infrastructure and application monitoring and alerting using the Grafana LGTM stack.
• Cloudflare operations include DNS Management, Proxy, SSL/TLS, WAF basics, and Analytics and Logs.
• Familiar with databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kafka.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and respond to mid-night or after-hours incidents when required.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.

Nice to Have

• A security-first mindset and awareness of cloud security practices, Kubernetes hardening practices (Pod Security Policies, image scanning, audit logs).
• Exposure to Azure Cloud environments.
• Scripting knowledge in Bash, Python, or similar.

Soft Skills

• Passionate individual who values team culture and collaboration.
• Demonstrates a willingness to learn and grow with new technologies.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Understands best practices in building highly available and resilient systems.
• Communicates clearly and works effectively in a cross-functional team.

Why you'll love working here

Salary & Allowances

• Competitive income with 13th month salary
• Annual leave: 12 days/year and other leaves/public holidays in accordance with the Labor Law of Vietnam
• Periodic medical checkup, Health/Social Insurance.  (PIJCO Insurance after 10 months of employment)
• Be provided with high-performance laptop and screen

Career Growth

• Opportunity to experience a great workplace where young & world-class talents work together passionately
• Very diverse offline and online seminars & workshops provided by company, supervisors, mentors and buddies
• Clear and flexible career path

Working Environment

• Working in a progressive and international environment.
• Complimentary snacks, fruits, drinks everyday.
• Team building, company trip and monthly internal events.