Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Federato is seeking a highly skilled Staff Infra/DevOps Engineer with a minimum of 6 years of experience to join our innovative team. As a key member of our infrastructure team, you will be responsible for scaling, managing, and fortifying our infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have expertise in cloud technologies, Kubernetes, automation, observability, and multi-tenant infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand infrastructure requirements and develop scalable solutions.
• Design, implement, and manage robust, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters, adhering to best practices to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Implement GitOps practices using tools such as ArgoCD for managing Kubernetes configurations.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated testing, building, and deployment.
• Utilize Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Managing Kafka for event streaming, and potentially building internal tooling around Kafka for enhanced functionality.
• Lead efforts in building and setting up observability and monitoring stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager for comprehensive visibility into infrastructure and application-level metrics.
• Ensure compliance with SOC2 Type 2 requirements and contribute to the ongoing improvement of compliance processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues and OpsGenie pages promptly, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance
• Document infrastructure configurations, processes, and best practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or a similar role
• Strong proficiency in GCP services and Kubernetes administration including building and maintaining Helm Charts
• Experience with GitOps principles and tools, such as ArgoCD
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Well versed with Terraform
• Hands-on experience with Ansible (bonus)
• Familiarity with Kafka, including setup and management (bonus)
• Expertise in building and setting up observability and monitoring stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager
• Experience in working with multi-tenant infrastructures
• Knowledge of SOC2 Type 2 compliance requirements and experience in implementing compliance measures
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a small team environment

Here at Federato, your capabilities are important, but culture fit is quintessential. We move fast, are eager to listen to our users, take a first principles approach to solving problems, and value learning and the ability to change our minds. Most importantly, we're here to have fun, so sticks-in-the-mud need not apply.