Principal DevOps Engineer (AWS)

About the Position

We are looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer (AWS) to lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of a high scale infrastructure platform supporting domain registration, web hosting, and SSL certificate services. In this role, you will collaborate with engineering and leadership teams to build reliable, scalable, and secure environments while driving DevOps best practices across the organization.

About the Project

The project is a high-scale platform that provides a unified solution for provisioning, billing, and lifecycle management of domain registration, web hosting, and SSL certificate services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of hybrid AWS-based and on-premise infrastructure.
• Drive DevOps best practices, standards, and technical decisions across the team.
• Design and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform.
• Manage and optimize containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Develop, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and enhance monitoring, logging, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Ensure the reliability, performance, security, and scalability of the platform.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and production issues.
• Collaborate closely with management, development and engineering teams to improve deployment processes and operational efficiency.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other DevOps engineers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or related roles, with a strong track record of technical leadership.
• Proven experience defining technical strategy and roadmaps for complex cloud or platform environments, aligning infrastructure decisions with business objectives.
• Experience leading technical discovery, assessing existing platforms, identifying operational risks, and translating business needs into actionable improvement plans.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and Service Management practices, including incident, problem, change, and configuration management.
• Demonstrated ability to advise clients and senior stakeholders on architecture, reliability, scalability, security, operational maturity, and technical trade-offs.
• Experience taking ownership of or influencing production platform reliability, change quality, risk management, and continuous service improvement.
• Proven ability to lead through influence, drive cross-team alignment, and establish engineering standards without relying on formal authority.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.