The DevOps Engineer II will design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure focusing on automation and security while managing CI/CD pipelines.
Nium, Global Leader in Payments
Nium, the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders.
Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 220+ markets, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 35 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.
DevOps Engineer II
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, a creative problem-solver, and eager to learn new technologies. You will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on automation, scalability, security, and reliability. This is an exciting opportunity for a professional who is passionate about modern cloud-native principles, practices and operational excellence powered by AIOps.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage a robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS Cloud.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision and manage cloud resources.
- Implement and manage CI,CD pipelines using Jenkins and ArgoCD.
- Ensure the smooth operation of existing systems by managing routine maintenance, including upgrades, installations, backups, and restores, and adhering to Disaster Recovery (DR) plans.
- Design and implement automation pipelines to continuously improve processes.
- Create and maintain clear documentation, such as SOPs, user guides, and maintenance activity logs, to ensure smooth operations.
- Implement and manage observability platforms for monitoring, logging, and tracing to gain deep insights into system performance and behavior.
- Manage and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes and AWS ECS clusters.
- Harden and secure operating systems, containers, and cloud infrastructure following a secure by design approach and compliant to CIS bench marks.
- Implement and enforce defence in depth security measures, including network security, identity and access management, and vulnerability scanning.
- Ensure regulatory and compliance requirements are met, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and others.
- Manage and monitor database instances, specifically RDS Aurora, RedShift, MongoDB etc.
- Utilize Cloudflare for content delivery, security, and performance optimization.
- Create and manage machine images using Packer for consistent and secure environments.
- Apply GitOps principles to manage infrastructure and applications, with all changes version-controlled in Git.
- Embrace shift-left practices to integrate security and quality throughout the development lifecycle.
- Work with DevSecOps methodologies, embedding security controls and practices into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Leverage AIOps tools for intelligent monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using various scripting languages.
- Manage and optimize complex Jenkins pipelines for various application stacks.
- Provide expertise in Git for version control and collaborative development.
Requirements
- Min of 2-4 yrs experience as DevOps Engineer.
- AWS Cloud: Hands on experience and deep understanding and hands-on experience with core AWS services.
- Compute: Hands on experience on Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, AL2, AL2023.
- Storage: Amazon S3, EBS, EFS, KMS.
- Networking: Amazon VPC, ELB, Route 53, Cloudflare.
- IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation.
- CI/CD: Jenkins, ArgoCD.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Alpine, Java & NodeJS.
- Security: OS hardening, Container hardening, Security best practices, Defence in Depth.
- Automation: Packer, Scripting languages (Python, Bash, Groovy).
- Observability: Grafana, ELK, DataDog
What we offer at Nium
We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.
We Care: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
We Constantly Innovate: Since our inception, Nium has received constant recognition and awards for how we approach both our business and talent opportunities. Check out CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2024.
We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!
We Thrive With Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
For more detailed region-specific benefits: https://www.nium.com/careers#careers-perks
For more information visit www.nium.com
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Top Skills
Argocd
Aws Cloud
Bash
Datadog
Docker
Elk
Grafana
Groovy
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Packer
Python
Terraform
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