About Smart Working
At Smart Working, we believe your job should not only look right on paper but also feel right every day. This isn’t just another remote opportunity - it’s about finding where you truly belong, no matter where you are. From day one, you’re welcomed into a genuine community that values your growth and well-being.

Our mission is simple: to break down geographic barriers and connect skilled professionals with outstanding global teams and products for full-time, long-term roles. We help you discover meaningful work with teams that invest in your success, where you’re empowered to grow personally and professionally.

Join one of the highest-rated workplaces on Glassdoor and experience what it means to thrive in a truly remote-first world.

About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to join a small, high-impact platform team responsible for building and scaling a cloud-native infrastructure on AWS.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll contribute to both the design and implementation of infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and platform tooling. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to improve system reliability, scalability, and developer experience, while helping evolve a modern, production-grade platform.

You’ll be expected to operate with a high level of ownership, contributing across the full lifecycle, from architecture decisions to hands-on delivery and operational support.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure, improving scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency across environments
• Develop and manage Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, ensuring modular, reusable, and consistent deployments
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) across application, data, and infrastructure layers
• Build and maintain Kubernetes (EKS) workloads, including deployments, scaling, and production troubleshooting
• Work across a wide range of AWS services, including compute (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda), networking (VPCs, subnets, security groups), and event-driven systems (API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Step Functions)
• Manage and optimise data services such as RDS (PostgreSQL) and ClickHouse
• Automate infrastructure and environment setup using tools such as Packer and Ansible for AMI creation and configuration
• Implement and improve observability using CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, and centralized logging tools (e.g. Splunk, Datadog, ELK)
• Collaborate with developers and data engineers to improve deployment workflows, system reliability, and platform usability
• Apply security best practices across infrastructure, including IAM, KMS, and Secrets Manager
• Support incident response, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of production systems

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or SRE roles
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS across compute, networking, and serverless services
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred)
• Strong proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments (EKS preferred)
• Solid understanding of containerisation and orchestration concepts
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting in production systems
• Experience working with centralized observability platforms (e.g. Splunk, Datadog, ELK, or similar)
• Strong understanding of system reliability, scalability, and production operations
• Experience working across both Linux and Windows environments
• Hands-on experience building AMIs using Packer and configuration tools such as Ansible
• Scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
• Ability to design systems and implement them hands-on in production environments
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to operate in a small, fast-moving team

Nice to Have

• Experience scaling or operating Kubernetes clusters at a larger scale
• Exposure to multi-account AWS environments and cross-account IAM roles
• Experience with serverless and event-driven architectures
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL (RDS) and/or ClickHouse
• Exposure to real-time or streaming systems
• Experience with specialised pipelines such as Unreal Engine workflows or Pixel Streaming infrastructure

Benefits

• Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) | 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter)
• No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words
• Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided
• Support That Matters: Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared
• True Belonging: A long-term career where your contributions are valued

At Smart Working, you’ll never be just another remote hire.

Be a Smart Worker - valued, empowered, and part of a culture that celebrates integrity, excellence, and ambition.

If that sounds like your kind of place, we’d love to hear your story.

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