Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Title

Senior DevOps Engineer / Linux System Administrator

Location

Islamabad, Pakistan (On-site )

3.5+ years in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, and Linux System Administration

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer / Linux System Administrator to manage and scale high-availability, cloud-native infrastructures for FinTech and media-intensive platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, VMWare, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, monitoring, security, and live streaming systems, and will play a critical role in ensuring system reliability, performance, and security.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Cloud Operations

• Design, deploy, and maintain high-availability infrastructure on Azure, OnPrem VMware & AWS (EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, Route 53, CloudFront, ALB) as well.
• Manage Linux servers (Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat) including performance tuning, security hardening, and patching.
• Build and maintain hybrid and multi-cloud environments to optimize cost and performance.
• Implement auto-scaling, load balancing, and disaster recovery strategies.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Containerize applications using Docker and manage workloads using Kubernetes (EKS), ECS, ECR, and Docker Swarm.
• Implement Kubernetes features including RBAC, namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and ingress controllers.
• Manage microservices deployments and ensure efficient resource utilization.

CI/CD & Automation

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, and GitLab.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Ansible and Terraform.
• Develop automation scripts using Bash and Python to improve operational efficiency.

Monitoring, Logging & APM

• Implement centralized logging and monitoring using ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Monit, and Checkmk.
• Set up APM and distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry.
• Configure alerts and incident response workflows using tools like PagerDuty and Slack.

Security & Access Control

• Implement Zero Trust security models with RBAC and SSO (Okta/Auth0).
• Replace static credentials with short-lived certificates using HashiCorp Vault.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates using Certbot and AWS Certificate Manager.
• Configure WAF, Cloudflare, IAM roles, security groups, and DNS policies to protect infrastructure.

Databases & Backend Support

• Manage and secure databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis.
• Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Provide L2/L3 support for production systems in high-traffic environments.

Streaming & High-Traffic Systems (Plus)

• Deploy and manage live streaming infrastructures using NGINX-RTMP, FFmpeg, AWS IVS, and CloudFront.
• Optimize systems for low-latency streaming and high concurrent user traffic.
• Support OTT platforms and large-scale event streaming environments.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4-5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer / Linux System Administrator
• Strong expertise in All Cloud services
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
• Strong Linux fundamentals (networking, storage, permissions, LVM, SSH)
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python)
• Experience supporting production systems with high availability requirements

Nice-to-Have / Strong Plus

• FinTech, OTT, or high-traffic consumer platform experience
• Experience with live streaming systems
• Knowledge of Zero Trust security models
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code
• Exposure to Java applications, Tomcat, and microservices architectures

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Why Join Us

• Work on mission-critical, high-scale systems
• Exposure to FinTech and media platforms
• Opportunity to architect secure, scalable cloud environments
• Collaborative and technically driven engineering culture

Nice-to-Have / Strong Plus

• FinTech, OTT, or high-traffic consumer platform experience
• Experience with live streaming systems
• Knowledge of Zero Trust security models
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code
• Exposure to Java applications, Tomcat, and microservices architectures

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person