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The Agile MonkeysSenior Devops Engineer
The Agile Monkeys, a software boutique of more than 75 people, builds its own products and delivers consulting to large enterprises. Current product work focuses on…
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The Agile Monkeys, a software boutique of more than 75 people, builds its own products and delivers consulting to large enterprises. Current product work focuses on search and AI, including the scalability and information retrieval challenges that AI systems raise. The company describes itself as remote-first. This Senior DevOps Engineer role suits someone who designs and maintains cloud architecture on AWS, Azure or Oracle Cloud and looks for practical, creative…
Job Description
The Agile Monkeys, a software boutique of more than 75 people, builds its own products and delivers consulting to large enterprises. Current product work focuses on search and AI, including the scalability and information retrieval challenges that AI systems raise. The company describes itself as remote-first.
This Senior DevOps Engineer role suits someone who designs and maintains cloud architecture on AWS, Azure or Oracle Cloud and looks for practical, creative solutions. The engineer owns continuous integration pipelines for several ecosystems, including Java with Maven and Node.js, handles delivery tooling, builds monitoring and alerting, and keeps production systems highly available.
Expertise expected includes Docker, multi-region and multi-layer AWS design and deployment (ECS, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudFormation, CloudFront and Elasticsearch), network management, infrastructure as code, configuration management and security operations. The role includes WAF and firewall design, rule and policy planning, particularly for Cisco and Barracuda products. Terraform, Ansible and switch or firewall configuration are listed as desirable extras.
The company wants strong leadership and clear communication with technical staff and non-specialists alike, a self-driven team player, and comfort with remote work. The job is fully remote, with a preferred time zone between GMT minus 7 and GMT plus 2. The posting floats a gross figure of 60 to 70k, with the final number based on location, seniority and expectations.
Responsibilities
- Own CI pipelines for several software ecosystems, mainly Java with Maven and Node.js
- Look after the deployment toolchain
- Set up and run monitoring plus alert rules
- Build and keep production systems highly available
- Design and configure AWS infrastructure and network setups
- Codify, manage and test infrastructure as code
- Plan and configure WAF and firewall rules and policies
Requirements
- Docker experience
- Multi-region, multi-layer AWS design, deployment and configuration across services such as ECS, EC2, VPC and S3
- Network management
- Infrastructure as code, with testing
- Configuration management tools
- Security operations experience
- WAF and firewall design, including Cisco or Barracuda products
- Strong leadership and communication with technical staff and non-specialists
- Self-driven ownership and a team player mindset
- Comfort working remotely
Qualifications
- Architecture, design and management experience with Azure, Oracle Cloud or another cloud provider
- Switch and firewall setup plus network design
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform or Ansible
Core Skills
Benefits
- Remote work culture and a flexible schedule
- Private healthcare
- Twenty-two vacation days a year, plus a bonus day off on a Monday or Friday during holiday-free months
- Birthday leave, which can be swapped for a child's birthday
- Two full-time coaches on staff
- Two English teachers working on team communication
- Personal training sessions and yoga classes
- Mentorship and learning programs
- A nutrition advisor
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is the role fully remote?
Yes. The job is full remote, with a preferred time zone between GMT minus 7 and GMT plus 2.
What pay is mentioned?
The posting floats a gross figure of 60 to 70k. It says the final number depends on location, seniority, salary expectations and overall contribution.
Which cloud platforms are involved?
The core focus is AWS. The posting also welcomes experience with Azure, Oracle Cloud or another cloud provider.
Are the benefits fixed?
The posting notes that benefits may change or improve as team needs evolve.
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