DevOps Engineer – Cloud & Application Operations

About the role

Sutherland is seeking a Cloud DevOps & Applications Operations Engineer to deliver SaaS solutions on AWS. The role involves designing scalable APIs, automating infrastructure, and collaborating with development, product support, and operations teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build responsive front‑end interfaces and scalable back‑end services and APIs.
• Leverage AWS services (EC2, IAM, RDS, S3, EBS, CloudWatch) to design and manage application infrastructure.
• Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and manage containerized workloads with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Design, deploy, and optimize relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, or Aurora.
• Write and maintain Python scripts and use Ansible for configuration management.
• Implement monitoring and logging (e.g., CloudWatch) and troubleshoot issues across the stack.

Required profile

• 5+ years total experience with 3+ years hands‑on DevOps and IaC.
• Proven experience building full‑stack web applications and RESTful APIs.
• In‑depth knowledge of AWS services and best practices.
• Experience providing 24x7 support to production SaaS infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

Required skills

• AWS (EC2, IAM, RDS, S3, EBS, CloudWatch)
• Terraform
• Kubernetes and Helm
• Ansible
• Python (and optionally PowerShell/Perl)
• Relational databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Aurora
• Linux/Unix (RHEL, Amazon Linux)
• Networking concepts: TCP/IP, VPN, firewalls, SSL