Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes & High-Scale Infra

Thrill Labs; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 240,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrill Labs is seeking an experienced Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer to own our AWS cloud, design secure and scalable infrastructure, and manage Kubernetes clusters for high‑volume transactions. You will work closely with backend/frontend teams to shape architecture and developer experience, while ensuring security and observability.

The role requires hands‑on AWS, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL expertise, plus strong networking and monitoring skills, with English at B2 level or higher.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of Infra/DevOps experience (minimum 5 years).
• Hands‑on AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, Linux.
• Strong networking + monitoring/observability experience.
• Python skills and Pulumi knowledge are a plus.
• Understanding or interest in infrastructure & application security and threat mitigation.
• English B2.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production infrastructure in AWS.
• Manage Linux servers.
• Operate Kubernetes clusters.
• Administer and optimize PostgreSQL databases.
• Operate monitoring & observability.
• Be part of the on-call rotation for the infrastructure components.
• Ownership of the CI/CD process.
• Work on improving infrastructure and application security.
• Manage CloudFlare, WAF, and DDoS protection solutions.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Linux

Networking

Observability

Python

Pulumi

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Thrill Labs is seeking an experienced Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer to own our AWS cloud, design secure and scalable infrastructure, and manage Kubernetes clusters for high‑volume transactions. You will work closely with backend/frontend teams to shape architecture and developer experience, while ensuring security and observability.

The role requires hands‑on AWS, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL expertise, plus strong networking and monitoring skills, with English at B2 level or higher.