DevOps Engineer – Airline Order Management System (OM)

Join the engineering team building Unisys Order Manager (OM), a cloud-native, microservices-based application hosted on AWS, supporting Airlines’ transition to Modern Airline Retailing. OM is designed for high availability, scalability, and security, integrating with legacy systems and modern APIs under strict compliance and observability standards.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Automation

• Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation .
• Provision and manage AWS environments (Dev, Test, UAT, Prod, DR) with automated deployment pipelines.
• Configure and manage EKS clusters , API Gateway , Kafka , ElastiCache , and NoSQL databases .

Security & Compliance

• Implement security controls across environments using AWS Security Hub , GuardDuty , WAF , and IAM .
• Manage secrets and credentials using AWS Secrets Manager .
• Ensure compliance with GDPR , ISO 27001 , and IATA standards through secure deployment practices.

CI / CD & Release Management

• Develop and maintain CI / CD pipelines for microservices using tools like GitLab CI , Jenkins , or GitHub Actions .
• Integrate security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) into the pipeline (e.g., Snyk , SonarQube , Trivy ).
• Support zero-downtime deployments and live patching strategies.

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement observability stack using OpenTelemetry , Prometheus , CloudWatch , and OpenSearch .
• Configure dashboards and alerts for performance, availability, and security metrics.
• Forward telemetry data to SIEM and data lake for analytics and compliance.

Disaster Recovery & Resilience

• Design and test active-passive DR strategies using AWS multi-region deployments.
• Configure Pilot Light architecture and failover mechanisms with Route53 , Kafka Connect , and global DB clusters .
• Conduct chaos engineering and failover simulations to validate system resilience.

Required Skills

• Experience : 2-4 years
• Strong experience with AWS services (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, Route53, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch)
• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with CI / CD tools and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with Kafka , Redis , and NoSQL databases
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices , including secure image pipelines and policy-as-code
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Fluent Bit, OpenSearch)
• Spanish high level
• English high level

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in airline or travel industry systems
• Familiarity with IATA NDC standards , One Order , and legacy protocols (EDIFACT, TTY)
• Exposure to multi-region cloud deployments and disaster recovery planning
• Certification in AWS , Kubernetes , or DevOps practices