Devops Engineer

Flix; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible project-based engagement

Job summary

Flix is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support a project-based service agreement. The consultant will design, automate, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure for our Cloud Platform team within the Foundation Division, enabling scalable, secure operations.

The ideal candidate has hands-on IaC with Terraform, AWS experience, Kubernetes, and strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Go), plus English proficiency and excellent collaboration with software engineers.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a DevOps/Platform/Cloud Engineer.
• Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience with AWS, Linux, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Professional English communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Develop IaC using Terraform.
• Automate operations and infrastructure workflows with Bash, Python, or Go.
• Support CI/CD processes and platform stack usage.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog.
• Improve platform reliability, incident response, and disaster recovery.
• Evaluate technologies and provide implementation recommendations.
• Improve developer experience with platform tools.
• Participate in on-call activities to ensure platform availability.

Skills

DevOps experience

Platform/Cloud engineering

CI/CD processes

Linux knowledge

Programming / scripting (Python, Bash,

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

FluxCD

ArgoCD

Istio

Job description

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) to support Flix on a project basis through a service agreement collaboration. The consultant will provide expertise in designing, automating, monitoring, and maintaining cloud infrastructure for our Cloud Platform team within the Foundation Division.

The Cloud Platform team provides tools, infrastructure, expertise, and best practices that enable software engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate secure, robust, and efficient applications with minimal operational overhead.

Scope of Services

• Design, deploy, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure running on AWS and Kubernetes
• Support the further development of Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform
• Automate operational processes and infrastructure workflows using scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, or Go
• Support CI/CD processes and help engineering teams make effective use of the cloud platform stack
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues using monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
• Contribute to platform reliability, incident response, and disaster recovery improvements
• Evaluate relevant technologies and provide recommendations for implementation
• Support developer experience improvements by enabling teams to work more efficiently with platform tools
• Where agreed, participate in operational support or on-call activities to ensure platform availability

About You

• Strong professional experience as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, or Cloud Engineer
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform
• Experience with public cloud environments, preferably AWS
• Good knowledge of Linux, Kubernetes, and CI/CD processes
• Experience with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, Go, or Bash
• Good technical communication skills and the ability to collaborate with engineering teams
• Experience delivering services independently within cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering projects
• Professional proficiency in English

Nice to Have

• Experience with GitOps tools such as FluxCD or ArgoCD
• Experience with Istio, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana
• Experience improving Developer Experience in engineering organizations
• Experience working in agile or product-oriented technology environments
• Experience with API Gateways
• Contributions to open-source projects or upstream repositories
• Cooperation based on a service agreement with independent delivery of agreed services and invoicing
• Project-based collaboration with Flix stakeholders and engineering teams