DevOps Engineer (Couchbase)

PTR Global; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global is seeking a senior DevOps/SRE professional for a long-term contract in Sunnyvale, CA. The role requires hybrid onsite work (Tue–Thu onsite; Mon & Fri remote) with Day 1 onsite in Sunnyvale and a preference for local candidates.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years of DevOps/SRE experience, strong AWS/Python skills, and hands-on Couchbase experience. Remote alternatives are not favored. This role involves production systems, high availability, and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud Infrastructure, or a related engineering role.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles, including reliability, monitoring, automation, incident management, and capacity planning.
• 2–5 years of Python experience, with the ability to develop automation and operational tools.
• 2–5 years of AWS S3 experience and familiarity with AWS storage and cloud services.
• 2–5 years of Terraform experience and strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code.
• At least 1 year of hands-on Couchbase experience.
• Experience with Linux administration, networking, troubleshooting, and production systems.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in distributed and cloud environments.
• Experience working in production environments with high availability and scalability requirements.

Skills

Terraform

AWS S3

AWS

Couchbase

DevOps

DevOps/SRE

Python

Job description

Day 1 Onsite Sunnyvale, CA (Client prefers only local folks)

Hybrid: 3 days onsite/week (Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday is onsite, and Monday, Friday is Remote)

Long term contract

No mid layer/No Implementation partners are Involved

Mode of Interview: Mostly 1 round virtual

Required Skills

• 5–10 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud Infrastructure, or a related engineering role.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles, including reliability, monitoring, automation, incident management, and capacity planning.
• 2–5 years of Python experience, with the ability to develop automation and operational tools.
• 2–5 years of AWS S3 experience and familiarity with AWS storage and cloud services.
• 2–5 years of Terraform experience and strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code.
• At least 1 year of hands‑on Couchbase experience.
• Experience with Linux administration, networking, troubleshooting, and production systems.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills in distributed and cloud environments.
• Experience working in production environments with high availability and scalability requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating Couchbase clusters at scale.
• Experience with Couchbase XDCR, replication, indexing, performance tuning, backup/restore, and cluster upgrades.
• Experience automating database provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, EBS, Auto Scaling, and networking services.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or CloudWatch.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools.
• Understanding of security, IAM, encryption, secrets management, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience participating in on‑call rotations and production incident management.

Skill Sets:

• Terraform - Is Required - At least 1 year
• Amazon Web Services S3 (AWS S3) - Is Required - 2-5 Years
• AWS - Is Required - 2-5 Years
• CouchBase - Is Required - At least 1 year
• DevOps - Is Required - 5-10 Years
• DevOps/SRE - Is Required - 5-10 Years
• Python - Is Required - 2-5 Years

Pay Range: $65/hr - $70/hr

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full‑time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, and vision as well as 401K contributions.