DevOps Engineer at Sharperly Limited

About the Role

• We are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer who is passionate about scaling systems, automating operations, and driving infrastructure excellence.
• You’ll play a critical role in keeping our platform secure, fast, and highly available. You will manage deployments, improve our CI/CD pipelines (especially for Laravel, Node.js, and Python-based services), monitor system health, and optimize performance to ensure the best experience for our users.
• This is a role for someone who thrives in a startup environment, takes ownership, and enjoys building strong, reliable infrastructure that can handle real-world scale and complexity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on Azure.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for Laravel, Node.js, and Python-based services.
• Set up and manage load balancers to ensure system stability and uptime.
• Design systems capable of handling large numbers of concurrent users efficiently.
• Automate system configurations and processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Monitor application and server performance using observability and monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support deployment, scalability, and troubleshooting.
• Implement security best practices across development, staging, and production environments.
• Proactively manage and resolve production incidents with urgency and precision.
• Optimize infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
• Ensure robust backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies are in place.
• Stay updated on DevOps trends, cloud innovations, and security advancements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2–4 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Deep understanding of containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.
• Solid experience supporting Laravel, Node.js, and Python-based applications in production environments.
• Skilled with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Proficient in scripting (Bash, Python, or similar languages).
• Experience setting up and managing load balancing for high-availability systems.
• Knowledge of handling cloud infrastructures optimized for high-concurrency user traffic.
• Strong understanding of networking, security best practices, and system performance tuning.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack).
• Strong ownership mindset, excellent problem-solving skills, and keen attention to detail.
• Previous experience in a fintech or regulated environment is an added advantage.