Senior DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Sword Health as a Senior DevOps Engineer and play a crucial role in optimizing our rapidly evolving infrastructure. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure, automate deployment processes, monitor system performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This position requires experience with Linux environments, DevOps methodologies, Kubernetes, and various monitoring tools. You will also mentor junior team members and stay updated on industry trends. Sword Health offers competitive benefits, including health insurance, equity shares, PTO, and flexible working hours. The position is based in Portugal and requires a valid EU visa.

Requirements

• Experience with Linux environments
• Experience with DevOps and GitOps methodologies
• Experience with Kubernetes and Containerized applications (Docker)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Experience with Monitoring Tools (Google Cloud Monitoring/StackDriver, Grafana, Prometheus/AlertManager, NewRelic)
• Experience with Jenkins
• Experience with CI/CD
• Team player, Solution-oriented, Proactive attitude with “Get Things Done” mindset
• Enthusiast and interested in technologies and innovation
• Fluent in English (written and oral)

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure to support Sword Health’s high-demand applications and services
• Automate and streamline deployment processes, CI/CD pipelines, and routine maintenance tasks to enhance efficiency and reduce downtime
• Monitor and optimize system performance, proactively identifying and resolving issues to ensure high availability and reliability
• Collaborate closely with development, data, and security teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and code changes
• Drive security best practices by implementing and managing access control, network security, and compliance-related policies across the infrastructure
• Lead incident response and troubleshooting for infrastructure-related issues, ensuring rapid and effective resolution to maintain service continuity
• Mentor and guide junior team members, sharing DevOps best practices and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, bringing innovative solutions to Sword Health’s DevOps processes and toolchains

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience/Knowledge with Kafka, Prometheus/AlertManager, Grafana, Elasticsearch/ Logstash/ Kibana, Vault, Redis, MySQL, DNS
• Experience with PHP, Javascript, GoLang
• Experience provisioning servers and services using AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience/Knowledge with Istio
• Good know-how about Cloud Networking including VPC Management, Routing, NAT, and overall troubleshooting using TCPdump analysis
• Familiar with SCRUM methodology

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
• Equity shares
• Discretionary PTO plan
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Flexible working hours
• Remote-first company
• Paid company holidays
• Free digital therapist for you and your family
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Meal allowance
• Equity shares
• Remote work allowance
• Flexible working hours
• Work from home
• Unlimited vacation
• Snacks and beverages
• English class
• Unlimited access to Coursera Learning Platform