A News Tech Company
Cloud Engineer, Ruby, DevOps
Location
United States
Posted
76 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Cloud Engineer, Ruby, DevOps
Newsmatics
• Design and manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, CloudFront, Aurora, etc.) • Automate everything using Ansible and streamline deployments • Optimize databases (MySQL, Redis) and tune system performance • Build monitoring & alerting solutions using Collectd, Grafana, Kuma, or tools of your choice • Develop CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions • Tighten security with a proactive, “security-by-default” approach • Collaborate across teams – especially if you bring secondary skills in: Web/backend software engineering, Data science or analytics, Visualization and dashboard creation, Data engineering or pipeline building
Job Requirements
- 3–5+ years of hands-on DevOps experience
- Strong AWS chops (certifications welcome!)
- Proven Ansible mastery; experience with Capistrano is a bonus
- Deep experience with MySQL/Redis and system optimization
- CI/CD automation skills (GitHub Actions preferred)
- Fluency in at least one scripting language (Ruby or Python)
- Bonus points for: Experience in analytics, ML workflows, or data processing
- Visualization & Server Monitoring (Grafana, custom dashboards, D3, etc.)
- Passion for clean, maintainable code and cross-functional work
Benefits
- Long-term cooperation with a global, impactful product
- The freedom to explore and apply your full range of skills
- Remote-first flexibility, trust, and autonomy
- A collaborative team that values diverse expertise
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