Middle strong DevOps Engineer

Our mission at Geniusee is to help businesses thrive through tech partnership and strengthen the engineering community by sharing knowledge and creating opportunities🌿
Our values are Continuous Growth, Team Synergy, Taking Responsibility, Conscious Openness and Result Driven. We offer a safe, inclusive and productive environment for all team members, and we’re always open to feedback 💜 If you want to work from home or work in the offices in Kyiv or Lviv with stable electricity and Wi-Fi , great — apply right now.

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team in a dynamic, dual-focus role.
In this position, 50% of your time will be dedicated to driving our internal initiatives — enhancing our migration expertise and creating impactful case studies.
The remaining 50% will be spent working on diverse, high-value client projects, giving you the opportunity to apply your skills in real-world scenarios while contributing to our company’s growth.

Responsibilities:
● Design, plan, and execute migrations from VMware-based on-premises infrastructure to AWS Cloud.
● Build and maintain hybrid infrastructure environments (VMware on-premises + AWS).
● Utilize AWS native migration tools (e.g., AWS Application Migration Service, AWS Server Migration Service, AWS Migration Hub, AWS EBS, AWS Transform).
● Automate deployment, configuration, and migration workflows using IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines.
● Ensure security, compliance, and cost optimization throughout migration and hybrid operations.
● Troubleshoot and optimize both on-premises VMware environments and AWS resources.
● Create detailed documentation, migration runbooks, and knowledge transfer materials.
● Mentor team members on AWS and migration best practices.
● Optimize costs and performance post-migration.

Technical requirements:
Expertise:
● 3+ years in infrastructure engineering or DevOps roles, with experience using AWS in production environments.
● 2+ years of VMware vSphere experience.
● Proven track record of executing migrations from VMware to AWS.
● Strong knowledge of AWS migration services: AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), AWS Storage Gateway.
● Proficiency in AWS Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework.
● Experience implementing security controls across hybrid environments.
● English - Upper Intermediate+.

Technologies:
● Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services: EC2, EKS, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53, ELB, etc.
● Strong understanding of VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, NSX.
● Experience with hybrid networking: VPN, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway configurations.
● Knowledge of application dependency mapping and migration wave planning.
● Advanced proficiency in Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
● Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub).
● Container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS.
● Experience implementing monitoring and logging: CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana.
● Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell.
● Basic understanding of application architectures (microservices, serverless).
● Experience migrating databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL to AWS RDS/Aurora).
● Understanding of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA).

Soft Skills:
● Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting mindset.
● Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
● Strong documentation habits.

Would be a plus:
● Experience as a developer.
● AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional.
● AWS DevOps Engineer Professional.
● VMware Certified Professional (VCP) – Data Center Virtualization.

What will you get:
● Competitive salary and good compensation package;
● Exciting, challenging and stable startup projects with a modern stack;
● Corporate English course;
● Ability to practice English and communication skills through permanent interaction with clients from all over the world;
● Professional study compensation, online courses and certifications;
● Career development opportunity, semi-annual and annual salary review process;
● Necessary equipment to perform work tasks;
● VIP medical insurance or sports coverage;
● Informal and friendly atmosphere;
● The ability to focus on your work: a lack of bureaucracy and micromanagement;
● Flexible working hours (start your day between 8:00 and 11:30);
● Team buildings, corporate events;
● Paid vacation (18 working days) and sick leaves;
● Cozy offices in 2 cities ( Kyiv & Lviv ) with electricity and Wi-Fi ( Generator & Starlink )
● Compensation for coworking (except for employees from Kyiv and Lviv)
● Corporate lunch + soft skills clubs
● Unlimited work from home from anywhere in the world (remote);
● Geniusee has its own charity fund.