Senior DevOps/SRE 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.

About the project:
The project involves migrating from a smaller host to AWS, building a scalable infrastructure from the ground up, and supporting multiple initiatives across development and production environments.
The work is expected to be carried out between 16:00 and 20:00 Kyiv time.

Role Overview:
The client seeks a senior DevOps engineer for cloud migration, starting part-time (4 hours/day) with potential for increased hours.

Skills & Experience:
● 5+ years of DevOps experience
● Strong scripting skills in PowerShell (Windows environments) and Bash / shell scripting (Linux environments)
● Strong scripting skills in Python and usage in AWS Lambda
● Proven experience using CloudFormation as a primary deployment mechanism (templating, stack management, drift detection, etc.)
● Deep familiarity with AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) — ability to define infrastructure in code, build constructs, and integrate with pipelines
● A track record of designing or operating monitoring / observability systems; familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, or AWS-native equivalents (CloudWatch, X-Ray) is a strong plus
● Experience carrying projects from inception through to deployment and post-delivery operations — not just “hands in one piece”
● Experience in incident response, diagnostics, and resolution, coupled with the ability to codify solutions into durable, automated fixes or runbooks
● Experience collaborating with customer support or operations teams: translating technical diagnostics into actionable guidance, handoffs, and escalation paths
● Ability to write clean, maintainable automation code, test it, and version it (e.g. via Git, CI/CD)
● Good communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally (dev, support, ops)

Nice to have:
● Past experience or proficiency in C# (especially where it interfaces with infrastructure or tools)
● Experience with container orchestration (e.g. EKS, ECS, Kubernetes) or integrating monitoring into container environments
● Experience with additional IaC tooling (e.g. Terraform), CM tools (Ansible), or multi-cloud exposure
● Experience with advanced observability patterns: anomaly detection, distributed tracing, logging pipelines
● AWS certifications (e.g. Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) or prior formal training in cloud principles

Key Responsibilities:

● Help with migration of the project to AWS cloud following best practices and Well-Architected framework;
● Design proper IaC solution which easy to maintain and develop;
● Design and implement proper monitoring solution to understand systems health;
● Configure CI and CD pipelines following industry best practices;

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.