Pixxel - DevOps Engineer

Description :

Join Pixxel's Cloud team as a DevOps Engineer, where you'll be instrumental in building and maintaining the foundational infrastructure that powers our Earth Observation platform. You'll work on scalable cloud infrastructure, implement robust CI/CD pipelines, and develop platform services that enable our engineering teams to deliver world-class space technology solutions efficiently and securely.

We're looking for someone with a strong desire to work in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment where you'll have the opportunity to shape critical infrastructure processes. You should thrive on solving complex technical challenges, have a passion for automation and efficiency, and enjoy working collaboratively across multiple engineering teams. An ideal candidate is someone who takes ownership, is comfortable with ambiguity, and is excited about contributing to technology that helps monitor our planet's health.

Responsibilities :

- Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.

- Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration and microservices deployment.

- Administer and optimize PostgreSQL databases for application data storage and performance.

- Design and manage S3-based solutions for long-term data storage, backup, and archival strategies.

- Implement and maintain Apache Kafka clusters for real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.

- Develop and maintain customer authentication and authorization platforms with integrated billing, invoicing, and subscription management systems.

- Manage secret management infrastructure using HashiCorp Vault to ensure secure handling

of sensitive data.

- Design and implement observability solutions using Prometheus, Nagios, and other

monitoring tools to ensure system reliability.

- Build and maintain configuration management systems and automated deployment

processes.

- Develop platform services and frameworks that enable engineering teams to self-serve infrastructure needs.

- Participate actively in incident response, troubleshooting, and system reliability

improvements.

- Collaborate with product management and development teams to identify infrastructure

requirements and optimize system performance.

- Write high-quality, extensible, and scalable code primarily in Go, with some Python for

automation and tooling, and IaC using Terraform.

Requirements :

- Educational Qualification : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology,

or related technical fields.

- Work Experience : 2+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or

platform engineering roles, preferably in high-growth technology companies or startups.

Core Technical Skills :

- Proficiency in the Go programming language with experience building scalable backend services.

- Strong experience with Python for automation, scripting, and tooling.

- Expertise in PostgreSQL database administration, optimization, and management.

- Expertise in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code implementation and management.

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and cluster management.

- Experience with Apache Kafka for event streaming and real-time data processing.

- Proficiency with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management and security automation.

Cloud and Infrastructure :

- Deep knowledge of AWS services (EC2 S3 RDS, IAM, VPC, EKS, etc. ).

- Extensive experience with S3 for long-term data storage, backup strategies, and data lifecycle

management.

- Container technologies, including Docker and container orchestration.

- Unix/Linux system administration and networking concepts.

DevOps and Platform Engineering :

- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.

- Monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Mimir, Loki).

- Configuration management tools (Ansible).

- Database administration experience with PostgreSQL, including performance tuning,

backup/recovery, and scaling strategies.

- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation (GitHub Actions).

- Experience building authentication/authorization systems and billing platforms.