AWS DevOps Architect (AWS/Kubernetes)

Location: Hybrid in Prague, Czechia

Company

hirify.global is an IT consultancy delivering software solutions and technology services to startups, mid-sized companies, and large enterprises across multiple industries.

What you will do

• Design and implement end-to-end AWS cloud architectures aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Lead DevOps strategy across infrastructure, deployment, automation, and operations.
• Design and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Architect and support production Kubernetes and Amazon EKS environments, including workload design, service interactions, request flows, and scaling.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response practices.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, architecture justification, and collaboration with development, security, and operations teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or cloud architecture.
• Strong production experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, networking, scripting, and automation.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes components, deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, pod lifecycle, HPA, VPA, and Cluster Autoscaler.
• Extensive experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Route 53, EKS, ECS, Lambda, CloudWatch, ELB, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, and SNS.
• Strong experience with Terraform or CloudFormation, CI/CD, release automation, and AWS security and identity/access management.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, stakeholder management, and technical decision-making skills.

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
• Experience with microservices, distributed systems, enterprise-scale multi-account AWS environments, or landing zones.
• Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, Istio, Linkerd, or other service mesh technologies.
• Programming or scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience in compliance-driven or highly regulated environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a consultancy environment supporting complex technology and enterprise projects.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Work on cloud solutions across industries including telecom, energy, banking, insurance, pharma, automotive, and e-commerce.