Senior Staff Engineer (Cloud, Ansible)

TL;DR

Senior Staff Engineer (Cloud, Ansible): Developing and maintaining automation features and capabilities for cloud infrastructure on AWS with an accent on IaC, CI/CD, and container orchestration. Focus on designing scalable and secure cloud solutions, automating operational tasks, and contributing to shared tools and frameworks.

Location: Candidates must be located in South Asia

Company

hirify.global is a Digital Product Engineering company operating globally with over 17,500 experts across 36 countries.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain automation features and capabilities with high-level architectural guidance.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of shared tools, frameworks, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Design, implement, and maintain cost-efficient, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Implement, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins.
• Deploy, manage, and orchestrate containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Automate routine operational tasks using scripting languages like Python and Bash.

Requirements

• Experience: 7.5+ Years in the field.
• Solid, practical experience with Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Intermediate Python programming skills for tool and script development.
• Proven experience using AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and leveraging LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) for problem-solving with prompt engineering techniques.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code and infrastructure automation patterns.
• Hands-on experience with API integrations for system and service automation.
• Familiarity with core infrastructure domains such as network, storage, or compute.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical requirements into solutions and collaborate effectively in a distributed team.

Culture & Benefits

• Dynamic and non-hierarchical work culture.
• Commitment to team collaboration, constructive peer reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• High learning agility and a self-directed mindset to rapidly adapt to new technologies and tools.