Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS): Leading the design, implementation, and support of advanced infrastructure for a rapidly growing SaaS platform with an accent on EKS/EC2 lifecycle management, CI/CD, and GitOps standards. Focus on standardizing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, automating security/compliance workflows, and enabling self-service patterns for product teams.

Location: This position is fully remote and allows you to work from anywhere within Northern Ireland.

Company

hirify.global is a leading SaaS platform accelerating digital transformation in the restaurant industry, helping customers deliver more personalised and profitable guest experiences.

What you will do

• Lead large, complex infrastructure projects to delivery, including research/proposal, planning and testing phases.
• Own EKS/EC2 lifecycle: provisioning, upgrades, add‑ons (CNI/CSI/Ingress), autoscaling/capacity, reliability, and cost controls.
• Define CI/CD and GitOps standards (TeamCity/Octopus and GitHub Actions + Argo CD or Flux); design .NET container pipelines.
• Standardize IaC with Terraform and use Crossplane where Kubernetes‑managed cloud resources make sense.
• Build and maintain platform tooling, environments, and scripts; enable self‑service patterns for product teams.
• Automate security/compliance workflows (patching, evidence capture for SOC 2/PCI, remediation) without slowing delivery.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role with deep AWS experience.
• Strong Kubernetes/EKS operations, Terraform‑first IaC, and CI/CD/GitOps patterns.
• Linux proficiency; solid Bash/Python scripting.
• Experience with GitOps tools like Argo CD or Flux, and GitHub Actions.
• Familiarity with Prometheus for observability.
• Knowledge of security/compliance standards (SOC 2, PCI).

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a specialized Platform Engineering Group focusing on consolidation, automation, compliance, and reliability.
• Opportunity to mentor engineers and shape technical strategy.
• Collaborative environment for incident response and sustainable operational practices.
• Emphasis on autonomy and strong organizational skills.