Associate Staff Engineer (DevOps)

TL;DR

Associate Staff Engineer (DevOps): Designing and engineering scalable, secure infrastructure modules and automation pipelines with an accent on Terraform, OPA, and Harness. Focus on implementing automated testing frameworks, enforcing policy-as-code, and optimizing multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and Alibaba Cloud.

Location: Shanghai, China

Company

hirify.global is a global digital engineering company providing software development and IT consulting services.

What you will do

• Research, design, and engineer high-availability, secure, and reusable infrastructure modules.
• Implement comprehensive automated testing frameworks for Terraform code, including unit, integration, and end-to-end validation.
• Develop and maintain Open Policy Agent (OPA) policies to enforce security and compliance standards as code.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Harness to automate testing, validation, and deployment.
• Lead analysis of the current environment and technology trends to identify deficiencies and recommend architectural improvements.
• Provide technical documentation and educate internal and external users on infrastructure services.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation.
• Expert proficiency in Terraform (workspaces, remote state, and module composition).
• Hands-on experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA) for policy-as-code implementation.
• Demonstrated expertise with Harness or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Deep understanding of AWS and Alibaba Cloud infrastructure products.
• Strong understanding of Git workflows and GitOps principles.

Nice to have

• Experience with multi-cloud strategies.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, service mesh, or container orchestration ecosystems.
• Background in security or compliance domains.
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate/Professional or cloud provider certifications.
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.