About This Role

We’re seeking a Senior DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer to modernize our
infrastructure and mentor our growing engineering team. You’ll lead
infrastructure improvements across all our products while helping junior and
mid-level engineers develop platform engineering thinking.

This role is 50% hands-on infrastructure work and 50%
mentorship/technical leadership.

What You’ll Do

Infrastructure Modernization (50%)
-
Audit
current AWS infrastructure and identify optimization opportunities – Redesign network
architecture as IAC enabled (Ansible for network automation, Terraform for
cloud) - Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) across all environments -
Modernize CI/CD pipelines (currently using GitHub Actions; opportunity to
optimize) - Design employment automation
strategies - Establish monitoring, logging, and observability standards - Lead
infrastructure security improvements

Technical Mentorship (50%) -
Establish platform
engineering standards and best practices - Conduct code reviews and
architectural assessments - Pair program with junior/mid-level engineers on
complex infrastructure problems - Guide architectural decisions across projects
- Build platform engineering culture in the organization

Key Projects You’ll Lead

1. Network Infrastructure Modernization (CRITICAL)

• 
  Goal: Redundant, resilient
  network architecture

2. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Standards

• 
  Current: Mix of manual AWS + some
  basic automation
• 
  Goal: All infrastructure managed
  through Terraform
• 
  Impact: Faster deployments,
  disaster recovery, consistent environments

3. CI/CD Pipeline Optimization

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  Current: GitHub Actions setup
  exists
• 
  Goal: Optimize workflows, reduce
  deployment time
• 
  Impact: Faster feature releases,
  better quality

4. Platform Standards Documentation

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  Establish platform team standards
  (logging, monitoring, deployment patterns)
• 
  Create runbooks for common
  infrastructure tasks
• 
  Document architecture decisions

Required Qualifications

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  5-10 years of
  DevOps/Infrastructure/SRE experience
• 
  Strong expertise in:
  Cloud platforms:
  AWS (EC2, RDS, VPC, Lambda, etc.)
• 
  Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform, Ansible,
  or CloudFormation
• 
  CI/CD platforms:
  GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar
• 
  Linux/Unix systems administration
• 
  Networking fundamentals
  (DNS, load balancing, VPCs, security groups)
• 
  Server management:
  Proxmox VE administration (2 nodes: 24-core/128GB, 32-core/64GB)
• 
  Network automation:
  Ansible playbooks for network device configuration (pfSense, UniFi,
  switches, FreeRADIUS)
• 
  DNS servers:
  Unbound or similar (authoritative/recursive resolvers)
• 
  Identity management:
  Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
• 
  Windows Server:
  Windows Server administration (AD DS, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP)
• 
  Queue management:
  RedisMQ, AWS SQS, Apache Kafka, or similar message brokers
• 
  AI/ML infrastructure:
  Open-source LLM deployment (Ollama or similar)
• 
  Experience mentoring junior/mid-level
  engineers
• 
  Strong communication (teaching complex
  concepts clearly)
• 
  Comfortable in startup/scaling
  environments
• 
  Monitoring/observability tools
  (Prometheus, CloudWatch, DataDog, etc.)
• 
  Database administration/optimization
• 
  Security infrastructure (firewalls,
  SSL/TLS, secrets management)

Preferred Qualifications

• 
  Jenkins (CI/CD pipeline automation)
• 
  SaltStack or similar configuration
  management
• 
  Kubernetes/container orchestration
• 
  Experience working with Python or
  Node.js teams
• 
  Open source DevOps contributions

What We’re Looking For

Beyond the resume: -
Problem solver who thinks
systematically about infrastructure - Mentor mindset (enjoys teaching; wants to
lift up the team) - Pragmatic (makes decisions with incomplete information) - Owner
mentality (takes responsibility for infrastructure outcomes) - Clear
communicator (can explain infrastructure decisions to non
[1]
infrastructure
engineers)

What You’ll Get

Compensation:

-
Benefits: Health insurance + 10% provident fund

Experience:

-
Lead infrastructure modernization at a growing company

- Mentor 11 engineers toward technical leadership

- Work on products used by enterprise clients

- Establish platform engineering standards from scratch

- Grow from individual contributor to tech leader

Culture:

-
Engineering

-focused organization

- Collaborative environment

- Autonomy in technical decisions

- Clear impact on company direction

Application Process

Timeline:
45 days from posting to hire

1. Application:
Submit resume + brief cover letter
explaining your interest

2. Technical Assessment (2 hours):
Infrastructure
design problem + discussion

3. Final Interview (90 min):
Architecture deep
dive + culture fit + mentorship mindset

4. Reference Checks:
We’ll contact 2-3 references

5. Offer + Negotiation

Start Date: Approximately 50 days from posting

Why Join TechKraft Now

• 
  Build Infrastructure from Scratch:
  Lead modernization of critical systems
• 
  Mentor a Growing Team:
  Grow future tech leaders
• 
  Impact Product Quality:
  Directly improve deployment velocity + reliability
• 
  Technical Ownership:
  Your decisions shape platform direction
• 
  Stability:
  Growing company with existing revenue + clients

Equal Opportunity

TechKraft is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are
committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not
discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability, or any other protected characteristic.

Ready to modernize infrastructure + mentor the next generation of
engineers? Apply today.