Senior DevOps Engineer AWS

Every day at ecoligo we work to fight the climate crisis, bringing solar energy to businesses in countries like Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, Chile, Panama and Costa Rica amongst others through the ecoligo crowdinvesting platform. We own and manage each energy project allowing us to deliver both environmental and economic returns. Our crowdinvestors earn a solid financial return, and our solar clients get an energy provider that's fairer, more affordable, and more efficient. So far, ecoligo projects will prevent over 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering our atmosphere. And we're just getting started.

Our quickly growing international team is looking for a (Senior) DevOps Engineer (f/m/x) to lay the foundation of the product infrastructure. Our ideal candidate is ready to utilize their creativity and technical skills whilst growing into a thought leader. If you are motivated by our mission to fight climate change and are excited by ecoligo's unique business model, then this opportunity is for you.

In this role you will:

• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Implement container orchestration using Kubernetes and Docker
• Create and manage Gitlab pipelines for continuous integration and deployment
• Setup and manage IAM roles and permissions for users and services
• Implement and maintain logging, monitoring, and error reporting solutions such as ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry
• Optimize infrastructure cost using tools such as AWS Cost Explorer and billing reports
• Ensure high availability and scalability of the infrastructure, including implementing auto-scaling, load balancing, and failover mechanisms
• Implement message queues such as Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ, or Kafka for asynchronous communication between microservices
• Work with development teams to ensure code quality, automated testing, and deployment processes
• Create and manage secrets using tools such as AWS Secrets Manager and Vault
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and technologies related to DevOps and cloud computing.

• 3+ years of experience in a DevOps or infrastructure role
• Strong knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, and IAM
• Expertise in container orchestration using Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience with Gitlab, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools
• Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry
• Knowledge of secret management using tools such as AWS Secrets Manager and Vault
• Strong scripting skills in Bash or Python
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or related discipline is advantageous but not required; master's degree is a plus

You recognize yourself here:

• Growth mindset, always seeking to improve self, work of the team and adjust to the culture of the organization
• Keen to work in a multi-functional and cross-cultural team environment
• Take ownership and work independently while collaborating and providing visibility
• Comfortable in receiving and giving open and transparent feedback
• Fight the climate crisis and cannot wait to support ecoligo's unique business model
  

• Work for the planet: help make a difference as we pioneer the energy transition in emerging markets
• Flexible working hours
• Home office friendly
• 35 paid leave days per year
• 1.500 Euro annual professional development budget for all full-time staff
• Real ownership and responsibilities with strong opportunities for growth
• The chance to help shape the future of a growing company as we enter an exciting growth stage.
• We are open for change and welcome your ideas
• Valuable experience in crowdinvesting, solar energy and emerging markets
• An open, diverse, and respectful company culture with a group of kind, international co-workers based in Berlin, Accra (Ghana), Nairobi (Kenya), San Jose (Costa Rica), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Santiago (Chile) and Manila (Philippines)