
DevOps Engineer_ Remote
Astek Middle East · Cairo, Egypt
Remote
About the job
We are looking for a highly motivated DevOps Engineer to join our fully remote engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience building and maintaining cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern DevOps practices. You will work closely with software engineers, architects, and security teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions.
This position is ideal for engineers who enjoy automation, continuous improvement, cloud infrastructure, and solving complex production challenges.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure.
Manage and administer Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools.
Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
Implement GitOps deployment strategies using ArgoCD or similar tools.
Monitor infrastructure health using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack or equivalent monitoring solutions.
Ensure infrastructure security, availability, backup, disaster recovery, and compliance.
Troubleshoot production incidents and optimize system performance.
Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve deployment processes and release automation.
Support cloud migrations and cloud infrastructure optimization.
Implement best practices for networking, security, scalability, and automation.
Document infrastructure architecture, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.
Requirements
Must Have
5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer.
Strong Linux system administration experience.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production.
Excellent knowledge of Docker and containerization.
Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.
Experience with Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
Experience managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, or DigitalOcean).
Experience with monitoring and logging tools.
Good understanding of networking fundamentals.
Experience implementing infrastructure security best practices.
Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar).
Experience working within Agile teams.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and spoken English.
Nice to Have
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
ArgoCD (GitOps)
HashiCorp Nomad
Consul
Elasticsearch / Logstash / Kibana (ELK)
Prometheus
Kafka
VMware
Active Directory integration
Cloud migration experience
Microservices architecture
Security hardening
Experience supporting banking, government, or enterprise platforms
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