Senior DevOps Engineer (Mobile Advertising Platform)

We are looking for an experienced and driven Senior DevOps Engineer to help us take our cutting-edge mobile advertising platform to the next level. Join a supportive and innovative group of DevOps professionals dedicated to delivering next-generation solutions! In this role, you will lead the way in building, optimizing, and maintaining a robust hybrid infrastructure designed to support high-performance, low-latency systems. You will work closely with our software development and product teams to ensure our systems are secure, scalable, and reliable, playing a pivotal role in advancing a state-of-the-art advertising ecosystem.

Customer

The Customer is a leading US-based provider of advanced solutions for the mobile advertising industry. Their mission is to redefine digital advertising by leveraging AI-driven technology and innovative creative strategies to address the challenges of an evolving digital ecosystem.

Project

The project focuses on building a future-proof mobile advertising platform that thrives in a cookie-less and ID-less environment. By combining contextual intelligence and dynamic creative optimization, the platform delivers engaging, personalized, and scalable ad experiences. Engineering is a key enabler of this transformation. They use state-of-the-art machine learning and DevOps practices to build high-performance, low-latency systems that operate seamlessly across hybrid environments.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer in managing scalable, high-performance systems
• Strong datacenter experience with bare-metal servers (e.g., Dell R series) and network security systems (e.g., Fortinet)
• Extensive experience with Linux, Ubuntu, and CentOS
• Advanced experience in Ansible and AWS with Terraform as IaC
• Hands-on experience in Kubernetes on-premises, EKS/K8s vanilla based on Kubespray/Rancher
• Experienced in the end-to-end management of on-premises Kubernetes environments
• Proficiency with nginx and HAProxy
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL systems such as MySQL, Aerospike, Memcache, and Redis 
• Understanding of Hadoop, Spark, and Databricks
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Longhorn
• At least an Upper-Intermediate level of English
• Good communication skills and able to work in a highly collaborative international team environment with a heavy remote structure

Would be a plus:

• Understanding of openRTB
• Experience with DSP/SSP/Ad exchange

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain a hybrid infrastructure comprising AWS and on-premises environments, ensuring scalability, high performance, and reliability
• Manage and optimize bare-metal servers and network security appliances for maximum efficiency and security
• Build and maintain automated workflows using Ansible and Terraform, and develop robust CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for efficient software delivery
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters (EKS, Kubespray, Rancher) to support containerized applications across a hybrid environment
• Manage databases and configure load balancers to ensure high-performance
• Implement monitoring solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, and manage logging systems to ensure system reliability
• Work closely with international teams to improve system architecture, align technical solutions with business needs, and stay abreast of industry trends such as openRTB and AdTech innovations