Hybrid Senior DevOps, Infrastructure Engineer

at Thndr

• Job title: Senior DevOps, Infrastructure Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, DNS, Docker, EC2, Firewalls, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Python, TCP/IP, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cairo, Egypt

About the role

• Senior DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer at Thndr focusing on cloud infrastructure and DevOps best practices. Leading initiatives to improve scalable and secure financial applications.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure across AWS and on-premise environments.
• Lead containerization and orchestration strategy using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring deployment, scaling, and security best practices.
• Design and manage complex networking solutions, including VPCs, subnets, routing, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, PrivateLinks, Direct Connect, and AWS Secure VPN setup, as well as hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure, including automated testing and deployment.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code for scalable, multi-region infrastructures using multilevel Terraform and Terragrunt, ensuring modularity, version control, and automation.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting for all infrastructure components, with a mindset of proactive issue detection and response.
• Collaborate with development, security, and data teams to ensure smooth production releases.
• Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers on best practices across cloud, networking, DevOps, and monitoring disciplines.
• Ability to build deep context across multiple domains (Infrastructure, development, security, operations) to design cohesive, scalable DevOps solutions.
• Drive DevOps initiatives by connecting technical, business, and operational perspectives to ensure scalable, secure, and efficient infrastructure delivery.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on expertise in AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation, networking services)
• Deep knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (EKS or equivalent) for containerized applications
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, routing, DNS, firewalls, VPNs, load balancing) in cloud and on-prem environments
• Proven experience in designing and implementing DevOps strategies and infrastructure roadmaps
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or equivalent) for automation
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
• Knowledge of security best practices and fintech compliance standards

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements