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VAST Data is building the enterprise software infrastructure for the AI era, focusing on data platform capabilities for capturing, cataloging, refining, and protecting massive datasets for real-time analysis and AI training/inference. The Iceland team is developing a next-generation cloud resource management platform that provides unified API surfaces for managing infrastructure across multiple cloud providers.
You will join as a DevOps Engineer in a highly hands-on role with significant autonomy. You'll work at the intersection of infrastructure, reliability, and developer enablement, collaborating closely with backend engineers to influence architectural and operational decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design, deploy, and evolve Kubernetes-based environments across development, staging, and production
- Own and improve release workflows, including CI/CD pipelines and Git-based deployment practices
- Build and maintain containerized workloads, Docker images, and Kubernetes runtimes
- Operate and improve GitOps setup using Argo CD
- Define and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices across services
- Develop and maintain Prometheus metrics, dashboards, and alerting rules
- Work with distributed tracing and service mesh technologies (e.g., Linkerd) to improve reliability and visibility
- Collaborate with backend engineers to ensure services are production-ready from day one
- Identify infrastructure gaps and proactively propose improvements to reliability, scalability, and developer experience
- Automate repetitive operational tasks and environment setup using infrastructure-as-code and scripting
- Help define standards for production and staging environments as the platform matures
- Leverage AI tools to assist with debugging, incident analysis, root-cause investigation, and operational decision-making
Requirements: Not explicitly stated in the provided posting text.
