Senior Cloud System Engineer

Velotio Technologies is a product engineering company working with innovative startups and enterprises. We have provided full-stack product development for 110+ startups across the globe, building products in the cloud-native, data engineering, B2B SaaS, IoT & Machine Learning space. Our team of 400+ elite software engineers solves hard technical problems while transforming customer ideas into successful products.

• Developing platform which serves as the OS abstraction to more than 15,000 servers of 200+ platforms.
• Architect, implement, operationalize new OS platforms which streamlines how packages are installed, easy management of their EOL and patching/ upgrades, and develops intuitive reports.
• Implement, operationalize new Cloud server provisioning for helping the rest of the engineering teams to be able to provision newly built OS’ servers.
• Participate in design review meetings for new features
• Mentor other operations engineers
• Perform code reviews and help the team to produce quality code
• Work with the core product development team to review the features in an upcoming release and help architect new features

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• More than 7 years years of professional experience in systems engineering with Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Extensive knowledge of image management in AWS/Azure Cloud, VM bootstrap processes such as cloud-in it, building images using packer.
• Deep understanding of OS configuration, hardening, and package management of RHEL derivatives
• Experience authoring and debugging Chef Cookbooks on Linux
• Experience with systems programming and automation in languages such as bash, go, python, or ruby.
• Experience with git and CI/CD workflows in Github Actions and/or Jenkins
• 2+ years of production system administration and SRE experience, taking the platforms to production and sustaining it.
• Experience working on teams using agile methodologies, software development lifecycles, & design patterns
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with FIPS, CIS benchmarks, and other compliance standards like PCI, HIPPA, etc
• Experience building container images and deploying services in Kubernetes.
• Experience building RPM packages from source and/or running custom

Our Culture:

• We have an autonomous and empowered work culture encouraging individuals to take ownership and grow quickly.
• Flat hierarchy with fast decision making and a startup-oriented “get things done” culture.
• A strong, fun & positive environment with regular celebrations of our success. We pride ourselves in creating an inclusive, diverse & authentic environment.

We want to hire smart, curious and ambitious folks so please reach out even if you do not have all of the requisite experience. We are looking for engineers with the potential to grow!
At Velotio, we embrace diversity. Inclusion is a priority for us, and we are eager to foster an environment where everyone feels valued. We welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.