Middle DevOps Engineer

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is the 3rd largest social discovery company in the world, uniting 60+ brands with 500 million users. We solve the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection by transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. Our portfolio includes online communication platforms focusing on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming - Dating.com, DateMyAge, Cupid Media, Dil Mil, Kiseki, and others.

SDG invests in IT startups around the world. Our investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, Clubhouse, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia.edu, and many others.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals specializing in the creation and development of globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of 1200 professionals and digital nomads works all over the world.

Our teams of digital nomads work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Latvia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and many other locations.

In August 2024, we achieved Great Place to Work US Certification™! This achievement reflects our core belief that a truly exceptional workplace is built on trust, pride, and camaraderie—not just great perks.

We are seeking a Middle DevOps Engineer to join a vibrant international Cupid Media team!

Cupid Media is an online dating company that operates 33 active niche dating websites based on religion, ethnicity, lifestyle and special interests. The network of sites are available in multiple languages and since its founding in 2000, over 60 million singles have registered across the company's sites. Cupid Media is based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

Your main tasks will be:

• Support and develop hybrid infrastructure (AWS + private cloud)
• Infrastructure automation using Terraform (AWS) and Ansible (on-prem)
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions (for both application delivery and infrastructure tasks)
• Participate in migration from a legacy product on Windows servers → containerized monolith on Linux → microservices architecture in Kubernetes (EKS)
• Develop and maintain monitoring (Prometheus + Thanos), logging (Loki), and visualization (Grafana) solutions
• Analyze incidents, identify root causes, and implement fixes
• Collaborate with development teams to meet their infrastructure and pipeline needs
• Administer and configure services such as nginx, Redis, RabbitMQ, RDS (MSSQL), ECR, Route53, CloudFront

We expect from you:

• Solid experience with AWS (EKS, EC2, VPC, CloudFront, Route53, RDS, ECR, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deployment, configuration, maintenance)
• Strong Linux administration skills: confident in command-line usage, Bash scripting, system and network fundamentals (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS), and core sysadmin tasks (services, users, permissions, troubleshooting).
• Strong experience with Ansible in production environments
• Working experience with Terraform
• Proficiency in GitHub Actions (including matrix builds, multi-step workflows, conditionals)
• Deep understanding of CI/CD principles and best practices
• Experience with Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, and Grafana
• Ability to troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis
• Proficiency with nginx as a load balancer and ingress controller
• Good communication and collaboration with development teams
• English level - B2 or higher

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!