1 day ago
Remote, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Support and troubleshoot client and internal-team Terraform, pipeline, and process issues as an escalation point.
- Write root cause analysis reports for significant incidents.
- Build and maintain Terraform for AWS RDS and Aurora database infrastructure.
- Build and maintain GitLab and Harness CI/CD pipelines that deploy the infrastructure.
- Maintain tooling for database user and schema management and its integration with managed databases.
- Automate recurring operational tasks with Python or Go.
- Apply AWS security controls including IAM roles, KMS encryption, Security Groups, and Network ACLs.
- Build and improve incident-response tooling that routes support queries to the appropriate team.
- Create and maintain runbooks, operational guides, and disaster recovery procedures.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of production experience with AWS and Terraform.
- Experience provisioning AWS infrastructure through GitLab, GitHub, Harness, or an equivalent CI/CD pipeline.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-level RDS and Aurora operations, including backup and restore, replication, and disaster recovery.
- Strong understanding of AWS security and compliance controls.
- Experience automating operational tasks with Python or Go.
- Proficiency with AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, and Transit Gateways.
- Ability to independently diagnose infrastructure and pipeline problems and communicate clearly under pressure.
- Preferred experience with Docker, Vault, ProxySQL, and relational databases such as MySQL.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package.
- Fully remote work from home with no daily office travel requirement and a stable internet connection.
- Training allowance, professional development days, training opportunities, and certification support.
- Work-from-home equipment including a laptop with a choice of operating system.
- Annual budget for personalizing the work environment.
- Annual wellness budget for expenses such as gym memberships, massages, and fitness.
- Paid vacation and sick days, plus a day off to volunteer for a favorite charity.
- Opportunity to blog during work hours and volunteer for a preferred charity.
About Pythian
Pythian is an Ottawa-based IT services firm providing data, analytics, AI, and cloud consulting plus 24/7 managed database and infrastructure operations for mid-market and enterprise clients. Founded in 1997 and privately held, it is part of Mill Point Capital’s portfolio; its engineers support Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, NoSQL, and DevOps across multi-cloud and on-premises environments. Its business model combines project-based consulting, implementations, and recurring managed services.