We are seeking a motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for bridging the gap between development and operations, implementing automation, managing cloud infrastructure, and ensuring smooth deployment pipelines. This role focuses on improving development efficiency, system reliability, and maintaining scalable infrastructure.
Good communication skills, motivation and the ability to work within a diverse team dispersed across multiple time-zones are a must. You will work closely with the Science, Product and Design teams to influence the software development tools, and help drive progress towards the company’s vision of being the leading software developer tool for quantum programming.
Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Management:
- Design and maintain cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
- Manage and optimize container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker Compose)
- Configure and maintain monitoring and logging systems
- Ensure high availability and disaster recovery solutions
- CI/CD Pipeline:
- Design and implement continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines
- Automate build, test, and deployment processes
- Maintain and improve deployment strategies
- Implement security best practices in the pipeline
- Monitor and optimize pipeline performance
- Automation:
- Develop and maintain automation scripts
- Implement configuration management tools
- Create and maintain infrastructure templates
- Automate routine operational tasks
- Design self-healing systems
- Security & Compliance
- Implement security best practices
- Manage access control and authentication systems
- Ensure compliance with security standards
- Conduct security audits
- Implement vulnerability scanning and remediation
- Monitoring & Performance:
- Set up monitoring and alerting systems
- Implement logging solutions
- Perform system performance optimization
- Conduct capacity planning
- Troubleshoot production issues
- Collaboration:
- Work closely with development teams
- Provide technical guidance and support
- Participate in on-call rotation
- Document processes and procedures
- Conduct knowledge sharing sessions
Essential Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, electronics engineering or related technology area
- At least 5 years relevant software engineering experience in a high performing team
- Strong, demonstrable knowledge or skills in the following:
- Cloud Platforms:
- AWS/GCP
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Compose)
- CI/CD Tools:
- Jenkins, BitBucket, Gitlab, GitHub Actions
- ArgoCD, FluxCD
- Source control (Git)
- Configuration Management:
- Ansible, Terraform
- Shell scripting
- Infrastructure automation
- Monitoring & Logging:
- Prometheus, Grafana, Logi, Alloy
- Application performance monitoring tools
- Cloud Platforms:
- Knowledge of code versioning tools (Git), agile methodology, and industry standard development tools
- Strong communication skills and ability to work well in a team
- Excellent problem solving, coding, testing, and debugging skills
- Strong track record of shipping products, features and functionality on time, at extremely high quality
- Ability to quickly learn and ramp up on new technologies
- Passion for learning and driven to succeed
- Ready for a challenge
Desirable Requirements
- Masters Degree in Software Engineering or a related field
- Prior experience in a startup environment
About the Company
At Horizon Quantum Computing, we are developing tools to simplify and expedite the process of developing software for quantum computers, a fundamentally new form of computer that exploits effects from quantum physics to process information more efficiently. We are an international team headquartered in Singapore, with key markets spread out worldwide, and a growing office in Dublin, Ireland.
