DevOps Engineer

Vortech is a technology company specializing in B2B solutions for the regulated iGaming market. By combining innovation, compliance, and scalability, Vortech delivers high-quality products that empower partners to grow in regulated markets worldwide.

Headquartered in Vietnam with additional offices in Thailand, Sweden, Malta, and upcoming expansions in Romania and India, Vortech is rapidly scaling its global footprint. Backed by long-term investors and a leadership team with 20+ years of industry expertise, the company is on track to grow from 80 employees today to over 1,000 professionals within two years.

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve our cloud-native platform on AWS. This role focuses on building scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure using Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps principles. You will work closely with engineering teams to enable fast, safe delivery while keeping systems observable, resilient, and

cost-aware.

This is a senior, hands-on role. You will be expected to lead by example, not just maintain pipelines.

Must-Have Skills (Non-Negotiable)

Cloud & Infrastructure

- Strong production experience with AWS, including designing and operating cloud infrastructure

- Deep understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security boundaries, and cost implications

- Experience running production workloads in the cloud

Kubernetes & Containers

- Kubernetes in production environments

- Autoscaling with HPA, VPA, KEDA

- Resource requests/limits, node pools, and capacity planning

- Docker for containerization, image optimization, and security practices

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

- Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, including modular design and remote state

- Ansible for configuration management and automation

Delivery & Operations

- GitOps-based workflows for infrastructure and application deployments

- Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines with GitOps

Communication

- Spoken English at a professional level for technical discussions and incident response

Key Responsibilities

- Design, provision, and operate AWS-based infrastructure using Terraform

- Own and evolve Kubernetes clusters running production workloads

- Implement and tune autoscaling strategies (HPA, VPA, KEDA)

- Enforce GitOps-first workflows for infrastructure and application delivery

- Automate operational tasks using Ansible, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines

- Improve reliability through monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning

- Lead incident response and postmortems

- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve developer experience

- Apply security best practices across cloud, Kubernetes, and CI/CD layersAdditional Relevant Skills (Preferred)

Observability & Reliability

- Prometheus, Grafana, and logging stacks (ELK/EFK, Loki)

- Understanding of SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets

Kubernetes Ecosystem

- Helm and/or Kustomize

- Argo CD or Flux

- Ingress controllers and backup/DR tooling

Security

- Kubernetes RBAC, NetworkPolicies, Pod Security Standards

- Secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, Vault, External Secrets)

Scripting & Programming

- Bash scripting

- Python or Go for automation and tooling

What Success Looks Like

- AWS infrastructure fully managed through Terraform

- Kubernetes workloads scale reliably and cost-effectively

- GitOps is the default path to production

- Faster incident resolution with fewer repeat issues

- Improved deployment velocity and reduced operational friction

Qualifications

- 4+ years of DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering experience

- Proven ownership of AWS and Kubernetes in production

- Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and CI/CD

- Clear communication in spoken English