DevOps (CloudOps) Engineer

About Unicaf:

Unicaf is a leading online higher education platform facilitating universities in providing affordable and high-quality online higher education to underserved markets. As we continue to expand our operations, we're seeking to recruit a DevOps (CloudOps) Engineer to join the Development Department at the Head Office in Larnaca.

What You'll Do (aka the Responsibilities):

• Manage and optimize infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS), ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and delivery of applications.
• Write and manage infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation.
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline application delivery.
• Monitor system performance, conduct root cause analysis, and resolve infrastructure and application issues.
• Automate operational tasks and improve overall system efficiency and developer productivity.
• Maintain and improve server environments (Linux-based) across development, staging, and production.
• Ensure robust security practices, backups, and disaster recovery plans are in place.
• Use and manage containers effectively with Docker as part of the development and deployment workflow.

What You'll Bring (aka Education and Experience):

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, including services like EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, and CloudFormation.
• Strong background in Linux systems administration and shell scripting.
• Proven experience working with either:
• Python-based applications, particularly with the Django framework, or
• PHP-based applications, particularly with Laravel or similar frameworks (e.g., Symfony, CodeIgniter).
• Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI.
• Proficient in containerization using Docker in production environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills across the full stack (infrastructure, application, database).
• Solid knowledge of web servers (e.g., Nginx, Apache), database management, and caching systems (e.g., Redis, Memcached).
• Experience with version control (Git) and modern DevOps workflows.

The following will be considered an advantage:

• Experience with Kubernetes (e.g., EKS or self-managed clusters).
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, or Chef).
• Understanding of networking concepts, VPC, VPN, and load balancing.
• Knowledge of monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stacks.
• Exposure to security best practices, vulnerability scanning, and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to work in agile teams and communicate effectively with developers and stakeholders.