DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Work Location: Estonia

Start Date: As Soon As Possible

Named one of WorkLife’s 50 Best Places to Work and one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Whalar Group is a global creator company on a mission to liberate the creative voice. 

Foam, a division of Whalar Group, is a cutting-edge SaaS platform designed to empower talent representatives in managing their day-to-day workflow and growing their businesses. Foam offers premium tools and features to agencies, enabling them to streamline their operations, enhance collaboration, win more business, and drive exceptional results for their clients.

We are a curious, diverse team of 300 individuals around the world who are passionate about the Creator Economy. Our proximity, understanding, and trust of creators evolved into a first-of-its-kind creator ecosystem. Under Whalar Group, there are six companies: Whalar, a global creator agency; Sixteenth, a full-service global, 360° creator and talent management company; Foam, a suite of AI tools, templates, and services; Moby Ventures, a creator-centric venture studio; Umi Games, a groundbreaking gaming studio; and The Lighthouse, an IRL campus for creators and their teams.

About the role:

This role will be responsible pursues the unification and automation of processes and encourages collaboration between teams to deliver higher quality software in less time and in maintaining the applications, as well as in favoring a more cooperative environment and give support. This is a unique opportunity to help introducing processes, tools, and ways of working throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from coding and deployment to application operations and maintenance, giving technical support to the rest of areas.

This role is tied to our Tallinn Office but can be remote and sit anywhere in Estonia. We are also open to candidates who are EU citizens and want to relocate to Estonia.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• Working with the team on the management of our cloud deployments
• Working with the team in monitoring of our systems and deployments, bringing automation and alert management into the picture.
• Collaborate in CI/CD pipelines with other DevOps, Develop  and QA teams 
• Support our teams:
  • Analyze cluster performance (metrics, Databases, etc…)
  • Dashboard deployments
  • Miscellaneous automations
  • Training and knowledge transfer to Operations team

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A minimum of 5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with hands-on in infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipelines. Experience collaborating closely with development and testing teams to improve product development and build processes.
• Experience in Linux OS Administration
• Experience with Bash scripting language
• Understanding of Continuous Integration and Delivery
• Advanced experience with container technologies like Docker
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Experience with monitoring tools and alerts (Prometheus, Grafana, alertmanager, etc…) 
• Experience with container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Experience with backups and restore lifecycles
• Good understanding of security best practices (VPN, security groups, WAF, etc …)
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Quick learner, self-motivated, self-disciplined and result-oriented
• Good communicator, good documentation skills, team player.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of best practices for the full SW development lifecycle, including agile, coding standards, source control management, build processes, testing, release management and operations
• Configuration Management (Ansible/Puppet)
• Package management (Helm)
• Awareness of security certification procedures
• Knowledge of code in Golang and/or Python
• Application Monitoring with Datadog

Our values:

At Whalar, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) isn't just a statement, it's our collective strength. Our people are our superpower. A diverse team and inclusive leadership have shaped Whalar since our inception in 2016, fueling a constant evolution of growth. We champion a culture of respect and empathy, fostering a sense of belonging that transcends demographics. We hire individuals of all backgrounds and empower them to thrive, challenge stereotypes, and actively break societal barriers. 

The perks:

Whalar provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, so employees can work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.

• 25 days of PTO + Sick days + Winter break
• Monthly phone/internet reimbursement
• Professional development stipend
• New joiner Home office allowance 
• 16 weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave
• Volunteer days
• Social programs

Whalar provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, promotions, training, working conditions, compensation, and benefits.