NoSQL DevOps Engineer
NoSQL DevOps Engineer – Couchbase
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Employment Type: W2 Only
Pay Rate: $75/hour on W2Experience: 8–10 YearsJob Description
We are seeking an experienced NoSQL DevOps Engineer with Couchbase expertise to support and operate highly available, scalable, and production-grade cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS, Couchbase, Python, Terraform, Linux, and CI/CD, along with a solid understanding of DevOps and SRE practices. This role will focus on infrastructure automation, Couchbase operations, cloud reliability, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support. Required Skills & Qualifications5–10 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud Infrastructure, or related engineering roles. Strong hands-on experience with AWS.Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles, including reliability, monitoring, automation, incident management, and capacity planning.2–5 years of hands-on Python experience for developing automation and operational tools.2–5 years of experience with AWS S3 and familiarity with AWS storage and cloud services.2–5 years of hands-on Terraform experience with strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).At least 1 year of hands-on Couchbase experience. Experience with Linux administration, networking, troubleshooting, and production systems. Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in distributed and cloud environments. Experience working in production environments requiring high availability, reliability, and scalability.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience operating Couchbase clusters at scale.
Hands-on experience with Couchbase XDCR, replication, indexing, performance tuning, backup/restore, and cluster upgrades.
Experience automating database provisioning and lifecycle management.
Experience with AWS services including EC2, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, EBS, Auto Scaling, and networking services.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or CloudWatch.
Experience with configuration management and automation tools.
Understanding of security, IAM, encryption, secrets management, and cloud security best practices.
Experience participating in on-call rotations and production incident management.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, deploy, and maintain reliable AWS cloud infrastructure.
Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot Couchbase clusters in production environments.
Implement Couchbase replication, XDCR, indexing, backup/restore, upgrades, and performance tuning.
Develop automation using Python and Terraform to improve infrastructure and database provisioning.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
Monitor system health, performance, capacity, and availability using appropriate observability tools.
Troubleshoot complex issues across Linux, networking, AWS, Couchbase, and distributed systems.
Support production incidents, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
Implement and maintain security controls around IAM, encryption, secrets, and cloud infrastructure.
Contribute to improving automation, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.