DevOps Engineer

We're hiring a DevOps Engineer to help us maintain and improve our infrastructure, databases, and development workflow. This is a work-from-home role.

Responsibilities

Maintain and optimize our MongoDB database (performance, backup/restore, monitoring, security).

Maintain and manage our DigitalOcean servers (deployment, uptime, scaling, patching, monitoring).

Review developers code, provide technical feedback, and enforce coding standards/best practices.

Approve / manage Pull Requests (PRs) and ensure clean, secure releases.

Support development when needed (hands-on coding):

o Vue.js

o Node.js + Express.js

o MongoDB

Handle basic networking tasks, including:

o Port forwarding and network access configuration

o Dynamic DNS (DynDNS) setup

o Enabling access to CCTV cameras and ANPR cameras from outside the network

o Supporting viewing/streaming to 3rd-party software

Qualifications

Proven experience in a DevOps / System Admin / Infrastructure role.

Strong understanding of Linux server administration and deployment workflows.

Hands-on experience with MongoDB administration.

Experience managing DigitalOcean or similar cloud platforms.

Comfortable doing code reviews and managing PR workflows (Git).

Able to code and troubleshoot in Vue.js + Node.js/Express + MongoDB environments.

Solid basic networking knowledge (NAT, port forwarding, DynDNS, firewall rules).

Nice to Have:

Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)

Docker / containerization experience

Monitoring/logging tools experience (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)