Job Description

Chronicle Protocol is a decentralized Oracle solution securing over $10 billion in collateral since 2017. We continue to secure Sky, formerly MakerDAO, while establishing a stand-alone brand and business proposition and building the world’s first fully verifiable, cost-efficient, scalable, and decentralized oracle. The combination of Chronicle Protocol’s groundbreaking proprietary tech and impressive track record in Web3 represents an opportunity to establish a new leader in the oracle space, capable of servicing businesses across all blockchains, recognized for its gold standard of verifiability, scalability, transparency, accessibility, resilience, and security.

We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer based in the Asia Pacific time zones to work alongside our Senior DevOps Engineer. We are a lean team, so this role is for someone who enjoys being hands-on and having full ownership and autonomy over their work.

What You’ll Work On

• Design, implement, and manage cloud-native infrastructure on AWS using EKS Kubernetes / Digital Ocean DKO, ensuring high availability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, focusing on automation and consistency across development, staging, and production environments.
• Orchestrate and monitor the deployment of various blockchain RPC nodes (EVM nodes, Layer 2 nodes, etc.), ensuring optimal performance and security.
• Implement and manage cloud-native monitoring solutions using tools like Grafana, Mimir, and Loki, ensuring robust observability and operational insights.
• Embrace a GitOps workflow using Argocd for continuous deployment, enhancing collaboration and streamlining the deployment process.
• Utilize Kubernetes and Helm templating extensively, ensuring efficient container orchestration and application deployment.
• Manage virtual network infrastructure on AWS, including DNS/domain management, firewall configuration, and load balancing.
• Implement and oversee logging, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure, ensuring the integrity, availability, and security of systems.
• Coordinate with development teams to identify key metrics for monitoring, setting appropriate alerting thresholds.
• Collaborate on continuous integration and deployment strategies, working closely with development teams and QA engineers.
• Contribute to the formulation and execution of security strategies and policies, fostering a culture of security awareness.
• Provide internal support for cloud services, troubleshoot issues, and communicate incident reports clearly.

Job Requirements

• In-depth experience with AWS cloud services; familiarity with other cloud providers is a plus.
• Proficient in Linux system administration and shell scripting.
• Expertise in infrastructure automation and configuration management tools.
• Strong skills in designing, implementing, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Proficiency in deploying and managing container clusters using Docker, Kubernetes (EKS).
• Experience in monitoring, observability, debugging, and performance tuning using tools like Prometheus, Grafana.
• Experience with on-call responsibilities, preferably using PagerDuty.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Git/GitHub for version control and administration.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts (Github Actions, Argo Workflows, Argo events, etc).
• Experience with Event Driven Architecture (Kafka).
• Demonstrated experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation strategies.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with stakeholders of varying technical backgrounds.
• Deep understanding of blockchain technology and experience in managing blockchain RPC nodes.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a keen eye for detail and problem-solving skills.
• Based in Asia Pacific time zones.

You will stand out if

• Knowledge of Web3 and a keen interest to learn more.
• Familiarity with working in a startup environment.
• Experience working and collaborating in a distributed digital native environment.
• Past experience managing Blockchain RPC nodes.
• You understand the philosophy of DevOps and Developer Self Service.
• Embrace Site Reliability Engineering.
• Understanding of Fallacies of distributed computing.
• Believer of the 12 Factor App.

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work with veterans in the crypto space building on the bleeding edge of technology.
• Working on supporting some of the largest initiatives in Web3.
• Competitive compensation.
• Flexible payment options: USD / EUR / USDC.
• 6 weeks vacation.
• Remote working environment.
• Flexible schedule.
• Two offsites per year to meet up with the team.

As part of the application process, we require the completion of a KYC procedure to verify identity and location.