DevOps Engineer

Helio Games is a mobile game developer founded in 2017 and based in sunny Cyprus. We create succesful products like Westland Survival, Mutiny and brand-new Amikin Village. Our mission is to build engaging midcore survival games enjoyed by millions worldwide.

We value a flat team structure where everyone can contribute ideas that shape the final product.

Our current goals include:

• Expanding our player base globally

• Enhancing game quality through player feedback and data analysis

• Exploring new technologies to improve user acquisition and retention

• Continuing to build the best survival games

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

• Analyze the current infrastructure of a legacy project (non-containerized services running on virtual hosts without Docker or Kubernetes);

• Migrate an existing project to AWS, including database migration, and take over its technical support;

• Review the infrastructure of another project (running on Kubernetes in AWS) and estimate the cost of its current AWS setup based on real-world usage;

• Develop a migration plan with key requirements: minimal downtime and zero data loss;

• Set up new infrastructure, including monitoring, CI/CD, backups, and logging;

• Collaborate with the backend team to load-test the database and key services, fine-tune the cluster if needed;

• Execute the project migration to AWS;

• Maintain, improve, and optimize DevOps processes within the company;

• Migrate another project to AWS;

• Take over technical support of an existing ETL process and suggest optimization improvements.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• 3+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer;

• Strong knowledge of AWS and hands-on experience with infrastructure migration;

• Solid experience with Kubernetes and its configuration in cloud environments;

• Experience with CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and backups;

• Understanding of database load optimization principles;

• Ability to evaluate cloud infrastructure costs and suggest cost-effective solutions;

• Experience with ETL processes is a plus.

Why do we enjoy working here?

Why do we enjoy working here?

• The ability to work remotely.

• A share of our common success: participation in company profits program.

• Modern hardware so that nothing distracts you from effective work.

• Regular lectures and presentations from in-house speakers and industry experts.