Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

About Us

Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through its cloud-based Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed, turnkey security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

The DevOps / Cloud Ops Engineer role will be part of our Infrastructure Team, focusing primarily on AWS database technologies, particularly Aurora and RDS. This position is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based database solutions, with a strong emphasis on automation, scalability, and performance optimization. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of DevOps practices and AWS services, especially those related to database management and operations.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and manage Amazon RDS and Aurora instances, focusing on high availability and scalability
• Implement and maintain database architectures using AWS best practices
• Optimize database performance, including query tuning and resource allocation
• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with organizational standards
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for database provisioning and management
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for database schema changes and application deployments
• Automate routine database tasks, including backups, restores, and scaling operations
• Create and maintain monitoring and alerting systems for database health and performance
• Lead database migration projects from on-premises to AWS, focusing on RDS and Aurora
• Optimize existing database workloads for cloud performance and cost-efficiency
• Collaborate with application teams to refactor database interactions for cloud-native architectures
• Design and implement robust disaster recovery solutions using AWS services
• Ensure high availability of database systems through multi-AZ deployments and read replicas
• Conduct regular disaster recovery drills and optimize recovery processes

What you will bring

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or Cloud Operations roles, with a strong focus on AWS
• Extensive experience with AWS database services, particularly RDS and Aurora
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Experience with CI/CD tools and methodologies (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline)
• Solid understanding of database administration concepts and best practices
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Database - Specialty, DevOps Engineer - Professional)

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Ready to Join Us?

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What's Great About Sophos?

· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.

· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit

· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy

· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities

· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint

· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp

· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge

· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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