Freelancing Senior DevOps Engineer (IDP Backstage)

Job Title:Freelancing - Senior DevOps Engineer (IDP Backstage)

Experience: 6 Years

Location: Remote

Shift Timing: General shift

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and operate scalable cloud platforms with a strong focus on Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) Developer Platforms using Backstage and infrastructure automation using Python and Shell scripting.

Key Requirement

Strong design and hands-on implementation experience in building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) using Backstage to improve developer productivity service discovery and platform automation.

Responsibilities

• IDP Architecture & Design
• Design and implement Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) to enable self-service infrastructure and application deployment.
• Architect scalable Backstage-based developer portals integrating infrastructure CI/CD and cloud services.
• Define platform standards golden paths and reusable templates for engineering teams.
• Backstage Implementation
• Deploy and configure Backstage in Kubernetes environments.
• Develop and customize: Backstage plugins Software templates Service catalog TechDocs documentation
• Integrate Backstage with engineering tools such as: CI/CD pipelines EKS clusters Source control platforms Platform Automation
• Build automation workflows enabling developers to: Create services Provision infrastructure Deploy applications
• Implement self-service workflows using Backstage scaffolder templates.
• Kubernetes & Platform Integration
• Integrate Backstage with Kubernetes platforms such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service(EKS).
• Enable visibility into: Services Deployments Environments Observability metrics Security Developer Experience.
• Improve developer experience (DevEx) by simplifying application onboarding and deployment.
• Create standardized development workflows across teams.
• Maintain service ownership and metadata through Backstage catalog.

Required Experience

• Hands-on 5 years experience implementing Backstage developer portals in production.
• Experience designing Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) for engineering organizations.
• Experience integrating Backstage with:
• Kubernetes platforms
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure automation
• Strong understanding of platform engineering and developer experience principles.

Required Skills:

DevOpsawsIDPBackstagePythonShell ScriptingKubernetesEKSInternal Developer Platforms