AWS Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer

Cultural heritage data lives in databases paper archives books and collections across the globe. But new digital tools can help connect those silos encourage collaboration and enhance transparency. NavigatingArt is a nonprofit organization that protects and promotes cultural heritage by empowering teams with the tools to create and publish digital catalogues raisonns and archives.

Were seeking a Senior AWS Engineer to join our cloud engineering team and help architect implement and maintain complex infrastructure and deployment pipelines using the latest AWS services and best practices.

By joining NavigatingArt youll contribute to a meaningful and ambitious initiative that bridges technology and cultural heritage. Help us bring it to life!

Tasks

As a Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer youll be at the core of our infrastructure team responsible for designing and maintaining robust scalable and highly available cloud environments.

You will:

• Build and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CDK
• Deploy and optimize services on ECS EC2 Lambda and API Gateway
• Design and manage scalable data solutions using RDS Aurora and PostgreSQL
• Implement secure and automated networking with VPC Route53 and CloudFront
• Integrate and manage identity and access control using Cognito IAM Secrets Manager and Parameter Store
• Support CI/CD workflows using Git Bitbucket and Jenkins
• Monitor and trace distributed systems with OpenTelemetry CloudWatch and other observability tools
• Containerize and orchestrate microservices with Docker and Kubernetes
• Develop automation scripts in Shell Python or
• Design and manage reliable asynchronous and synchronous integrations via REST APIs Webhooks and Step Functions

Requirements

You are a proactive and collaborative cloud engineer with a strong background in AWS and infrastructure automation. You bring deep technical expertise curiosity and a passion for best practices.

Must-have skills:

• Proven experience building maintaining and automating complex infrastructure using Terraform and leveraging advanced techniques such as modules workspaces and remote states
• In-depth understanding of AWS services including ECS EC2 Lambda S3 VPC RDS and more
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Strong expertise in Database management (Query Optimization Parameter tuning Backup & Restore) ideally for PostgreSQL
• Ability to maintain the CI/CD setup using Jenkins
• Familiarity with Observability tracing and telemetry systems (OpenTelemetry or similar)
• Strong scripting abilities (Shell Python )
• Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD using Jenkins/Bitbucket
• Knowledge of API design and integration (REST Webhooks etc.)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and work in small autonomous teams with a high degree of creative freedom
• A collaborative and open company culture that values diversity and work-life balance among our talented and inspiring colleagues from all over the world
• Discounted public transport ticket (Deutschland Ticket) or Urban Sports Club membership
• The chance to work on cutting-edge technology and opportunities for professional development and career growth
• A pleasant office space in Berlin Kreuzberg/Mitte with great coffee offering the flexibility of a hybrid work environment.

In 2021 a group of art historians and developers recognized the potential of new technologies to ease the creation of digital catalogues raisonns and archives for global audiences. NavigatingArt has since applied digital strategies to meet the needs of institutions increasing the availability of historical materials and lowering the barrier to comprehensive research. It became a nonprofit organization in 2024 supported by the Hasso Plattner Foundation thereby aligning its legal status with its mission to protect and promote cultural heritage.

Our values

• Integrity: transparency authenticity and responsibility are at the fore of everything we do.
• Expertise: we grow personally and professionally while learning from mistakes and striving for excellence.
• Durability: we prioritize longevity in the products and materials we create in an effort to do things only once even when this emphasis requires slow thinking and development.
• Collaboration: we work across teams to overcome complex challenges that require everyones contribution not just those at the top.

NavigatingArt is committed to providing a friendly and safe environment for everyone who works here or with us regardless of gender gender identity and expression sexual orientation disability physical appearance body size race age religion (or lack thereof) and art preferences.