Senior DevOps Engineer - APAC (Platform & Reliability)
Blockstream · Not provided by source
MeritLog read this listing from Blockstream's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 9, 2026.
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- Work model
- Not provided by source
- Salary
- Not listed by source
- Location
- APAC
- Occupation
- Software Developers(O*NET 15-1252.00)
- Company website
- blockstream.com
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What the role asks for
What you'd do
- Own production reliability during APAC operating hours, including alert triage, incident coordination, mitigation, communication, and cross-region handoffs
- After onboarding and shadowing, participate in a shared primary/secondary on-call rotation with documented backup and escalation paths
- Build and operate GCP/GKE and hybrid Kubernetes infrastructure using Terraform, Atlantis, FluxCD, Helm, and Kustomize
- Ship reviewed, observable, and reversible production changes through GitLab CI/CD and GitOps workflows
- Build monitoring and alerting with Prometheus/Mimir, Grafana, Alertmanager, and Grafana IRM; improve alert quality, SLOs, runbooks, and post-incident actions
- Operate stateful services and recovery mechanisms, including PostgreSQL/CloudNativePG, WAL backups, Redis, Kafka, persistent volumes, and capacity tuning
- Manage IAM, Workload Identity, secrets, artifact registries, DNS, TLS, ingress, load balancers, and network policies
- Automate repetitive operations using Python, Go, Bash, or similar tools
- Review infrastructure changes and collaborate asynchronously with engineers across APAC, Europe, and North America
- Typically five or more years of production experience in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or infrastructure operations, or equivalent demonstrated experience
- Strong Kubernetes and cloud-platform experience; production GCP/GKE experience is preferred
- Strong Terraform/IaC, GitOps, and CI/CD fundamentals
- Solid Linux, containers, networking, DNS/TLS, IAM, and secrets-management knowledge.
- Experience monitoring and responding to incidents involving distributed or stateful services
- Practical scripting and automation skills.
- Clear written and spoken English, with strong documentation and asynchronous handoff habits
- Ability to work the published APAC schedule and participate in the defined on-call rotation
What they're asking for
- FluxCD, Helm, Kustomize, Atlantis, or GitLab CISkillPreferred
- Prometheus, Mimir, Grafana, Grafana IRM, Loki, or AlertmanagerSkillPreferred
- CloudNativePG, Barman/WAL recovery, Redis, Kafka, or GCSSkillPreferred
- Bitcoin, Elements/Liquid, electrs, Lightning, exchange-market-data, or other high-availability financial infrastructureSkillPreferred
- Hybrid/on-premises Kubernetes or security-sensitive infrastructure experienceSkillPreferred
Parsed by MeritLog from the employer’s own posting. The full description follows below.
Job description
Blockstream https://blockstream.com/ was founded in 2014 by Dr. Adam Back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Back and a group of fellow cryptographers and engineers who are passionate about Bitcoin and its potential to change the world. Today, Blockstream is the leading Bitcoin company, providing cutting-edge infrastructure solutions for enterprises, institutions, and individual Bitcoin users. We develop industry-leading Bitcoin self-custody solutions, Bitcoin-based financial products, second-layer scaling technologies, and enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure. Blockstream is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to build and operate secure, resilient infrastructure across our global Bitcoin products and internal platforms. You will be a hands-on owner of Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, GitOps, observability, and stateful production services. You will strengthen follow-the-sun operations during APAC hours, coordinate reliable handoffs with Europe, and turn operational incidents into durable automation, runbooks, and reliability improvements. What You’ll Be Doing (Key Responsibilities): - Own production reliability during APAC operating hours, including alert triage, incident coordination, mitigation, communication, and cross-region handoffs - After onboarding and shadowing, participate in a shared primary/secondary on-call rotation with documented backup and escalation paths - Build and operate GCP/GKE and hybrid Kubernetes infrastructure using Terraform, Atlantis, FluxCD, Helm, and Kustomize - Ship reviewed, observable, and reversible production changes through GitLab CI/CD and GitOps workflows - Build monitoring and alerting with Prometheus/Mimir, Grafana, Alertmanager, and Grafana IRM; improve alert quality, SLOs, runbooks, and post-incident actions - Operate stateful services and recovery mechanisms, including PostgreSQL/CloudNativePG, WAL backups, Redis, Kafka, persistent volumes, and capacity tuning - Manage IAM, Workload Identity, secrets, artifact registries, DNS, TLS, ingress, load balancers, and network policies - Automate repetitive operations using Python, Go, Bash, or similar tools - Review infrastructure changes and collaborate asynchronously with engineers across APAC, Europe, and North America What We Look For In You (Required Qualifications): - Typically five or more years of production experience in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or infrastructure operations, or equivalent demonstrated experience - Strong Kubernetes and cloud-platform experience; production GCP/GKE experience is preferred - Strong Terraform/IaC, GitOps, and CI/CD fundamentals - Solid Linux, containers, networking, DNS/TLS, IAM, and secrets-management knowledge. - Experience monitoring and responding to incidents involving distributed or stateful services - Practical scripting and automation skills. - Clear written and spoken English, with strong documentation and asynchronous handoff habits - Ability to work the published APAC schedule and participate in the defined on-call rotation Nice To Haves (Preferred Qualifications): - FluxCD, Helm, Kustomize, Atlantis, or GitLab CI - Prometheus, Mimir, Grafana, Grafana IRM, Loki, or Alertmanager - CloudNativePG, Barman/WAL recovery, Redis, Kafka, or GCS - Bitcoin, Elements/Liquid, electrs, Lightning, exchange-market-data, or other high-availability financial infrastructure - Hybrid/on-premises Kubernetes or security-sensitive infrastructure experience 🔒 Stay Safe from Job Scams All official Blockstream communication will come from an @blockstream.com email address. We will never ask you to share sensitive information or purchase equipment during the hiring process. If in doubt, contact us at hr@blockstream.com. Learn more about avoiding job scams here https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2022/05/want-work-home-spot-scams-first.
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