The client is a European international company providing IT and consulting services
Basic information:
Location: 100% remote
Rate: PLN 130-180/hour net + VAT (the client will consider higher rates)
Type of work: B2B contract
Duration: 12 months + extensions
Recruitment process: 2 stages
English: B2
Luxmed, MultiSport, equipment provided by the client
We are looking for a DevOps engineer to join the Platform Engineering team. In this position, the person will design, support, implement, and manage a scalable, secure ecosystem for development teams
Key Responsibilities
- Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment of infrastructure and applications using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins,GitLab CI, Tekton, and ArgoCD
- Ensure zero-downtime deployments, scalability, and resilience through automation
- Standardize and automate release processes, including branching and tagging strategies
- Collaborate with product teams to gather feedback and align on best practices
- Enforce security standards using SAST/DAST tools (SonarQube, Veracode, Trivy, Syft)
- Maintain base UBI images and ensure regular application of security patches
- Set up alerting and dashboards for proactive detection and resolution of performance issues
- Integrate HashiCorp Vault with OpenShift for secrets and credential management
- Enforce least privilege and role-based access control (RBAC) across the platform
- Support vulnerability scanning, patching, and compliance automation
- Analyze platform performance and implement optimization strategies for scaling
- Troubleshoot issues across networking, infrastructure, CI/CD, and application layers
- Work closely with developers and testers to support CI/CD automation, testing, and environment readiness
Required Skills & Experience
- 4-8 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, SRE, or Platform Engineer
- Hands-on experience with OpenShift (Kubernetes) - deployments, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton, ArgoCD) and related automation
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or Helm
- Experience managing databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MinIO, Elasticsearch
- Familiarity with messaging middleware: Solace, Confluent Kafka
- Experience with monitoring/observability tools: ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana
- Proficiency in scripting and automation: Bash, Python, Go, YAML
- Strong understanding of Linux system administration and networking fundamentals
- Experience with Nginx and Squid for networking
Preferred Qualifications & Attributes
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) integrated with OpenShift
- Understanding of microservices architectures and service mesh (e.g., Istio)
- Exposure to performance testing, load balancing, and capacity planning
- Knowledge of GitOps frameworks (ArgoCD)
- Security best practices for cloud-native platforms
- Certifications in Kubernetes, OpenShift, or HashiCorp Vault
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Passion for automation, continuous improvement, and reliability
- Ability to work in agile, fast-paced, cross-functional teams
- Ownership-driven and proactive in troubleshooting and optimization
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