Senior DevOps Engineer

The Infrastructure team operates and maintains Bloomreach Engagement core infrastructure built on Google Cloud with security, high availability, costs, and scalability in mind. Our vision is to identify and implement opportunities to achieve a robust, reliable, and efficient infrastructure and development platform. We strongly support DevOps culture: each team is responsible for releasing, operating, and monitoring their own applications. The role of the Infrastructure Team is to provide a strong foundation upon which all teams can build, for example, manage big infrastructure components like Kubernetes, databases, and cloud components in Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

Work with other Engineering teams to design sustainable infrastructure, microservice solutions, and an efficient and robust production environment; Automate tools and infrastructure to reduce manual work; Monitor applications; Participate in an on-call rotation as required; Independently own maintenance and project tasks from specification through to production; Support developers, review design proposals, and validate the performance and availability of applications

Requirements

At least 3 years of production experience with Kubernetes, including operating clusters 24x7 in production; At least 3 years of production experience with GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure, including infrastructure as code and choosing between cloud-managed and self-hosted solutions; At least 3 years of production experience with Python/Go, including reading and understanding code and reviewing AI-generated Python code for correctness, security, and fit; Ability to develop custom tooling when needed; Independent delivery of maintenance and project tasks from specification to production; Responsible use of AI assistants with full understanding of the produced changes

Nice to have

Experience with on-duty support; Experience with Grafana and Prometheus; Experience with DevOps-related conferences; Hands-on experience configuring pod/container security context, network policies, roles and role bindings, pod affinity, host path, pod disruption budgets, priority classes, node taints; Experience analyzing resource usage and changing resource requests/limits, HPAs, or VPAs; Experience upgrading Kubernetes cluster versions without interrupting live applications; Experience writing a Terraform module with multiple interconnected resources; Experience with GitLab, Ansible, and Docker; Experience onboarding and training new team members; Active interest in Kubernetes and related technologies

Benefits

A great deal of freedom and trust; Flexible working hours; Virtual-first work with several Bloomreach Hubs; Company events; Five paid volunteering days; People Development Program; Leader Development Program for managers; $1,500 annual professional education budget; Employee Assistance Program; Calm subscription; DisConnect days; Sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities; Extended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers; Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options depending on role, seniority, and location; Company performance bonus; Employee referral bonus of up to $3,000; Bloomversaries work anniversary rewards