DevOps Tech Lead

Description

Summary: The DevOps Tech Lead will define and communicate DevOps strategy, lead and mentor junior engineers, and continuously improve processes and toolchains. Highlights: 1. Lead and mentor junior DevOps engineers 2. Define and communicate DevOps strategy and objectives 3. Continuously assess and improve DevOps processes and toolchains **Our promise:** * You choose how you'll work with us: fully remote, hybrid, or at our offices (Bucharest, Brașov); * We support your career growth through continuous learning, coaching, and mentorship programs; * We promise you a feedback\-driven culture that inspires healthy communication; * A friendly, professional, and supportive team is waiting for his new teammate; * A bunch of people with common hobbies and interests (sailing, football, running marathons, tennis, music, etc) is ready to welcome you; * A community driven by courage and creativity (we have our **beer** and our **band** that sings about us) is challenging you to have serious fun with us; * We designed **benefits** that give you the power to create balance in life, on and off work. **As a DevOps Tech Lead, you will:** * Lead and mentor more junior DevOps engineers, providing technical guidance, support and assessment on skill development; * Define and communicate the DevOps strategy, goals, and objectives in alignment with the organization's mission; * Develop a roadmap for DevOps initiatives, setting priorities and milestones. * Continuously assess and improve DevOps processes, workflows, and toolchains to optimize efficiency, quality, and speed of delivery; * Collaborate closely with cross\-functional teams, including development, operations, security and quality assurance, to ensure seamless software delivery; * Communicate project status, issues, and risks to stakeholders and senior management; * Drive the adoption of automation tools and practices to streamline deployment, testing, and monitoring processes; * Implement advanced monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively detect and address issues in production and development environments; * Analyze performance metrics to identify areas for improvement; * Collaborate with security teams to integrate security practices into the DevOps workflow, ensuring compliance with security standards and policies; * Implement access control and vulnerability management measures; * Occasionally work with the sales team to provide technical expertise and support during the sales process; * Assist in responding to requests for proposals (RFPs) or requests for information (RFIs) by providing detailed technical information and solution recommendations. * Lead / validate effort and timeline estimations; * Occasionally assist in addressing critical incidents or perform planned maintenance outside of regular business hours. **What about you?** * At least 6 years of DevOps Engineer, with a strong focus on automating software delivery and infrastructure management \- minimum 1 year of proven project implementation leadership experience * Deep expertise in infrastructure as code (Terraform a must), CI/CD, containerization and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes , experience with AKS a must, GKE/EKS \- nice to have). * Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Go, Python, Bash). * Proficiency in Azure. * Relevant experience with configuration management tools: Ansible, etc. * Strong knowledge of Linux * Servers/daemons: NginX, Apache, MySQL, MS SQL Server, etc. * Networking for cloud environments * Communication protocols : HTTP/SSL, Web sockets, TCP/UDP, FTP, SMTP, DHCP, DNS, BGP * Experience in configuring monitoring \& logging solutions (ELK/EFK stack, Prometheus/Grafana) * Comfortable in delivering technical presentations to internal and external audiences * Experience with presale calls and/or generating implementation effort estimations * English (written and spoken) * Relevant certifications: + Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) + Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) + Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert **If you feel this role is for you, let us get to know you better! There are 2 steps left:** * A get\-to\-know HR Discussion with your recruiter; * A final tale with your future colleagues, from the Infrastructure \& Platform Engineering Team. Our recruitment process is designed to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.