Infrastructure Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Greece, +4 more countries.

📋 Description

• Design and oversee containerized environments with a focus on Kubernetes orchestration and cloud infrastructure.

• Ensure deployment pipelines are scalable, reliable, and secure.

• Lead the shift towards a modern, container-centric infrastructure.

• Allocate approximately one third of your time to the Kubernetes platform and two thirds to transitioning services from the legacy system.

• Transition job ingestion and search services to Kubernetes within the first year.

• Decommission the remaining Chef-managed machine images.

• Convert business and infrastructure needs into technical solutions while identifying potential roadblocks.

• Write Terraform scripts to manage AWS resources effectively.

• Automate repetitive tasks and enhance existing services with plugins where suitable.

• Take ownership of deployment, scaling, and daily management of Kubernetes clusters utilizing ArgoCD and Helm.

• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for deploying microservices to production environments.

• Establish monitoring and logging for new services using Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, and AWS CloudWatch.

• Ensure high uptime and optimize costs in the cloud.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to expedite development and phase out legacy technologies.

• Uphold consistency and prefer clean, straightforward solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience as an Infrastructure, DevOps, Platform, or SRE Engineer.

• Ability to work independently while maintaining clear and effective communication with a widely distributed team.

• In-depth knowledge of AWS and Kubernetes.

• Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting, along with CI/CD tools.

• Strong foundation in cloud networking, security practices, and identity management (IAM).

• Capability to design complex systems and collaborate effectively with existing platform engineers.

• Skill in documenting systems comprehensively.

• Strong business outcome focus and a commercial / ROI perspective.

• Nice to have: experience with Packer and Chef machine images.

• Nice to have: Kubernetes workloads deployed using EKS and ArgoCD.

• Nice to have: experience with Nginx, Apache, or Varnish under actual traffic conditions.

• Nice to have: production management experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Elasticsearch.

• Nice to have: knowledge of email deliverability.

• Nice to have: expertise in cloud cost optimization.

• Nice to have: skills in incident remediation and recurrence prevention.

• Nice to have: experience with agentic AI for infrastructure-as-code and/or software development.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity options.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policies.

• 25 days of paid vacation each year, in addition to 8 public holidays.

• 3 paid volunteer days annually.

• Summer hours in July and August, concluding at 4pm on Fridays.

• Fully hybrid working model with remote work possibilities.

• Travel program to support effective hybrid work arrangements.

• Wellbeing activities and events.

• Diversity and inclusion initiatives.

• Adzuna Academy training opportunities.

• Access to conferences.

• Team training budgets.

• Personalized development plans.

• Coaching from experienced and supportive colleagues and managers.

• Active social calendar.

• Biannual global team gatherings.

• Virtual activities and events to promote inclusion.