Senior DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Czechia.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with various Engineering teams to design sustainable infrastructure and microservice solutions.

• Create and sustain an efficient and resilient production environment.

• Implement automation tools and infrastructure to minimize manual tasks.

• Observe application performance and participate in an on-call rotation when necessary.

• Take full ownership of maintenance and project tasks from specification to production.

• Manage and maintain the core infrastructure of Bloomreach Engagement on Google Cloud.

• Oversee Kubernetes, databases, and components of Google Cloud.

• Provide support to developers and assess design proposals.

• Ensure application performance and availability are validated.

• Develop essential application components such as logging or authorization as needed.

• Leverage AI assistants to enhance productivity while ensuring comprehension and accountability for deployed changes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of production experience with Kubernetes, public cloud infrastructure, and Python or Go.

• Proficient in Kubernetes operations, including a solid understanding of cluster internals and 24/7 production operations.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure; preference for GCP.

• Comprehension of the risks and benefits associated with public cloud services.

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code principles.

• Ability to make informed choices between cloud-managed solutions and self-hosted options.

• Capability to read and understand code, as well as review AI-generated Python code for accuracy, security, and suitability.

• Skill in developing custom tooling when necessary.

• Active interest in Kubernetes and related technologies.

• Involvement in DevOps-related conferences.

• Practical experience in configuring pod/container security contexts, network policies, roles and role bindings, pod affinity, host path, pod disruption budgets, priority classes, and node taints.

• Experience in optimizing application resources, including resource requests/limits, HPAs, and VPAs.

• Comprehensive understanding of managed Kubernetes clusters, node pools, cluster features, versions, and node autoscaling.

• Experience in upgrading Kubernetes clusters without disrupting live applications.

• Proficient in writing Terraform modules that include multiple interconnected resources.

• Experience in establishing monitoring systems and configuring alerts.

• Familiarity with Grafana and Prometheus; on-call experience is preferred.

• Knowledge of DevOps, orchestration/configuration management, and CI/CD technologies such as Terraform, GitLab, Ansible, and Docker.

• Experience in onboarding and training new team members.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours.

• Work-from-home and virtual-first working arrangements.

• Company events.

• 5 paid days off for volunteering.

• People Development Program and personal development workshops.

• Support from a communication coach.

• Leader Development Program.

• Annual professional education budget of $1,500 for books, courses, and certifications.

• Employee Assistance Program providing access to counselors.

• Calm subscription.

• One additional DisConnect day off each quarter.

• Opportunities for sports, yoga, and meditation.

• Extended parental leave of up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers.

• Potential for Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options, based on role, seniority, and location.

• Company performance bonus.

• Employee referral bonus of up to $3,000.

• Rewards for work anniversaries.