DevOps Tech Lead

**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.