Senior DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes

We are an AI‑led, platform‑driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry‑leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 21 sequential quarters of growth with $389.7M in Q1 FY26 revenue, up 3.9% Q‑o‑Q and 18.8% Y‑o‑Y growth. Our 25,000+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been named the fastest‑growing Indian IT services brand in the “Brand Finance India 100” 2025 report. We were also cited as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ 2025 for Digital Engineering Services 2025 and the Everest Group Talent Readiness for Next‑generation Application Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.

We are fast growing company (with $1 billion dollars in revenue). Plan to grow at Krakow, Poland. If you’re interested in working on bleeding Data and AI technologies, join us.

About Position and details:

• Location: Krakow
• Mode: Hybrid‑3 days to office
• Experience: 6 to 15 years
• Job Type: Permanent role

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to design, develop, and automate installation and deployment frameworks for enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift‑based platforms. The role involves building robust installer solutions using shell scripting, orchestrating deployments via CI/CD pipelines, and enabling scalable, air‑gapped platform deployments using modern GitOps and container technologies. This position requires strong expertise in Kubernetes ecosystem tools, automation frameworks, and DevOps practices, with a focus on platform engineering and deployment standardization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop automated installer frameworks using shell scripting for Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, including installation, configuration, and administration on bare metal infrastructure (K8s/OCP)
• Implement and maintain end‑to‑end deployment workflows, including prerequisite validation, environment preparation, and bare metal cluster setup and configuration
• Automate deployment of platform components using Helm charts and Kubernetes operators
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for packaging, deployment, and upgrades of platform components
• Develop and orchestrate pipeline‑based execution workflows using Tekton, while enabling deployment and configuration of SRE tooling
• Implement GitOps‑based deployment models using Argo CD for application lifecycle management
• Manage deployment of infrastructure components such as HashiCorp Vault, secrets management solutions, and monitoring stacks
• Enable air‑gapped (offline) installation support, including image mirroring and dependency packaging
• Integrate and manage tools such as Ansible, OC Mirror, JQ, YQ, and KubeVirt‑based virtualization environments
• Design and maintain OCI‑compliant image packaging and distribution processes (e.g., ORAS, Quay)
• Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and release engineering teams

Core Technical Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift (OCP) platform deployment, including installation, configuration, and administration on bare metal environments
• Proficiency in Shell Scripting (Bash) for automation
• Experience with Helm for packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications
• Experience with Argo CD (GitOps model)
• Understanding of OCI image standards, container registries, and packaging tools (ORAS, Quay) along with secrets management using HashiCorp Vault
• Experience with deployment and administration on Kubernetes of Loki, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana
• Experience with OCM (Open Custom Manager)

DevOps & Automation

• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible
• Familiarity with JSON/YAML processing tools (JQ, YQ)
• Experience with air‑gapped deployments and image mirroring
• Knowledge of CI‑based artifact packaging and release pipelines
• Deployment and configuration of SRE tools and operational automation frameworks
• Experience with Kubernetes Operators, control plane setup, and KubeVirt (Kvirt) environments
• Cluster provisioning, lifecycle management, and bare metal architecture
• Experience deploying and managing Vault, enterprise secrets management, and monitoring/SRE tooling
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company‑sponsored higher education and certifications.
• Opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technologies.
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

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