Senior DevOps Engineer

Role: DevOps Engineer (Senior Level)

Experience: 8+ years, combined development and systems administration
Duration: 6 months, with a good chance of extension based on performance
Location: Southern & Eastern Europe

A bit of context: Our client is a large international organization looking for a strong DevOps engineer, someone who's also comfortable on the development side and knows their way around infrastructure and newer tech (Kubernetes, AI/ML, Linux/UNIX). They'll be joining a mixed team of backend, frontend, and mobile developers, plus systems engineers, working on some genuinely interesting projects.

What they'll be doing:

• Architecting new services with the latest tech
• Designing and building infrastructure for new projects
• Integrating with third-party APIs
• Deploying services on AWS
• Building out CI/CD pipelines
• Monitoring and performance tuning
• Managing container orchestration (Kubernetes)

Must-haves:

• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production
• Solid grasp of CI/CD and automated deployments
• Strong infra background (Linux, Docker, AWS/Azure, Kubernetes)
• Comfortable with IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation, plus monitoring tools like Prometheus/Grafana
• Can code in at least one of Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, or Java
• Quick to pick up new tools and technologies

Nice-to-haves:

• Good communicator, works well across cultures and time zones
• Self-starter, comfortable with minimal supervision
• Some exposure to PRINCE2/PMP, SCRUM, or Agile
• Can write clear documentation and doesn't mind running the odd training session
• AI/ML exposure, DevOps/JIRA/GitHub experience is a bonus
• Strong English; other UN languages are a plus but not required

Certifications (not mandatory, but a plus):

• AWS or Azure certs (infra, dev, or data)
• Master's in CS, Computer Engineering, or IT