Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer

Tech Level

Senior

Language Proficiency

Upper-Intermediate

Employment type

Full time

Candidate Location

Poland

Working Time Zone

CET

Start

asap

Planned Work Duration

12 months

Customer Description

Our client is a leading global consulting company recognized for delivering high-impact solutions across industries. The organization collaborates with large global enterprises, financial institutions, technology companies, and public sector organizations, providing advanced platforms and strategic services.

Project Description

You’ll join an engineering and analytics squad that designs and scales cloud-native solutions powering financial intelligence platforms. The project combines deep analytics, DevOps automation, and scalable architecture to drive impact across Strategy & Corporate Finance.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Eagerness to learn and adopt new technologies
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfort working in Agile, fast-paced, collaborative environments

Hard Skills / Must Have

• Strong DevOps expertise in AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• Experience in managing databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL), and queues (Kafka)
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions is a preference.)
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), Linux-based containers and infrastructure automation
• Solid understanding of monitoring and logging frameworks
• Experience in deployment and supporting of JVM-based and Python applications
• Familiarity with RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and data-intensive backend systems

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Design, build, and maintain AWS-based infrastructure supporting high-performance analytics platforms
• Use Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring scalable and reproducible deployments
• Implement, manage, and optimise Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration and service scaling
• Automate CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and alerting processes
• Configure and manage PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Kafka environments ensuring reliability and performance
• Champion cloud security, cost optimisation, and disaster recovery practices
• Define and improve reliability practices across cloud platforms and services
• Establish and maintain observability standards including metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
• Create and maintain operational runbooks, playbooks, and automation scripts
• Identify operational toil and implement automation to reduce manual work
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and product teams to ensure reliability, security, and scalability
• Drive continuous improvement in deployment reliability, system resilience, and operational processes

Project Phase

Active development

Technology Stack

AWS (EKS), Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, CI/CD

Additional notes

• The candidate must be employed at 0.125 FTE under UoP and additionally under a service contract.
• Payment terms — up to 60 days.
• Work will be performed using client-provided equipment.