Principal DevOps / Platform Engineer (Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure)
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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Principal DevOps / Platform Engineer (Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure)
Locations: București, Bucharest, Romania; Timișoara, Timiș, Romania
Employment Type: Full-time
We fuse together exceptional talent who deliver outstanding software solutions. Our approach has helped us grow 60% in 2021, 94% in 2022, and in 2023, we joined forces with Insight, a Fortune 500 company and a leading solutions and systems integrator. With exciting growth plans and cutting-edge projects, there has never been a better time to join our incredible team.
About the Job
We are seeking a highly skilled Principal DevOps / Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes-based infrastructure, cloud-native operations, observability, security, and automation. The role focuses on building resilient, scalable, secure, and automated platforms supporting modern microservices and infrastructure workloads across hybrid and private cloud environments, including OpenStack deployed on Kubernetes.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize large-scale Kubernetes environments in production.
- Manage stateful workloads on Kubernetes: PostgreSQL (operators), MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, MinIO.
- Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Helm.
- Build secure platforms using Kyverno, External Secrets, Cert-Manager, OpenBao, Keycloak.
- Manage networking using Cilium and Traefik.
- Implement autoscaling with KEDA.
- Build observability using Prometheus, Loki, Alloy.
- Implement backup and DR using Velero.
- Develop IaC using Terraform.
- Build CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines.
- Automate with Bash and Python.
- Administer Linux and Docker environments.
- Deploy and operate OpenStack on Kubernetes.
- Incident response and RCA.
Required Skills
- Kubernetes (advanced, StatefulSets, operators)
- PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, MinIO
- ArgoCD, Helm
- Terraform, Azure Pipelines
- Cilium, Traefik
- Prometheus, Loki, Alloy
- Kyverno, Cert-Manager, External Secrets, OpenBao, Keycloak
- Velero, KEDA
- Linux, Docker, Bash, Python
- OpenStack on Kubernetes
Preferred Qualifications
- Large-scale Kubernetes production experience
- Hybrid/private cloud experience
- SRE practices
- Security hardening and compliance
- CKA/CKS/Terraform/OpenStack certifications
Candidate Profile
- Strong troubleshooting skills in distributed systems
- Automation-driven mindset
- Strong ownership and reliability focus
- Experience in complex platform engineering environments
- Principal-level architectural thinking
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Collaborative and innovative work environment
- Professional development opportunities
About the Company
We fuse together exceptional talent who deliver outstanding software solutions. Our approach has helped us grow 60% in 2021, 94% in 2022, and in 2023, we joined forces with Insight, a Fortune 500 company and a leading solutions and systems integrator. With exciting growth plans and cutting-edge projects, there has never been a better time to join our incredible team.
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