For our business partner — a leading company in the digital payments space — we’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to help build secure, scalable, and modern infrastructure for cutting-edge financial platforms used by thousands of users daily.
The company’s office is in Bucharest, but we’re recruiting nationwide — this is a full-remote role open to candidates across Romania.
The collaboration can be on a CIM (employment contract) or B2B, depending on your preference.
If you’re passionate about cloud-native technologies, automation, and container orchestration, and want to work on impactful products in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment, this is your chance to make a real difference.
If this sounds like your kind of challenge, let’s talk!
What will you do?
- Manage and operate AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) clusters with best practices for deployment, networking, scaling, and security
- Design and implement secure, cost-efficient, and highly available cloud architectures leveraging Azure and managed services
- Administer, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines in close collaboration with development teams
- Oversee infrastructure components such as Windows VMs, Linux workloads, NVAs (Network Virtual Appliances), SignalR, and other Azure resources
- Manage networking and connectivity within Azure (VNETs, VPNs, Application Gateways, Load Balancers, Private Endpoints, DNS Zones)
- Apply security best practices across infrastructure and workloads — including image security, vulnerability scanning, and identity and access management
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Azure Monitor) to ensure observability and reliability
- Implement GitOps principles to enable declarative, version-controlled infrastructure and deployments
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent IaC tools
- Identify and drive automation opportunities across infrastructure and delivery pipelines to improve reliability and reduce operational overhead
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure disaster recovery, resilience, and compliance objectives are met
The professional value you bring:
- Strong Windows and Linux administration experience
- Proven expertise in software lifecycle management and CI/CD systems (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.)
- Solid hands-on experience with Azure services, including but not limited to:
- AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
- Azure Container Registry (ACR)
- Windows & Linux Virtual Machines
- Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs)
- Azure SignalR Service
- DNS Zones, Load Balancers, Application Gateways, VPN Gateways
- Azure Functions, Storage Accounts, Application Insights
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (routing, switching, load balancing, VPNs, firewalls, DNS)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates) and Configuration Management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Salt)
- Scripting/programming proficiency (Bash, Python, PowerShell, or Ruby)
- Familiarity with monitoring and APM tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Azure Monitor)
- Deep understanding of containerization, image security, and orchestration systems
- Knowledge of Distributed Systems, High Availability, Scalability, and Resilience concepts
- Strong focus on cloud and container security, including vulnerability management, secret management, and compliance monitoring
- Excellent English communication skills — both written and verbal
Nice to Have
- Azure certification (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-400, or AZ-305)
- Experience with DevSecOps, GitOps toolchains (Flux, ArgoCD), and container image signing (Cosign, Notary)
- Knowledge of Zero Trust networking principles
What’s in it for you?
- 25 vacation days in your first year, with infinite vacation starting from year four
- Access to two company vacation villas (seaside & mountain)
- Unlimited access to books from Amazon, Safari, or O’Reilly
- Sponsored certifications and courses
- Medical insurance and an optional pension fund
- Yearly and surprise performance bonuses
