Lead DevOps Engineer

Hi! We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to lead cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and reliability initiatives. The role combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, focusing on scalable infrastructure, automation, security, cost optimization, and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive cloud architecture and DevOps strategy.
• Design, manage, and optimize secure, scalable GCP infrastructure.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Lead platform engineering initiatives, including Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and self-service automation.
• Drive company-wide FinOps, cloud budgeting, and cost optimization.
• Establish SRE practices, including SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and capacity planning.
• Lead incident response, improve observability, and ensure high availability and disaster recovery.
• Make architectural decisions and align cross-functional teams.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or SRE.
• 2+ years in a Lead, Staff, or Principal-level technical role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including GKE, Cloud Run, IAM, VPC, and other core services.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes/GKE.
• Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Cloud Build, or Jenkins).
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, IAM, and compliance.
• Experience with observability tools such as Google Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Proven experience with incident management, on-call processes, and SRE practices.
• Experience operating highly available, enterprise-scale production infrastructure.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• GCP certifications (Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, or equivalent).
• Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (Backstage, Port).
• Knowledge of GitOps (Argo CD, Flux) and progressive delivery strategies.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, Kafka, and Pub/Sub.
• Experience with cloud databases, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, and Firestore.
• Experience with FinOps, cloud budgeting, and unit economics optimization.
• Familiarity with data engineering and data science workloads on GCP.

Project Details

• Location: European Union (EU)
• Start Date: ASAP
• Rate: up to 40 euro

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