Senior DevOps Engineer

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 leveragingAzure 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:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in DevOps or related infrastructure engineering roles
• 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