DevOps Lead Kafka and Datastage
First seen by Alion on Nov 10, 2026.
Remote work: hybrid - about 2 days from the office in Gdańsk.
Start: ASAP / 1 month.
Assignment type: B2B
Project language: English.
Project length: > 12 months + prolongations.
Industry: banking,.
Workload: 40 hours per week.
Summary: The role of the DevOps Lead is to provide technical leadership in ensuring the stability and continuous improvement of complex enterprise environments. The primary objective is hands-on management of systems, environments, and technical challenges, leading the team towards enhanced operational efficiency.
Main Responsibilities:
Take technical leadership for environment stability, platform health, and continuous improvement.
Work hands-on with environments, configurations, deployments, and troubleshooting.
Drive proactive monitoring, health checks, and early identification of technical issues.
Lead resolution of complex L3 platform and environment-related incidents.
Identify recurring technical problems and drive permanent solutions and automation.
Improve reliability, resilience, and recoverability of environments.
Drive reduction of manual operational activities through automation.
Support and improve CI/CD and deployment processes.
Coordinate technical upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation.
Support system and environment configuration.
Improve monitoring, logging, and observability.
Support management of certificates, service accounts, and technical dependencies.
Work closely with Development, Application Management, and Infrastructure teams.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to System Team members.
Key Requirements:
Strong experience in maintaining complex enterprise environments.
Practical experience with IBM MDM, DataStage, Kafka, WAS, or IBM IIDR/CDC.
Solid Linux/Unix troubleshooting skills.
Understanding of CI/CD methodologies.
Experience with automation and technical improvements.
Tech stack
- Linux
- Kafka
- IBM MDM
- WAS, or IBM IIDR/CDC
- DataStage