Senior DevOps Engineer

Established in 1997, Softeq was built from the ground up to specialize in new product development and R&D, tackling the most difficult problems in the tech sphere. Now we've expanded to offer early-stage innovation and ideation plus digital transformation business consulting. Our superpower is to deliver all of this under one roof on a global scale. So let's get started and build a better future together!

Locations/type of contract:

• Vilnius, Lithuania (employment contract)
• Poland (employment or B2B contract)

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and maintain highly available, secure cloud infrastructure, primarily on AWS,GCP, Azure;
• Lead CI/CD efforts by building and improving pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.);
• Manage Kubernetes clusters in production, including Helm charts, auto-scaling, and service mesh;
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools;
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and incident response;
• Drive observability across systems with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Datadog, or ELK;
• Collaborate with software engineers to enable fast, safe, and repeatable deployments;
• Mentor team members and establish DevOps best practices across the organization;
• Ensure compliance and security through automation, policy-as-code, and secure pipeline management;
• Use AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to speed up automation scripting, IaC development, and troubleshooting;
• Apply AIOps practices (anomaly detection, automated root-cause analysis) to improve incident response and operational efficiency.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles;
• Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure also valuable);
• Production experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads;
• Strong skills in scripting or programming (e.g., Python, Go, Bash);
• Deep understanding of CI/CD, GitOps (Argo CD, Flux, or similar), and modern deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, etc.);
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Helm, and cloud networking concepts;
• Working knowledge of policy-as-code (OPA, HashiCorp Sentinel, or similar);
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and incident management best practices;
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, security, and QA teams;
• Strong communicator and mentor; able to guide and uplift other engineers;
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development or ops tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) in daily workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA, or Terraform Associate;
• Background in scaling SaaS or multi-tenant platforms;
• Experience with secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager);
• Experience building or integrating AIOps solutions (anomaly detection, automated root-cause analysis, predictive scaling).

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