Senior DevOps Engineer

This role is located in Slovakia (Bratislava or Košice) ! As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will work as part of a dedicated DevOps team designing, maintaining, and enhancing cloud-native infrastructure that supports data science workloads. You’ll collaborate with multiple development teams with deploying and maintaining time-series forecasting and generative AI applications. The role focuses on building reliable, secure, and observable platform in GCP using Kubernetes, IaC, and automated CI/CD pipelines. Apply and find out more about us and our Digi department! Key Responsibilities: • Working in a distributed DevOps team across multiple locations using agile practices • Supporting the design and operation of core infrastructure on GCP for data science and Python-based ML/AI workloads • Maintaining and improving Kubernetes environments with Helm and ArgoCD • Developing and reviewing Terraform modules and cloud configurations • Managing GitLab CI/CD pipelines across applications, infrastructure, and ML projects • Implementing and optimizing autoscaling strategies for workloads and clusters • Ensuring robust observability across monitoring, logging, and tracing using Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo • Troubleshooting issues across cloud, container, networking, and application layers • Enhancing platform reliability, cost efficiency, and developer experience • Educating developers and data scientists on best practices and relevant parts of the technology stack Competence Profile: • Fluent English; German is a plus • Minimum 4 years of professional experience in DevOps or related roles • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field • Strong expertise with at least one major cloud provider (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable) • Extensive experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm charts, and container-based production systems • Understanding basic security concepts and helping to identify and mitigate common vulnerabilities • Solid hands-on proficiency with Terraform and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD • Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally with GitLab CI • Proficiency in Unix/Linux administration, shell scripting, and practical networking fundamentals • Experience with monitoring and observability solutions (Grafana stack; ELK also relevant) • Familiarity with autoscaling concepts (HPA/VPA, cluster autoscaler) • Experience with relational and document databases, such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB, is a plus • Experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation is a plus Benefits that make you happy: Annual bonusFully paid meal vouchersMobile phone also for private useDiscounts for selected Telekom productsSupplementary pension saving contributionCafeteria system of benefits/Multisport cardSick daysSports club & Health daysTeambuildings, summer & Christmas partyOpportunities for career growthReferral programFlexible working time