DevOps Engineer

Ness Digital Engineering

About The Position

Ness is seeking a skilled, self-driven DevOps Engineer to build, optimize, and secure modern cloud infrastructure. The role focuses primarily on deployments and requires openness to learning the client’s product and related technologies. The engineer will support client solution upgrades and deployments across XSE, Production, UAT, and Development environments, investigate infrastructure and application issues, and collaborate with Development, DevOps, R&D, and customer teams. The posting seeks candidates with 4–6 years of DevOps and infrastructure automation experience, ideally in the financial industry. The role is limited to candidates in Slovakia. Salary starts from 1,900 EUR per month, depending on skills and experience; the final offer reflects the candidate’s assessment, skills, and work experience.

Requirements

4–6 years of experience in DevOps and infrastructure automation.
Ideally, experience in the financial industry.
Strong understanding of Docker and containerized application deployment principles.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes fundamentals, including Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Persistent Volumes.
Familiarity with Jenkins for monitoring and managing deployment workflows.
Experience deploying and supporting applications using Ansible-based automation and deployment frameworks.
Ability to use AWS services and the AWS Console to monitor EKS clusters, application workloads, databases, and load balancers.
Working knowledge of Kubernetes networking and AWS load balancing technologies, including ALB, NLB, and Ingress controllers.
Experience reviewing and validating Ansible playbooks, Helm charts, and application configuration files.
Understanding of containerized application architecture and how configuration, secrets, storage, and networking components interact in Amazon EKS environments.
Expertise in AWS services and hybrid cloud environments.
Strong skills with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure (the posting does not specify the associated technology or practice).
Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes.
Scripting skills in Python, Bash, Groovy, and YAML.
Experience with monitoring tools.
Familiarity with databases such as Postgres, SQL, Redis, and MongoDB.
Strong debugging, root-cause analysis, and complex distributed-systems troubleshooting skills.
Strong communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams and clients.
Ability to work independently or lead smaller DevOps initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the financial industry.
Experience with hybrid cloud environments.

Responsibilities

Perform client solution upgrades across XSE environments, ensuring smooth deployments with minimal service disruption.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues involving Kubernetes, Karpenter, node affinity, and cluster configurations.
Manage out-of-the-box and customized container images, including comparing configurations and aligning them with standard product releases.
Execute end-to-end AVA installation and configuration, including deployment, validation, testing, and technical documentation.
Configure, validate, and support Single Sign-On integrations across multiple environments.
Investigate and resolve infrastructure, application, deployment, and configuration issues during upgrade and implementation projects.
Collaborate with Development, DevOps, R&D, and customer teams to resolve issues and deliver projects on time.
Support Production, UAT, and Development environments through deployments, upgrades, validations, and post-implementation activities.
Use AWS services and the AWS Console to monitor EKS clusters, application workloads, databases, and load balancers.
Review and validate deployment artifacts, including Ansible playbooks, Helm charts, and application configuration files.
Support fast-paced waterfall teams with automation and tooling; work independently or lead smaller DevOps initiatives.