DevOps Lead

OPTIVEUM sp. z o.o.•Capon Bridge, WV

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Optiveum is recruiting and contracting for a client in the banking industry. The DevOps Lead will join the System Team, which maintains and continuously improves the technical health, stability, and resilience of the client’s application environments. This is a hands-on technical leadership role involving direct work with systems, environments, and technical issues, alongside providing technical direction to the team. The role focuses on making environments more stable, automated, observable, secure, and easier to operate. The work is full-time (40 hours per week) in a hybrid model, with three days per week in the office. The listed locations are Warsaw, Gdańsk, or Gdynia. The rate is up to 200 PLN per hour on a B2B basis.

Requirements

Strong practical experience maintaining and troubleshooting complex enterprise application environments.
Deep understanding of system operations, integrations, and dependencies.
Hands-on experience with at least one key technology: IBM MDM, DataStage, Kafka, WebSphere Application Server (WAS), or IBM IIDR/CDC.
Solid Linux/Unix troubleshooting skills.
Understanding of CI/CD, deployment automation, and infrastructure/application lifecycle management.
Ability to analyze logs, system behavior, and technical dependencies to identify root causes.
Experience improving system stability through automation, monitoring, and technical improvements.
Ability to take ownership of complex technical problems and drive them from investigation to resolution.
Ability to provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in hands-on work.
Effective collaboration across Development, Application Management, Infrastructure, and other technical teams.
Advanced English.

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 the reliability, resilience, and recoverability of environments.
Reduce 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.