Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS - Remote

European Tech Recruit; A distancia; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A technology recruitment firm is looking for a skilled DevOps professional in Madrid, Spain. This role focuses on designing and managing Kubernetes infrastructure, optimizing AWS cloud solutions, and building CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience with Kubernetes and AWS tools like Terraform. The position requires strong operational skills and the ability to enhance platform reliability. A commitment to team collaboration and problem-solving is essential.

Formación

• 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Experience managing AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Crossplane.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

Responsabilidades

• Design and manage Kubernetes infrastructure with a GitOps approach.
• Scale and support microservices running on Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

Conocimientos

Kubernetes

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Terraform

Crossplane

CI/CD Pipelines

Incident Response

Herramientas

kOps

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Kafka

Strimzi Kafka Operator

Descripción del empleo

Responsibilities

This role is ideal for an experienced DevOps professional who thrives on ownership, reliability, and enabling engineering teams to move quickly and confidently.

Own, design, and evolve infrastructure using a GitOps‑driven, Kubernetes‑native approach.

Operate, scale, and support microservices architectures running on Kubernetes.

Provision, upgrade, and maintain Kubernetes clusters using tools such as kOps and Cluster API.

Manage and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure using Crossplane and Terraform.

Design, build, and maintain robust CI / CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

Implement and improve observability, monitoring, tracing, and profiling across platforms.

Lead incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and drive long‑term system improvements.

Qualifications

At least 5 years of hands‑on experience working with Kubernetes, including strong operational and troubleshooting expertise.

Solid experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure using tools such as Terraform and Crossplane.

Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, tracing, and profiling solutions.

Experience leading incident response, root cause analysis, and driving platform reliability improvements.

Experience with Kafka in a microservices environment, ideally using the Strimzi Kafka Operator.

Experience developing or maintaining Kubernetes controllers in Go.

Additional Information

By applying to this role you understand that we may collect your personal data and store and process it on our systems. In accordance with local employment laws, applicants must have current, valid authorisation to work in Spain at the time of application. We are unable to sponsor employment visas for this role.