DevOps Engineer (Italy based)

MDOTM; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MDOTM is seeking an Intermediate DevOps Engineer to join the Platform Team. You will support, enhance, and maintain the underlying infrastructure and tools enabling fast, secure software delivery for Sphere, MDOTM’s AI-driven investment platform.

You will design and automate CI/CD pipelines, manage IaC with Terraform/Ansible, and work with Docker/Kubernetes to ensure scalable services. Strong automation and security focus required.

Qualifications

• Experience in a DevOps or SRE role with automation, infra, and CI/CD.
• Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines.
• Docker experience and writing Dockerfiles; debugging containers.
• IaC tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with monitoring/logging/alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix).
• Scripting in Python or Bash for automation.
• Security in the SDLC and basic best practices.
• Clear English communication and collaborative mindset.
• Experience with event-driven systems (ActiveMQ).
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Familiarity with Java/Spring Boot concepts.
• AWS fundamentals (EC2, S3, IAM).
• Financial-services or high-throughput data background.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and automate CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD).
• Manage IaC via Terraform/Ansible for on-prem and AWS resources.
• Work with Docker and Kubernetes to package and operate services.
• Help implement monitoring/logging/tracing (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix).
• Embed security into SDLC and automate controls within pipelines.
• Support database infrastructure (MySQL, MongoDB) provisioning and migrations.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and health of core platform services.
• Document runbooks and standards; contribute to architectural decisions.
• Promote DevOps culture and knowledge sharing across teams.

Skills

DevOps experience

CI/CD automation

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Monitoring & logging

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Security in SDLC

English communication

Event-driven systems (ActiveMQ)

Open-source contributions

Java/Spring Boot

AWS fundamentals

Financial-services data processing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Zabbix

ActiveMQ

Java/Spring Boot

AWS (EC2/S3/IAM)

Job description

MDOTM is a global leading provider of AI-driven investment solutions, growing across our offices in London, Milan, and New York. We recently closed a $27M growth equity round, led by Expedition Growth Capital, to support our continued international expansion. Our proprietary platform, Sphere, currently supports over $100B in assets under management for institutional clients including Morgan Stanley, Amundi, and Zurich Bank.

Role Overview

MDOTM, a leading provider of AI-driven investment solutions, is looking for an Intermediate DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Team. You will play a key role in supporting, enhancing, and maintaining the foundational infrastructure and tools that empower our product teams — contributing to a reliable, scalable, and efficient developer platform that enables fast and secure software delivery for Sphere, our proprietary AI-driven investment platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and automation of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD) to ensure fast, safe, and repeatable releases across all environments.
• Assist in the adoption and management of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible, helping provision and manage on-premise and AWS resources in a controlled, auditable, and reproducible manner.
• Work with Docker and Kubernetes to package and operate services, contributing to declarative configuration, GitOps practices, and efficient resource utilization.
• Help implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix), and participate in on-call rotations to ensure high availability and low Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR).
• Contribute to embedding security best practices (OWASP Top 10, least privilege IAM, shift-left testing) into the SDLC and help automate security controls within pipelines.
• Support the management and automation of database infrastructure (MySQL, MongoDB), including provisioning, backups, and automated schema migrations.
• Automate and support the deployment, scaling, and operational health of core platform services (authentication, data pipelines, messaging) for internal consumers.
• Participate in technical design discussions, learn from architectural decisions related to infrastructure and operations, and help document runbooks and standards.
• Champion DevOps culture ("you build it, you run it") and share knowledge through demos, pair programming, and internal workshops.

Skills Required

• Proven experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role, with a focus on automation, infrastructure, and CI/CD
• Hands-on experience working with and contributing to CI/CD pipelines
• Practical experience with Docker and exposure to Kubernetes, including writing Dockerfiles and debugging containerized applications
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• Experience with at least one monitoring, logging, or alerting system (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Zabbix), and curiosity for SRE principles
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating common tasks
• Basic understanding of security best practices in the SDLC
• Good analytical skills and a methodical approach to troubleshooting system and infrastructure issues
• Clear English communication, collaborative spirit, and a growth mindset aligned with a culture of shared ownership and rapid feedback
• Experience with event-driven systems (e.g., ActiveMQ)
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Familiarity with backend development concepts (e.g., Java/Spring Boot)
• Working knowledge of AWS fundamentals (EC2, S3, IAM)
• Financial-services or high-throughput data processing background

Why Join Us?

• Work at the leading edge of technology, leveraging our decade of experience in proprietary AI to power a platform trusted by top-tier institutional clients.
• Truly flexible work environment, we care about output, not hours logged.
• Collaborate daily with an ultra-international team (18+ nationalities) across our Milan, London, and New York offices.
• Annual company retreat at a stunning location, because we invest in our people beyond the day job.
• Real, fast-track career progression, with outsized growth opportunities for early team members.