Lead DevOps Engineer

Link Group; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Poland seeks a skilled DevOps Lead to guide technical initiatives, manage high-availability systems, and collaborate across teams. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in DevOps, strong knowledge of Linux, Azure, and an array of cloud tools. Fluency in Polish and English is required. This role offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for technical leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or related technical areas.
• Strong background in high-availability systems and resilient infrastructure design.
• Proven ability to lead or mentor teams and coordinate complex, multi-domain projects.
• Excellent knowledge of Linux environments and experience with Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes.
• Skilled in automation, container orchestration, and managing CI/CD processes.
• Familiarity with security best practices, network protocols, and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL management and optimization; knowledge of ClickHouse is highly desirable.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of DevOps initiatives.
• Coordinate collaboration between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams.
• Work closely with engineering leadership to define priorities.
• Shape the DevOps culture and standards.
• Build and maintain cloud-based environments using various tools.
• Oversee CI/CD processes ensuring efficient delivery pipelines.
• Design monitoring and observability frameworks.
• Manage high-availability, mission-critical systems operating at 99.9%+ uptime.
• Optimize PostgreSQL databases and work with ClickHouse.

Skills

DevOps experience

Technical leadership

Linux environments

Azure cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD processes

PostgreSQL

ClickHouse

Tools

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Elastic Stack

Kibana

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Your Role

• Lead the technical direction of DevOps initiatives across CI/CD, infrastructure, monitoring, and security domains.

• Coordinate collaboration between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams to ensure technical alignment and smooth delivery across all environments.

• Work closely with engineering leadership to define priorities, build roadmaps, and drive cross-team dependencies.

• Shape the DevOps culture and standards, introducing best practices and long-term improvement plans for automation, scalability, and reliability.

• Build and maintain cloud-based environments using tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, and Azure.

• Oversee CI/CD processes using GitLab CI and ArgoCD, ensuring efficient, secure, and consistent delivery pipelines.

• Design monitoring and observability frameworks with Elastic Stack, Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.

• Manage high-availability, mission-critical systems operating at 99.9%+ uptime.

• Optimize PostgreSQL databases and work with ClickHouse for performance-intensive analytical use cases.

What We Expect

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or related technical areas.

• Strong background in high-availability systems and resilient infrastructure design.

• Proven ability to lead or mentor teams and coordinate complex, multi-domain projects.

• Excellent knowledge of Linux environments and experience with Azure cloud infrastructure.

• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes.

• Skilled in automation, container orchestration, and managing CI/CD processes (GitLab CI, ArgoCD).

• Familiarity with security best practices, network protocols, and troubleshooting (DNS, SSH, TCP/IP, HTTP).

• Proficiency in PostgreSQL management and optimization; knowledge of ClickHouse is highly desirable.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills — able to bridge technical and business perspectives.

• Fluent in Polish and English.