Principal DevOps Engineer

Cornerstone Research; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 238,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Research in Kraków is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer for a Hybrid Kraków Office role. You will design, implement and optimize deployment pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and platform tooling to accelerate software delivery.

You will collaborate with software engineering and cloud operations, strengthen Kubernetes/Docker environments, and promote best practices across teams to enable reliable, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of work experience.
• AWS: EC2, RDS, Route53, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS.
• Solid Linux admin skills with scripting.
• CI/CD knowledge and practices.
• Kubernetes and Docker hands-on.
• Cfg mgmt: Ansible, SaltStack.
• Terraform/Terragrunt IaC.
• Git or SVN version control.
• Jenkins and DSL scripting.
• Monitoring and logging tooling.

Responsibilities

• Propose system/framework enhancements and tooling.
• Define strategy for systems/solutions development.
• Lead deployment strategy implementations.
• Assist team with complex issues.
• Develop CI/CD frameworks to automate builds.
• Maintain pre-production systems and toolset.
• Improve monitoring and provisioning solutions.
• Work with cloud-based solutions daily.
• Promote best practices.
• Collaborate with software eng and cloud ops.

Skills

AWS

Linux

CI/CD

Git

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

SaltStack

Terraform

Terragrunt

Git

SVN

Jenkins

Job description

We're looking for a

Principal DevOps Engineer

This role is Hybrid,Krakow Office

In this role you will...

• Come up with proposals for systems/frameworks enhancements and improvement including necessary toolset
• Help creating strategy of systems/solutions development
• Create and lead implementation of software deployment strategies
• Assist to other members of the team with solving of complex issues
• Develop CI/CD frameworks to automate tasks for developing and deploying code
• Maintain pre-production systems and engineering toolset
• Enhance monitoring, logging and provisioning solutions
• Work with cloud based solutions on your day-to-day work
• Promote best practices
• Closely collaborate with software engineering and cloud operations teams

You’ve got what it takes if you have…

• 4-8 years of work experience
• Amazon Web Services working knowledge (EC2, RDS Route53, SES, SNS, SQS, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, ALB, NLB, ECR, EKS, ES)
• Solid Linux administration know-how (command-line should be your best friend) including scripting languages
• Solid knowledge about systems and applications supporting Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery / Continuous Deployment
• Hands on experience with Kubernetes and Docker
• Hands on experience with Configuration Management / automation tools (Ansible, SaltStack)
• Terraform/Terragrunt as the Infrastructure as Code solution
• Hands on experience with version control systems (Git, SVN)
• Experience with Jenkins and Jenkins task creation automation (Jenkins DSL)
• Experience with monitoring and logging solutions
• Comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching beyond functional boundaries

Extra Dose of Awesome if you are familiar with...

• Understanding of ITIL and Agile methodologies. Practical application of both of them.
• Databases including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle – the more the better.
• Security and moving towards DevSecOps in every possible area of your work
• Systems expertise (network stack, filesystems, cpu, memory, and how do they come together)
• Working knowledge of maven/ant/gradle, java/groovy, nexus combination, jboss, Tomcat and monitoring of those

Our Culture:

Spark Greatness. Shatter Boundaries. Share Success. Are you ready? Because here, right now – is where the future of work is happening. Where curious disruptors and change innovators like you are helping communities and customers enable everyone – anywhere – to learn, grow and advance. To be better tomorrow than they are today.

Who We Are:

Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered workforce agility platform, meets organizations where they are. With Galaxy, organizations can identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern workforce. More than 7,000 organizations and 100 million+ users in 180+ countries and in nearly 50 languages use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.

Total Rewards:

At Cornerstone, we are dedicated to inspiring excellence and pushing boundaries in everything we do. Our compensation strategy is based on three fundamental principles: equitable pay, market-driven research, and skill-based appraisals. As part of our mission to share success and empower individuals to thrive in an ever-changing world, the listed salary range is just one element of Cornerstone’s comprehensive compensation package. This compensation package may also include annual bonuses, short- and program-specific awards depending on the role, and a comprehensive benefit offering. The disclosed salary range reflects the geographic differential based on the location of the position if applicable. The starting salary for the successful applicant will depend on several job-related factors, including education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, and market demands. This range is based on a full-time position and may be adjusted in the future. Join us in shaping the future of work — tomorrow, together. Experience flexibility and empowerment in your career at Cornerstone. The BASE salary range for this position is: 237700 - 380300 PLN.

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