Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Reply; Katowice; Hybrid; PLN 179,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverland Reply is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of scalable cloud platforms in a hybrid Katowice setting. You will work with Cloud Architects and engineering teams to shape infrastructure at scale.

You will own IaC using Terraform/Terragrunt, drive GitOps pipelines, and mentor engineers while improving observability, security, and cost optimization across AWS and Azure.

Qualifications

• University studies in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a comparable field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, operating, and scaling cloud platforms in production.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes including AWS and Azure.
• Infrastructure as Code, automation, and operations with Terraform/Terragrunt and CI/CD.
• Security, governance, and cost optimization including FinOps as a plus.
• Analytical and decision-making skills with Agile/DevOps delivery and Jira/Confluence.
• Excellent English and Polish; German a plus; hybrid work in Katowice.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and operation of scalable cloud platforms.
• Own IaC solutions using Terraform/Terragrunt and Git-based CI/CD workflows.
• Lead teams in building persistent automation with AI-enabled agents.
• Design, operate, and improve Kubernetes platforms for production workloads.
• Architect and implement advanced automation for reliability and scalability.
• Drive integration and operation of managed cloud services across AWS and Azure.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to platform roadmap and tooling choices.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform/Terragrunt

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Automation

Observability

Incident response

Root cause analysis

Capacity planning

Security hardening

Cost optimization

Agile/DevOps

Mentorship

English & Polish comms

Education

University studies in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and operation of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platforms, collaborating closely with Cloud Architects and engineering teams.
• Own complex Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform/Terragrunt and Git-based CI/CD workflows, including design standards and quality-driven delivery.
• Lead teams in building persistent automation for enterprise-grade platforms, leveraging AI-enabled agents to optimize productivity and engineering workflows.
• Design, operate, and continuously improve Kubernetes platforms running production workloads, including capacity planning, performance optimization, security hardening, and lifecycle management.
• Architect and implement advanced automation to improve platform reliability, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency, driving operational excellence through observability, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Drive the integration and operation of managed cloud services across AWS and Azure (multi-cloud exposure a plus), ensuring compliance with security, cost, and operational standards.
• Act as a technical mentor and platform leader, contributing to architectural reviews, platform roadmap evolution, tooling selection, and improved developer experience across teams.

Benefits

• Motivizer Benefits Platform to choose and manage all your benefits in one place. You receive a budget (550 PLN monthly). You can choose medical care package, meal tickets, sports cards (we have Multisport and on preferential terms, we have membership cards to one of the most popular Gyms), cinema tickets, shop vouchers, discounts and many more.
• Language Courses – you'll have access to a multi-language learning platform enabling you to practice you language skills and learn new ones!
• Regular and systematic further training opportunities - both internally and from external providers. We support your ongoing learning and development.
• Cooperation within an internal community is our everyday reality. We have networking events, coding challenges, and company parties for different occasions.

Qualifications

• Successfully completed university studies in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a comparable field
• 3+ years of hands-on professional experience designing, operating, and scaling cloud platforms and/or platform services in production environments.
• Strong practical experience across cloud platforms and Kubernetes, including AWS and/or Azure (networking, IAM, security, compute, managed services) and production-grade Kubernetes administration.
• Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code, automation, and operations, including Terraform/Terragrunt, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, scripting, monitoring, observability, incident handling, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of security, governance, and cost optimization, including identity and secrets management, network security, compliance awareness, and FinOps exposure as a plus.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, experience with Agile/DevOps delivery models, structured delivery processes (Jira, Confluence), and the ability to mentor engineers and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Very good communication skills in English and Polish; German is a plus, along with openness to a hybrid working model (presence in the Katowice office once per week).

Salary ranges

Employment Contract: 16 000 - 22 000 PLN gross/month

About Riverland Reply

Riverland Reply is specialized in consulting end-to-end customer-oriented solutions and strategies. In addition, Riverland Reply supports its customers in strategic IT decisions, implementation of defined solutions and production execution. The company combines in-depth knowledge of digital Customer Experience with the full potential of cloud native technologies. This expertise allows Riverland Reply to remove the barriers between a product-based technology and a full custom implementation. Knowing that Customer Experience in the digital era must be highly flexible to be adapted to different industries, Riverland Reply advises clients in automotive, transportation, logistics and finance industry. The strong partnership and close collaboration with Oracle made Riverland Reply the experts of Oracle’s Customer Experience products.