Senior DevOps Engineer

Ciklum; Poland; On-site; PLN 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Luxmed medical package

MyBenefit cafeteria

Udemy access

Language courses

Company-paid certifications

Remote work availability

Job summary

Ciklum in Poland is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a cross-functional development team and own infrastructure that scales with growth. You'll design, build, and maintain compute, networking, CI/CD, and observability, while promoting reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes developer experience, incident triage, and principled architecture. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, leverage IaC tools, and apply AI-driven improvements to automate workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a Kubernetes cluster with node pools, upgrades, and scaling.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform; Pulumi/CloudFormation).
• Strong fundamentals in infra/DevOps and scalable architecture decisions.
• Comfort owning production triage: logs, hypotheses, scripts, and root cause analysis.
• Combination of infrastructure/DevOps and Python/software engineering skills.
• Clear, effective communicator able to explain trade-offs to engineers and stakeholders.
• Genuinely AI-forward: using AI tools to move faster and better.
• Collaborative partner to the broader engineering org.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure (compute, networking, CI/CD, observability).
• Drive developer experience improvements — reducing friction and toil.
• Lead triage on production issues: analyze logs and drive to resolution.
• Shape and advance infrastructure architecture for simplicity, scalability, and ease of use.
• Use AI tools deliberately as a force multiplier in your work.
• Partner closely with engineering teams to translate needs into infrastructure decisions.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python scripting

Production triage

AI tools usage

Communication skills

Collaboration with engineers

DevOps fundamentals

Infrastructure design

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team in Poland.
We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About The Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experience of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure (compute, networking, CI/CD, observability)
• Drive developer experience improvements — reducing friction, removing toil, and making the "paved path" the easy path
• Lead triage on production issues: dig into logs, write scripts to analyze data when needed, and drive incidents to resolution
• Shape and advance our infrastructure architecture with a bias toward simplicity, scalability, and ease of use for the engineers building on it
• Use AI tools deliberately and effectively as a force multiplier in your own work, and help others on the team do the same
• Partner closely with engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into infrastructure decisions

Requirements

• Experience managing a Kubernetes (or similar) cluster — not just deploying applications onto one as a runtime. You should have configured, operated, or maintained a cluster yourself (node pools, upgrades, scaling, networking, etc.)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or an equivalent like Pulumi/CloudFormation) — you've written and maintained IaC yourself
• Solid engineering fundamentals and a real point of view on what makes infrastructure and architecture simple, scalable, and maintainable — and the judgment to make good trade-offs
• Comfort owning production triage: reading logs, forming hypotheses, writing a script when that's the fastest path to an answer, and driving to root cause under some pressure
• Combination of infrastructure/DevOps and Python/software engineering skillsets
• Clear, effective communicator, in writing and out loud — able to explain technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-infra stakeholders
• Genuinely AI-forward: you already use AI tools to move faster and better, not just because it's expected
• A collaborative partner to the broader engineering org — this role succeeds by making other engineers more effective, not by working in isolation

Desirable

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, particularly GKE Autopilot or a comparable managed Kubernetes environment
• Experience with gRPC, Postgres at scale, or service-oriented architectures
• Experience scaling infrastructure or DX tooling at a growth-stage company
• Experience in a regulated environment (HIPAA or similar)
• Prior ownership of a paved-path or internal platform initiative

What’s in it for you?

• Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment
• Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise
• Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications
• Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies
• Flexibility: Enjoy flexibility – full remote working possibilities
• Care: We've got you covered with company-paid premium medical package through Luxmed
• Benefits: Access the MyBenefit cafeteria platform, allowing you to choose perks that best suit your lifestyle and needs

About Us

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

With delivery centers in Wrocław and Gdańsk, our 300+ professionals in Poland drive forward-thinking solutions for global clients. Join a community where collaboration sparks innovation—and your impact reaches millions.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.