Senior DevOps Engineer

Poland (PL01) AVID Technology Poland Sp. z o.o.; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 186,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to automate testing, release, and deployment on the Avid Content Core platform, a multi-tenant SaaS on AWS EKS. The role requires autonomous operation within a team of senior engineers and strong communication to influence architectural decisions.

The position is based remotely in Poland with CET hours, and requires extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Istio, and ArgoCD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years building large, complex cloud environments.
• Experience with AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Istio, ArgoCD.
• Experience provisioning multi-tenant infra (Crossplane or similar).
• Strong problem-solving and collaborative teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Establish GitOps CI/CD practices (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions).
• Implement blue-green/canary rollouts and progressive delivery.
• Automate manual provisioning and IaC for multi-tenant environments.
• Provide last-level technical support as needed.
• Build tools to reduce errors and improve customer experience.
• Perform root cause analyses for production issues.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes/EKS

ArgoCD

Argo Rollouts

Crossplane

PostgreSQL

OPA security

Python/Go/Java

CI/CD experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

Istio

Crossplane

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. ABOUT AVID Avid makes technology and collaborative tools so creators can entertain, inform, educate, and enlighten the world. Our customers are the visionaries behind the most inspiring feature films, television programs, news broadcasts, televised sporting events, music recording and live concerts. To learn how Avid powers greater creators or for more information, visit www.avid.com.

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior DevOps Engineer works with application developers to automate and accelerate the testing, release, and deployment of applications on Avid's cloud platform, Avid Content Core, a multi-tenant SaaS running on AWS EKS. As part of a team composed entirely of senior engineers, the Senior DevOps Engineer will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and collaborate as a peer with other senior team members, sharing ownership of architectural decisions, cross-training on each other's areas of depth, and raising the bar on engineering practices across the team. As such, the ideal candidate must have experience clearly explaining solutions to complex problems and demonstrate the ability to influence and align other experienced engineers, not just execute independently. This role is based Remotely in Poland and will be following 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CET schedule (Monday to Friday).

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Establish and employ GitOps-based Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions)
• Implement industry Continuous Delivery patterns — progressive delivery, blue-green/canary rollouts (Argo Rollouts) and collaboratively work with other members to achieve successful continuous delivery solutions
• Identify manual processes that can be automated, particularly around multi-tenant provisioning and infrastructure-as-code
• Provide last-level technical support as needed
• Build tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experience
• Perform root cause analysis for production errors across a multi-tenant SaaS environment
• Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance
• Guide teams in designing, building, testing, and deploying changes to existing software, with an eye toward per-tenant isolation and blast-radius containment
• Consider the organization's entire IT infrastructure, networking, security, identity, and observability when making changes and improvements

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, closely related subject, or relevant experience
• 5 or more years of experience designing large and complex cloud environments
• Background in development, operations, and full-stack implementations
• Experience programming in a high-level language such as Python, Go, Java, or similar to script installation, configuration, and provisioning
• Strong understanding of application development methodologies
• Proficient with AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions (or similar CI), Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Istio, ArgoCD
• Experience with GitOps tooling for multi-tenant infrastructure provisioning (Crossplane or similar) a strong plus
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL and schema migration practices in a microservices context
• Familiarity with policy-based authorization (OPA) and service mesh security patterns a plus
• Problem-solving attitude
• Collaborative team spirit
• Ability to clearly articulate design and implementation choices
• Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools
• Comfort with collaboration, open communication, and reaching across functional borders

SALARY

Salary Ranges: MIN 185,848.80 to MAX 278,773.20 PLN Annual The salary range shown reflects the company's good faith full target range for this position at the time of posting. The company may update or modify this range at any time and endeavors to keep this posting current. Compensation decisions are based on factors including geographic location, experience, skills, education, and business needs. While the full range is posted for transparency, offers are typically made within the lower to middle portion of the range.

EEO

Avid is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Avid makes technology and collaboration tools so creators can entertain, inform, educate and enlighten the world. Our customers are the visionaries behind the most inspiring feature films, television programs, news broadcasts, televised sporting events, music recordings and live concerts. To learn how Avid powers greater creators or for more information, visit http://www.avid.com.