Lead DevOps Engineer - AWS/Azure (Poland - remote)

Kainos; United States; Remote; USD 17,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer experienced in AWS/Azure to lead teams in designing and delivering high-quality digital service platforms. This fully remote position offers competitive pay and requires strong leadership and technical skills in cloud migration projects. You'll work in a collaborative environment, mentor junior members, and develop your career while participating in exciting projects.

Benefits

Company share scheme plan

Private medical insurance

Multisport card

Group life insurance

Reimbursement for home office setup costs

Flexibility in work hours

Reward and Recognition scheme

Additional days off for charity activities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in team leadership implementing Cloud Migration projects.
• Strong expertise in designing and supporting digital service platforms.
• Familiarity with Continuous Delivery and automation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to design, automate, build and support modern digital service platforms.
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a strong DevOps culture.

Skills

Communication

Team Leadership

DevOps Culture

Technical Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Advanced-level certification with public cloud provider

Certification in Kubernetes CKAD

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Git

Continuous Delivery tools

Job description

Lead DevOps Engineer - AWS/Azure (Poland - remote)

Pay Competitive

Location Remote

Employment type Full-Time

Job Description

Req#: JR_7085
Our people love the exciting and meaningful work they do, the cutting-edge resources and technology they have access to, the benefits we offer and the great community we’ve built. Want to join them?

Salary offered:

• 17 000 - 28 000 PLN gross per month (contract of employment)

• 20 000 - 33 000 PLN net per month (B2B)

We work fully remotely in Kainos but we might require you to visit our Gdansk office occasionally for team activities or company events.

For candidates based in 3city – our Gdansk office is open so if you prefer to work from the office or in a hybrid model, you are welcome to do so. We adjusted the office so it follows all pandemic restrictions.

Some of our projects might require traveling to the customer site in the UK. If you would be willing to travel to the UK, it would be crucial for you to have easy access to the airport. We would of course cover your traveling expenses.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for leading teams to design, automate, build and support modern digital service platforms. It’s a fast-paced environment and you will be trusted to make sound, reasoned decisions. You will do this whilst learning about new technologies and approaches, with talented colleagues that will help you to learn, develop and grow. As the technical leader in the team, you will also interact with customers, share knowledge and mentor those around you.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Working as part of a team - you will work alongside colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management and security capabilities to build, test and deploy software of the highest quality.

• Using technology for positive impact – you will ensure the latest technologies are employed appropriately and aligned with industry best practices for maximum user and business benefit.

• Finding your voice – as a respected technologist within Kainos, you will begin broadcasting your opinions. You will actively share knowledge both internally through communities of practice and more widely in industry.

• Becoming a Role Model – you will support your colleagues and foster a DevOps culture in all that you do by embodying the Kainos values. You will be a person your junior colleagues look up to – people trust your decisions because they are transparent and justified. You will be passionate and committed to ensuring Kainos projects are successful.

• Pushing the boundaries – through exposure to technology you may develop specialisms and choose to pivot your career in a certain direction.

• Providing Technical Leadership – you will provide direction and leadership for your team as you solve challenging problems together on delivery and support projects.

• Putting people first & developing others – you will manage, coach and develop team members, with a focus on managing employee performance and assisting in their career development. You will also provide direction and leadership for your team as you solve challenging problems together.

Minimum requirements:

• Strong verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to simply and clearly communicate technical design in conversation, documentation and presentation to a technical and non-technical audience.

• We all work in teams here in Kainos – You will need a proven experience of team leadership and supporting a DevOps culture in delivering Cloud Migration projects.

• We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community.

Significant expertise in:

• Designing, building, testing, automating, monitoring and supporting modern digital service platform in production environments.

• Utilizing the latest Continuous Delivery and automation techniques for releasing operationally ready software to production.

• Use of multiple configuration management, infrastructure provisioning and automation tools.

• Fluency in at least one of the following: Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, Groovy.

• Using modern version control systems including git.

• Debugging complex problems across multiple servers, services and tools – you have an intuition helping you diagnose the cause of the problem sometimes from only the mildest symptoms.

Demonstrable experience in:

• Building modern digital service platforms to include architecture, design, estimation, planning and iteration on MVP using a modern agile approach.

• Using the latest container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes.

• Use of a public cloud platform(s) including SaaS or PaaS offerings (AWS or Azure) to solve business problems.

• Technical leadership of teams to design and build components within a digital service platform that are scalable, resilient, efficient, secure, cost-effective and that promote portability.


Desirable

• Obtained advanced-level certification with a public cloud provider (AWS Professional/Azure Expert).

• Obtained certification relating to a particular area of specialisation e.g. Kubernetes CKAD.

• Active participation in both internal and external communities of practice.

What we offer ( Benefits may vary depending on the type of contract):

• Company share scheme plan.

• Private medical insurance.

• Multisport card.

• Group life insurance.

• 3000 Pounds for refer-a-friend scheme.

• Reimbursement of the costs of purchasing a chair and desk to be used in the home office.

• Core hours (starting work between 8 am and 10 am).

• Reward and Recognition scheme.

• Additional 2 days off for charity activities.

WHO YOU ARE:
Our vision is to enable outstanding people to create digital solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our values aren't abstract; they are the behaviours we expect from each other every day and underpin everything that we do. We expect everyone to display our values by being determined in how obstacles are overcome; honest when dealing with others; respectful of how you treat others; creative to find solutions to complex problems and cooperative by sharing information, knowledge and experience. These values, applied collectively, help to produce an outstanding Kainos person, team and culture.

About the company

Kainos Group plc is a software company headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland that develops information technology solutions for businesses and organisations particularly in the public, healthcare and financial services sectors.

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