Senior DevOps Engineer

Short Description

On behalf of our client a company specialized in IT Services and IT Consulting in Zagreb, we are looking for a highly motivated senior DevOps Engineer to join their team.

Description

About the role:

• Taking technical ownership of DevOps practices, platforms, and environments (development, testing, production)
• Coordinating day-to-day DevOps activities within a small team (currently 2 people), while remaining strongly hands-on
• Designing, implementing and continuously improving CI/CD pipelines, containerization and automation solutions
• Acting as a technical point of contact for product development teams and participating in weekly syncs (status, planning, improvements)
• Mentoring and supporting team members through onboarding, knowledge sharing and code/architecture reviews
• Contributing to hiring decisions and team growth as the DevOps function evolves
• Ensuring systems follow internal standards, best practices and security guidelines
• Writing, reviewing and maintaining technical and operational documentation

Requirements

Requirements (Technical):

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles
• Strong experience with containerization (Docker, Podman) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher)
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, etc.)
• Hands-on experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Experience administering relational (PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (Python, Bash, Java, C#, JavaScript, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of Linux systems
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and IT security fundamentals
• Daily experience with Git or similar version control systems

Offer

Team & collaboration skills:

• Experience coordinating or mentoring within small technical teams (people management experience is a plus, not a primary focus)
• Ability to organize work, set priorities and support team members in day-to-day tasks
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• Proactive, responsible and solution-oriented approach