Senior DevOps Engineer (GCP & IaC)
Project description
Join our Development Center in Bucharest, and become a member of our open-minded, progressive and professional team. In this role you will be working on projects for one our world famous clients. You will have a chance to grow your technical and soft skills, and build a thorough expertise of the industry of our client. On top of attractive salary and benefits package, Luxoft will invest into your professional training, and allow you to grow your professional career.
Responsibilities
- - Architect, design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). - Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices, utilizing Terraform for resource provisioning and configuration management. - Lead the development, optimization, and standardization of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Workflows to enable efficient and reliable software releases. - Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevOps practices, promote continuous improvement, and ensure optimal application performance and stability. - Automate complex operational tasks to reduce manual effort and enhance system efficiency and reliability. - Develop and maintain scripts and tools for infrastructure automation, monitoring, and deployment within the GCP environment. - Implement and enforce security best practices, ensuring compliance and data protection across infrastructure and deployment processes, including use of GCP Secret Manager. - Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior team members to support their professional growth. - Participate in on-call rotations and deliver expert-level support for production systems to maintain high availability and timely issue resolution, if requested.
SKILLS
Must have
- Expert-level proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform (a mandatory requirement). Demonstrable expertise in cloud platforms, with significant hands-on experience and certifications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Experience with AWS or Azure is a plus. Extensive experience with enterprise Security Management solutions, including advanced usage of GCP Secret Manager and other GCP security services (e.g., Cloud IAM, Security Command Center). Proven track record in defining, implementing, and optimizing complex CI/CD flows, with deep expertise in GitHub Workflows. Strong experience with containerization technologies: Docker (creating optimized images, multi-stage builds) and Kubernetes (cluster administration, deployments, scaling, using Terraform modules for cluster creation/management). Proficient in developing and maintaining Helm Charts (templates, hooks, packaging, release management). Solid experience in delivering high-quality, maintainable code within enterprise-scale development environments, adhering to best practices and code review processes. In-depth working knowledge of environment monitoring tools such as GCP Operations (formerly Stackdriver), New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, for proactive incident detection and performance optimization. Strong expertise in software development processes, models, lifecycles, and methodologies (Agile/Scrum). Hands-on experience with service-mesh technologies like Istio or similar products for traffic management, security, and observability. Advanced software development and scripting skills in at least one relevant language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Bash, JavaScript). Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible or Chef is a plus. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible or Chef. Experience with AWS or Azure is a plus.
