Hybrid Senior DevOps Engineer

at Exacaster

• Job title: Senior DevOps Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: €5,000 - €7,300 per month
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Kubernetes, Linux, Prometheus, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Vilnius, Lithuania

About the role

• Senior DevOps Engineer building and managing big data platforms for clients in telecommunications and finance industries. Ensuring stability, scalability, and performance across cloud and on-premise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure for big data platforms, including Cloudera on-prem solutions and cloud-based environments on AWS or Azure.
• Implement, manage, and optimize monitoring solutions using Zabbix and Prometheus to ensure the performance, availability, and reliability of data platforms.
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform-related issues, focusing on system performance, reliability, and scalability of large data sets.
• Use Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure automation, configuration management, and to ensure repeatable, scalable deployments.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments and continuous integration (including static code analysis) for both infrastructure and applications.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters for orchestrating Big Data workloads and ensuring efficient resource utilization.
• Collaborate with network teams to ensure seamless communication between data services, optimize data traffic, and enhance security practices.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks within Big Data platforms, including resource management, cluster tuning, and workload optimization.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or SRE roles, with a focus on big data platforms and distributed computing environments.
• Proficiency in monitoring systems using Zabbix or Prometheus for tracking and alerting system metrics.
• Strong knowledge of Linux (RHEL) systems, including scripting, system administration, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments, particularly AWS or Azure, including the deployment of cloud-native services and infrastructure.
• Expertise in deploying, managing, and scaling applications using Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in using Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as ArgoCD, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including security, VPNs, and performance tuning in hybrid environments.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in identifying and solving complex platform issues, particularly performance bottlenecks.
• Knowledge of best practices and tools for optimizing system and application performance in large-scale distributed environments.

Benefits

• Participation in the company’s stock options program.
• Flexible Benefits & Personal learning budget.
• 10 Growth Days per year - dedicated time for learning and development.
• Ownership and dynamics in your role.
• All the support you need from our experienced team to become an even better professional.