We are looking for a Middle DevOps Engineer:
Language Proficiency: Intermediate
FTE: 1
Employment type: Full time
Candidate Location: Poland Kazakhstan Georgia
Working Time Zone: EU
Start: January 2026
Customer Description:
A global video streaming provider offering a single subscription for numerous TV channels and a wide library of media content.
Project Description:
We are searching for a DevOps Engineer to join a large-scale digital media streaming platform.
The project includes supporting the transition from a Docker-based setup to Kubernetes and maintaining automation pipelines.
The specialist will collaborate with an existing DevOps Engineer and help ensure platform stability scalability and reliability.
Project Phase: Active development
Soft Skills:
Strong analytical problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently with ownership mindset
Clear and structured communication when collaborating with teams
Attention to detail in production workflows
Proactive approach to enhancing reliability
Ability to remain effective in high-pressure incident situations
Hard Skills / Must Have:
23 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or SRE
Experience maintaining production systems in on-prem environments
Strong knowledge of Enterprise Linux distributions
Advanced OS administration skills: networking systemd SELinux firewalld troubleshooting
Experience with RPM packages and internal package repositories
Experience configuring a CI/CD platform (pipelines runners variables)
Experience using container registries
Ability to automate build and deployment workflows
Strong Docker knowledge: image building optimization security
Experience with Docker Compose
Experience administering on-prem Kubernetes clusters
Experience configuring deployments services ingresses secrets ConfigMaps
Experience working with Helm
Understanding of ingress controllers networking plugins load balancing
Experience configuring nginx as reverse proxy and load balancer
Ability to apply Lua scripts for routing logic
PostgreSQL installation configuration administration backups performance tuning
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Ansible
Experience configuring Prometheus and Grafana
Experience with logging solutions (ELK/EFK or equivalents)
Knowledge of networking protocols: TCP/IP DNS TLS HTTP
Experience configuring firewall VPN NAT TLS certificates
Hard Skills / Nice to Have (Optional):
Experience administering other databases (MySQL Oracle DB)
Automation or tooling development with Bash / Python / Go
Experience with High Availability and Disaster Recovery on-prem
Responsibilities and Tasks:
Maintain operate and improve on-prem production infrastructure
Administer Linux systems and handle networking systemd SELinux firewalld troubleshooting
Manage RPM packages and internal package repositories
Configure and support CI/CD pipelines runners variables and registries
Build secure and optimize Docker images; maintain Docker Compose setups
Administer on-prem Kubernetes clusters including Helm deployments
Configure nginx as proxy and load balancer using Lua when necessary
Install configure and maintain PostgreSQL backups restore tuning
Automate infrastructure using Terraform or Ansible
Set up monitoring and logging systems alerts dashboards
Configure security and networking elements: firewall VPN NAT TLS
Participate in incident response and RCA
Develop automation scripts in Bash/Python/Go
English: upper-intermediate
Ready to Join
We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our team!
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