DevOps Engineer

About Zinkworks

Zinkworks partners with leading Telecommunications and Financial Services organizations to modernise legacy systems migrate mission-critical platforms to the cloud and engineer AI-driven automation. From OSS transformation to rApp development and network intelligence our teams simplify complexity and turn it into a competitive advantage. Based in Ireland and operating across the EU UK and US Zinkworks combines deep domain expertise with delivery excellence to help clients modernise faster and operate smarter.

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a major UK Telecommunications provider to deliver their flagship Agentic AI transformation programme. Operating from our Innovation Hub in Athlone we are building a CTO 2.0 ecosystemmoving our client from legacy manual workflows to an intelligent automated operating model powered by Autonomous AI Agents.

This is not a theoretical R&D initiative. We are deploying production-grade Generative AI Digital Twin solutions and cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to modernise critical national infrastructure across domains such as Fixed Access Engineering Core Network Engineering and Data Centre Sustainability.

As a DevOps Engineer you will play a key role in building securing and operating the cloud platforms that host and orchestrate AI agents at scale enabling rapid delivery while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability and security.

The Role

You will work within a high-performance cross-functional delivery pod alongside Software Engineers AI Architects Solution Architects and Product teams. Your focus will be on CI/CD automation platform reliability infrastructure as code and cloud security ensuring the Agentic AI platform can scale safely and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Design build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting cloud-native and AI-driven services.

• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud environments using tools such as Terraform.

• Deploy operate and optimise containerised workloads using Kubernetes (GKE) and cloud-native runtimes.

• Ensure platform availability scalability and resilience through proactive monitoring and optimisation.

• Embed security best practices into pipelines and infrastructure including IAM secrets management and vulnerability scanning.

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to improve deployment patterns and operational readiness.

• Implement observability across the platform using logging metrics and alerting.

• Contribute to platform standards documentation and operational runbooks.

Must-Have Skills

• 5 years of experience in a DevOps Platform Engineering or SRE role.

• Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins).

• Solid experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies (Docker Kubernetes).

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.

• Strong understanding of Linux systems and networking fundamentals.

• Experience implementing monitoring logging and alerting solutions.

• Comfortable working in Agile cross-functional delivery teams.

• Experience with any of scripting languages (Python Go or Bash).

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience supporting AI/ML or data-intensive platforms.

• Familiarity with regulated or security-sensitive environments.

• Exposure to telecom platforms OSS/BSS or large-scale distributed systems.

• Experience with GitOps SRE practices or platform reliability engineering.

Inclusion & Diversity at Zinkworks

At Zinkworks we are deeply committed to fostering a culture of diversity inclusion and belonging. We believe that our strength lies in the unique backgrounds perspectives and experiences of our team members. By embracing an inclusive environment we empower innovation and collaboration across all levels of our organisation. Based in Ireland we are proud to support and engage with our local communities through meaningful initiatives that promote equity and opportunity. Our commitment extends beyond the workplace as we actively contribute to creating a more inclusive and connected society for all.