About The Role
We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer who wants to make things run smoother, faster, and smarter. Someone who loves clean automation, resilient systems, and the feeling of pushing a deployment knowing it just works. You’ll join our Software Innovation team, working directly inside a product team to help us hit DORA-level excellence — faster delivery, higher reliability, fewer surprises. You’ll help modernize legacy systems still running on manual processes, and shape how our cloud-native platform scales and evolves.
Key Responsibilities
- Take charge of production and development environments both older, self-hosted systems and modern cloud setups to drive automation and reliability.
- Turn complex manual steps into simple, repeatable, automated flows and CI/CD pipelines to get code to production quickly and safely.
- Own high-impact data and system changes in production, implementing automation and guardrails to make workflows predictable and low-risk.
- Integrate practical security improvements into tooling and workflows, ensuring deployment scripts are safe and removing risky manual steps.
- Work closely with global teams to handle urgent releases and bake SOC2 compliance practices directly into automation and process design.
- Solid experience in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Engineering, ideally across different types of environments (7years+).
- Deep experience with cloud environments, particularly Azure, including the design and management of scalable, cloud-native infrastructure.
- Strong background in automation and CI/CD using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
- Comfortable scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell to reduce manual toil and improve system maintainability.
- Experience managing databases in production, including schema updates, data migrations, and observability tooling.
- Experience in .NET/C# and web development (React, Angular) to collaborate more closely with our engineering teams is a plus.
What we offer
Time Off: Enjoy 6 weeks of vacation days from the start.
Flexible Work: Benefit from 100% home-office/remote work across Croatia.
Additional Benefits: We offer the option to activate a MultiSport card for your active lifestyle, as well as enrollment in the 3rd pillar pension fund.
Continuous Development: Access all AD Learning & Development programmes for the EMEA region. Our competency model guides your path; with assessments and feedback, you can create a tailored development plan to reach your full potential.
Well-being & Community: Access to Lyra, our confidential Employee Assistance Program, for personal and professional support.
Community Engagement: Opportunities to participate in volunteer activities to support Non-Profit Organizations.
Why join Avery Dennison
We are a global materials science and digital identification solutions company with locations in over 50 countries, and approximately 35,000 employees worldwide. As a science and innovation company, we believe that diverse teams are stronger teams. We are committed to fostering a culture of curiosity and courage, where you can grow your career with a company that has innovation in its DNA. Founded on creating real-world impact to enable a better future, we strive to provide an open, collaborative culture where diversity of thought is encouraged and respected. Hear from our employees about what it's like working at Avery Dennison. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.
Our Croatia location, founded in 2020, is a collaborative and dynamic environment that supports our Solutions Group division and employs approximately 15 talented individuals. Here, we develop software solutions for industries like retail, apparel, food, medical and logistics, and support world-class brands. Key functions at this site include Software Engineering and Product Management, offering diverse career paths and opportunities for growth.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Pay Transparency Statement
The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Skills Required
- 7+ years experience in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Engineering
- Deep experience with Azure cloud environments
- Strong background in automation and CI/CD tools
- Scripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell
- Experience managing production databases
- Experience in .NET/C# and web development (React, Angular)
Avery Dennison Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Avery Dennison and has not been reviewed or approved by Avery Dennison.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are frequently characterized as decent or good, supported by multiple medical plan options alongside dental, vision, and mental health coverage. Company-paid basic life insurance and short-term disability coverage add to the perceived strength of core protection benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is strengthened by an automatic employer contribution plus an additional employer match tied to employee contributions. The availability of an employee stock purchase plan further broadens long-term savings options beyond the 401(k).
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related support is reinforced through parental leave and dedicated adoption and fertility assistance with a stated benefit amount. Domestic partner eligibility and LGBTQIA+ healthcare support features expand coverage for different family structures.
Avery Dennison Insights
What We Do
Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs more than 30,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2020 were $7.0 billion.
