Senior DevOps Engineer

Ciklum is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team full-time in the Czech Republic.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and automated cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will collaborate closely with development, QA, and operations teams to drive deployment reliability, infrastructure automation, and operational excellence across a multi-cloud environment.

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure & Cloud: Design, build, and maintain robust infrastructure across Azure (AKS) and GCP (GKE)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaCode): Build, maintain, and optimize scalable infrastructure using IaC best practices (Terraform/Terragrunt)
• Kubernetes Orchestration: Deploy, manage, scale, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads
• CI/CD Automation: Develop and maintain Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, establishing reusable pipeline templates to streamline development
• GitOps & Deployment: Automate application deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and continuous delivery workflows using Argo CD
• Security & Compliance: Integrate modern security best practices into DevOps workflows, covering deployment pipelines and cloud infrastructure
• Networking: Manage complex networking components, including ingress controllers (NGINX), load balancing, and service routing
• Collaboration & Support: Partner with software engineering teams to optimize release processes, resolve production issues, and troubleshoot infrastructure bottlenecks

Requirements:

• Experience: 5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps Engineer in production environments
• Cloud Expertise: Strong experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services, specifically AKS. Containerization: Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform and/or Terragrunt
• GitOps & CI/CD: Hands-on experience implementing GitOps workflows using Argo CD and building Azure DevOps YAML-based pipelines
• SecDevOps: Experience integrating security tooling and practices (e.g., WAF, SAST/SCA, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, container/IaC security)
• OS & Scripting: Strong proficiency with Linux environments and scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
• Networking: Solid understanding of networking concepts, including Ingress Controllers (e.g., NGINX) and Load Balancing
• Core Competencies: Exceptional troubleshooting skills, a positive and service-oriented mindset, a fast learner, and the ability to execute independently

Desirable:

• Experience managing workloads in GCP (GKE)
• Experience leveraging or integrating AI-powered engineering, automation, or operational tools to optimize workflows

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working hours
• Home office option
• 5 weeks of holiday
• 5 sick days
• Multisport Card
• Meal allowance
• Internal trainings including workshops and seminars
• Paid certifications and technical as well as soft-skills training
• Possibility to participate in international conferences
• Fresh fruit, coffee, and a weekly company breakfast in the office
• Loyalty bonus after 5, 10, 15 and more years with the company
• Referral bonus programme
• Corporate events including team building, outdoor activities, Christmas party, health week, summer ice cream, and more
• Hybrid and remote working options available across our Czech offices in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Zlín

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

With delivery centers in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Zlín, our Czech team delivers end-to-end solutions across industries. Here, innovation thrives through collaboration, and every idea drives our partners' success.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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