Who are we?
At Vertiv, we’re on a mission to empower the people that will power the future. From a simple swipe to life-changing medicines, from push notifications to generative AI. We design, manufacture, and service the products and solutions that keep the world connected. With $6.9 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach spanning nearly 70 countries, we are uniquely positioned to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.
We’re looking for a senior DevOps engineer in Cluj-Napoca who can take ownership of day-to-day platform work and also help us design and build new environments from scratch. This role is hands-on: you’ll be shipping improvements, removing friction for developers, and making the platform more reliable and secure without needing constant direction.
If you like solving complex infrastructure problems, improving automation, and building clean patterns people can follow, you’ll fit in well.
What you’ll do
- Build and evolve Kubernetes environments (today mainly AWS/EKS; Azure is on the roadmap).
- Design and implement new environments (dev/stage/prod, multi-account/multi-subscription, multi-region where needed).
- Own day-to-day platform work: troubleshoot, fix broken pipelines, improve reliability, and keep things running smoothly.
- Build and improve CI/CD
- Work on cloud networking and access patterns: private connectivity, DNS, ingress, service-to-service security
- Help set standards: IaC module patterns, environment structure, naming, tagging, secrets handling
- Drive cost and performance improvements (right-sizing, scaling, observability, avoiding accidental spend).
- Make monitoring and debugging practical: metrics, logs, tracing, dashboards, and clear runbooks.
What “senior” means here
- You can work autonomously: pick up a problem, break it down, execute, and communicate progress.
- You propose improvements proactively
- You balance speed and safety
- You document what matters for the team and leave things better than you found them.
Must-have experience
- Strong Kubernetes experience in production (EKS is a plus). You understand networking, DNS, ingress, upgrades, resource management, and debugging. You know how to build and use Helm charts
- Infrastructure-as-code expertise (Terraform is required).
- Solid cloud fundamentals in AWS, and ability to operate in Azure as well (dual-cloud mindset).
- CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI), including building artifacts and, container images
- GitOps mind frame, experience with ArgoCD or similar
- Deploy and setup monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki)
- Good operational habits: observability, incident response, and post-mortems that lead to real fixes.
- Security basics done right: IAM/RBAC, least privilege, secret management, TLS, and private networking patterns
- Solid Linux systems administration fundamentals (networking, storage, systemd, package/OS management) to support upcoming on-prem deployments alongside cloud environments
Nice-to-have
- Service mesh / ingress patterns (Istio, Envoy, NLB/ALB, API gateway patterns).
- CNI/networking experience (Cilium, eBPF, Network Policies).
- Multi-account AWS setups and cross-account access patterns (OIDC, role assumptions, shared services).
- Experience running or supporting stateful systems on Cloud or in Kubernetes (Relational Databases (Postgres), Elastic, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc)
- Azure equivalents: AKS, Azure networking, Entra ID integration, Azure DevOps, Bicep (even if Terraform stays primary).
What you’ll get from us
- Real ownership and space to improve things.
- Problems that matter: reliability, security, and making delivery faster.
- A team that values pragmatic engineering over buzzwords.
- Cutting edge development environment with AI integration
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• High-Performance Culture
• Innovation
• Financial Strength
OUR BEHAVIORS
• Own It
• Act With Urgency
• Foster a Customer-First Mindset
• Think Big and Execute
• Lead by Example
• Drive Continuous Improvement
• Learn and Seek Out Development
At Vertiv, we offer the stability of a global leader in a growing industry and the opportunity of a startup. We design, manufacture and service the mission-critical infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. With $5 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach in nearly 70 countries, our move to establish a standalone business enables us to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.
Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to [email protected]. If you are interested in applying or learning more about this role, please visit the company’s career page located on Vertiv.com/Careers.
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Skills Required
- Strong production Kubernetes experience, including networking, DNS, ingress, upgrades, resource management, debugging, and Helm charts
- Infrastructure-as-code expertise with Terraform
- Solid AWS cloud fundamentals and ability to operate in Azure
- CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI, including artifact and container image building
- GitOps experience with Argo CD or a similar tool
- Experience deploying and configuring Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki
- Operational experience with observability, incident response, and post-mortems
- Security fundamentals including IAM/RBAC, least privilege, secrets management, TLS, and private networking
- Linux systems administration fundamentals covering networking, storage, systemd, and package or operating-system management
- Service mesh or ingress experience with Istio, Envoy, NLB/ALB, or API gateway patterns
- CNI and networking experience with Cilium, eBPF, or network policies
- Experience with multi-account AWS environments and cross-account access patterns, including OIDC and role assumptions
- Experience running or supporting stateful systems such as PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or Cassandra in cloud or Kubernetes environments
- Experience with Azure equivalents such as AKS, Azure networking, Entra ID integration, Azure DevOps, or Bicep
Vertiv Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vertiv and has not been reviewed or approved by Vertiv.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with standard medical, dental, and vision plans plus wellness and mental-health resources. Core offerings also include disability and life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO typical of large employers, and many U.S. salaried roles feature flexible or "unlimited" PTO approaches. These programs are part of a structured, global total rewards framework.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair at start for many office-based, engineering, and field service roles, and total compensation packages are viewed as stable. In some hourly manufacturing settings, overtime opportunities help boost overall earnings.
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What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
