We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to take full ownership of infrastructure across multiple parallel client projects. This is not a task-execution role. This is an ownership and direction-setting role.
Location: Remote (with international travel when required)
Employment Type: Part-Time (80 h/month)
English: Upper-Intermediate+
Travel: Required when needed
You will:
Define DevOps strategy per project
Set up infrastructure from scratch when needed
Take over long-running projects and scale new scopes
Communicate directly with clients (including CTO-level stakeholders)
Own documentation, processes, and access management
Independently manage time across multiple environments
Experience being the sole DevOps engineer on a project is mandatory.
What You’ll Own
End-to-end infrastructure setup and operations
Kubernetes cluster operations and reliability
CI/CD architecture and GitLab pipelines
GitOps processes and safe release workflows
Infrastructure security and compliance readiness
Access management and secrets governance
Process documentation and operational playbooks
Cross-project prioritization and stakeholder communication
Must-Have Requirements
5+ years DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering experience
Experience as the only DevOps on a project (must)
Strong Kubernetes expertise (deployments, troubleshooting, networking, reliability)
Advanced GitLab CI/CD knowledge (pipelines, runners, RBAC, artifacts)
Helm + Kubernetes manifests
GitOps experience (preferably FluxCD)
Strong AWS experience (Azure/GCP acceptable)
Linux expertise
Ansible proficiency
IaC and automation mindset
Infrastructure security (IAM, secrets, least privilege)
Compliance exposure (SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, audit prep)
Strong ownership and client communication skills
Ability to manage multiple client projects independently
Nice to Have
MLOps (model serving, LLM deployment)
Keycloak / OAuth2 / SSO
Kafka / REST / SOAP integrations
Oracle / PostgreSQL / MySQL operations
Experience passing external audits (SOC 2 / ISO)
RPM packaging / Linux installers