DevOps Engineer (Contractor)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Beograd, RS
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Cloud: Proven experience with any cloud (Digital Ocean is preferred).
- IaC & Automation: Expert-level knowledge of Ansible (Ansible Vault, Ansible-core 2.24+) and Terraform/OpenTofu.
- CI/CD: Deep experience with GitLab CI/CD (runner concurrency, pipeline optimization) and GitHub Actions.
- Databases: Strong administration skills in PostgreSQL (performance tuning, migrations) and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
- Security: Experience with TLS/SSL hardening, WAF configuration (Cloudflare), and Secrets Management.
- Monitoring: Proficiency with Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus/Alertmanager.
- Operating Systems: Advanced Linux administration (Ubuntu/Debian preferred)
- Experience in the Domain Industry (EPP protocols, WHOIS/RDAP compliance) is a plus.
- Familiarity with WordPress Cloud provisioning and edge webservers (Nginx) is a plus.
- Experience with NATS or other high-performance messaging systems is a plus.
- Knowledge of Go or Node.js for infrastructure tooling is a plus.
Full description
About us
Devtech provides digital innovation services that help Fortune 1000 and emerging companies transform, scale and disrupt. We partner with our clients to envision and develop next-gen digital and cloud solutions that drive impactful business outcomes through people and technology.
Our mission is to empower every innovative business in the world to do what they do best, even better.
Founded in 2012, Devtech successfully bootstrapped the business for many years before securing institutional growth capital in 2022 and 2024 to fuel our next stages of growth. We are a team of over 300 professionals across Europe and North America, and our continued growth is a testament to the quality of work our teams produce.
At Devtech, we’re fostering an environment of autonomy, mastery, and purpose, where our team members can grow and thrive. As we continue to scale globally, we're excited to welcome new team members who share our curiosity and growth mindset, and are ready to make an impact!
What you will do
- Infrastructure Management: Provision, configure, and maintain production and staging environments on DigitalOcean using Ansible and Terraform.
- CI/CD Optimization: Manage and scale GitLab CI/CD runners and GitLab pipelines to reduce wall-clock time and ensure reliable deployments.
- Security & Compliance: Lead technical preparations for the security audit. Implement encryption at rest, manage secrets via Ansible Vault, and remediate vulnerabilities (e.g., log redaction, TLS hardening, and session security).
- Observability: Maintain and expand our LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir). Configure alerting via Alertmanager and integrate Cloudflare WAF metrics.
- Database Operations: Manage and optimize Postgres, OpenSearch, and Redis clusters, including migrations, backups, and performance tuning.
- Networking: Configure and secure cross-region traffic using WireGuard and manage edge services like Cloudflare and our custom NATS messaging layer.
What you will need
- Cloud: Proven experience with any cloud (Digital Ocean is preferred).
- IaC & Automation: Expert-level knowledge of Ansible (Ansible Vault, Ansible-core 2.24+) and Terraform/OpenTofu.
- CI/CD: Deep experience with GitLab CI/CD (runner concurrency, pipeline optimization) and GitHub Actions.
- Databases: Strong administration skills in PostgreSQL (performance tuning, migrations) and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
- Security: Experience with TLS/SSL hardening, WAF configuration (Cloudflare), and Secrets Management.
- Monitoring: Proficiency with Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus/Alertmanager.