DevOps Engineer - Dublin

DevOps Engineer - Dublin

About the Role

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to help design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with software engineering and infrastructure teams to automate deployments, improve system reliability, and ensure smooth operations in production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps).
• Manage and automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Monitor and improve system performance, scalability, and reliability across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Implement and manage container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, or GKE).
• Maintain cloud infrastructure (most Irish roles are AWS-focused; Azure and GCP also appear).
• Manage logging and monitoring solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch).
• Support incident response and troubleshoot production issues.
• Collaborate with security teams to apply DevSecOps principles (IAM policies, secrets management, vulnerability scanning).
• Contribute to ongoing process improvement and automation efforts.

Key Skills & Experience

Essential:

• 3+ years of DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering experience.
• Solid hands-on experience with AWS (or Azure/GCP).
• Strong scripting knowledge: Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production.
• Experience using Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Familiar with Linux administration and networking fundamentals.
• Understanding of CI/CD best practices.

Desirable (nice to have):

• Exposure to serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).
• Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Knowledge of monitoring & alerting tools (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana).
• Understanding of security and compliance standards (ISO 27001, SOC2, GDPR).
• Familiarity with Agile and GitOps practices.

Education / Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, or CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) is a plus.