Senior DevOps Engineer (Technical Lead)

Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (Technical Lead) to join our team full-time in Ukraine.

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:

As a Senior DevOps Engineer (Technical Lead), become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Were seeking an exceptional DevOps Engineer who is ready to act as a Technical Lead. In this role, youll lead our DevOps initiatives while mentoring and guiding team members to achieve operational excellence.

Millions of shopping trips begin with our Clients platform each month. As a leading shopping and rewards service in the US, we empower everyday shoppers to make smarter purchasing decisions and earn cashback rewards from their favorite brands and local stores. If you are passionate about creating innovative products that enhance peoples daily lives and contribute to business growth, we invite you to join our expanding team!

As an ideal candidate you will combine technical expertise with strong leadership abilities, enabling you to guide the team while maintaining and improving our cloud infrastructure. We expect you to be passionate about mentoring others and creating scalable, reliable systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the DevOps team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP platforms
• Lead architecture decisions and establish best practices for infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security
• Guide the team in implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions
• Drive automation initiatives to improve system reliability and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize deployment processes and application performance
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions and provide hands-on training to team members
• Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response when necessary

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE roles
• Deep expertise in AWS / GCP cloud platforms and their core services
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Advanced knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Strong scripting abilities (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal

Desirable

• Technical leadership / Mentorship
• Familiarity with microservices architecture
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet)
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Additional cloud platform certifications

Personal skills

• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Problem-solving mindset with attention to detail
• Self-motivated with a passion for technology and innovation
• Patient and supportive when helping team members grow
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Whats in it for you

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, Mental Health programs, as well as financial and legal consultations
• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
• Own your schedule - you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just dont miss your regular team stand-up
• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

Discover the pros of 20-year global experience! Join one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, awarded as one of the top 10 employers in Ukraine by Forbes. Boost your skills and make a difference with cutting-edge projects, skilled colleagues and the latest tech stacks. Ciklum has been recognised as a veteran-friendly business by the Veteran Hub in Ukraine. Were committed to creating a welcoming environment for veterans and developing processes that meet their needs. We value the skills and unique perspectives military veterans can bring to our business and are willing to support their transition to civilian life.

Be bold, not bored!

Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. Cant wait to see you at Ciklum.