DevOps Engineer

Sopra Steria is one of the largest players in the tech industry in Europe, known for its consulting, digital services and software development. We operate in nearly 30 countries in the world, hiring more than 55,000 employees.
The Polish branch, as the Global Delivery Center, operates in Katowice since 2007 and has been growing ever since. Currently, our team consists of around 1,000 specialists.

Within the Digital Platform Services department, our teams specialize in areas such as cloud, operating systems, virtualization, databases, backup or storage, as well as networking and security. We also have 1st line support consultants who speak French and English, but also Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German.

The Application Services department is responsible for areas such as software development, data engineering, testing services, CRM, ITSM and ERP platform integrations, as well as application management for customers in Scandinavia, Benelux, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

We are looking for DevOps Engineer to join Sopra Steria Polska and one of our innovative international squads located in Luxembourg and Poland. You will play a pivotal role in helping the organization through its digital and transformation journey and working in a dynamic team that moves quickly and fosters a culture of continuous integration, continuous deployment, and automated operations.

Note that we can only offer cooperation to people who are located in Poland and have EU citizenship.

Responsibilities:​

• Integrate, test, maintain and improve code and tools related to our GitLab service offer.
• Collaborate with team members to write efficient, reusable, and maintainable code.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing services by identifying opportunities for optimization.
• Write unit tests and integration tests where necessary to increase confidence during development and deployment of the code.
• Utilize Gitlab, CI/CD, and coding skills to automate the deployment and analysis of code.
• Suggest and implement automation to streamline deployment, configuration, and monitoring tasks.
• Work closely with cross-functional team members, including architects, system administrators, and other developers, to ensure seamless integration and interoperability.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews, to foster effective collaboration within the squad.
• Engage in knowledge-sharing activities and contribute to the collective expertise of the team.
• Resolving operational tickets while keeping in mind our SLAs and KPIs.
• Document code, scripts, and configurations thoroughly to ensure maintainability and knowledge transfer within the squad.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of technical documentation for the squad.

Tech stack on the project:​
GitLab, Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, Python

Must have requirements:​

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a DevOps engineer.
• Hands-on expertise with API Gateway technologies (Kong / Gravitee / Tyk)
• Practical experience with workflow/orchestration platforms (n8n and comparable tools)
• Proven track record of working in a collaborative and agile development environment.
• Experience with GitLab as user, Terraform, AWS (EC2, Load balancers, RDS, Lambdas, CloudWatch, networking, S3, API gateway), CI/CD and DevOps principles are required.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive attitude with a strong commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Have a client-minded approach to explain technical concepts to non-technical users.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• EU citizenship.
• Fluent English: B2/C1.
• Being open to occasional business trips abroad and visits to our office in Katowice.

Nice to have requirements:

• Experience with GitLab (admin), Dynatrace, Prometheus, REST API design or Python is a plus.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Clearance

• BENEFITS (UoP): Luxmed, Medicover Sport, Worksmile, educational platforms, languages learning platform, referral bonus, copyrights, life insurance, workation
• DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES (UoP and B2B): certifications (paid by the company), conferences, Tech Lunches, possibility to join our Communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud)

The recruitment process for this position consists of two stages:
• a short phone call with a recruiter (30 min max)
• one-hour long interview on Teams (with both general and technical questions)

Salary range: 
UOP: 12 000 -16 000 PLN gross/month.
B2B: 100-140 PLN/h net + vat.

All information about salary range and its additional components will be provided during 1st stage of recruitment process.

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.