DevOps Engineer for e-governance Applications

About the role

GRNET, the National Research and Education Network and provider of networking and cloud services to academia, education and public bodies, is looking for System Administrators/DevOps Engineers to help advance the digital transformation of the public sector. The first short-term goal is to build a modular infrastructure connecting public administration information systems so that public services can be operated and monitored.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain and monitor distributed services.
• Design, dimension and set up scalable cloud infrastructure components, on-premises or in public clouds.
• Bridge development and operations by choosing and using the right tools and processes, including secure roll-backs.
• Maintain and operate distributed, fault-tolerant and scalable applications in production, staying calm during incidents and cooperating with colleagues.

Required profile

• Collaborative, open-minded team player who works well in teams, preferably in an Agile delivery environment.
• Comfortable with Linux system administration and shell scripting.
• Comfortable setting up networking, load balancing and similar to support high-throughput applications.
• Familiar with code repositories, merging, code quality checks and continuous integration.
• Willingness to learn automation tools, container orchestration, GitOps, load balancers and service meshes.
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver results on time.

Required skills

• Linux system administration and shell scripting
• Continuous integration, automated build, delivery and release
• Ansible, Terraform and other automation tools
• Kubernetes, Helm, Kompose and GitOps
• Load balancers (nginx, HAProxy, Envoy, Traefik) and service meshes (linkerd, Istio)

What we offer

• A creative, dynamic and challenging environment with opportunities for international collaboration.
• Competitive remuneration package and opportunities for professional development.
• Remote work remains an option, especially for those living outside Athens.