Ajax Systems
Security Systems
SeniorDevOpsEngineer(PlatformTeam)
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“Senior DevOps Engineer (Platform Team) at Ajax Systems. Skills: Kubernetes, AWS, DevOps, Platform Engineering. Lead, mentor, and grow the DevOps/Platform team. set technical priorities”
What You'll Achieve.
scale, secure, and improve our cloud infrastructure; improve reliability; align infrastructure improvements with business and product needs; reduce operational toil
Industry & Context.
troubleshooting production systems; incident investigation; incident response
on-call processes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Engineering, 2+ years in a lead or senior ownership role, hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Solid AWS experience, Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools, Experience with GitOps-based delivery, Linux and TCP/IP networking knowledge, Experience with secrets management, access control, and credential rotation practices, observability background, Ability to lead technical discussions, Strong communication, ownership, task management, mentoring skills
Nice to Have
Experience with advanced Kubernetes tooling, Experience with streaming platforms, Operational experience with databases, Experience with compliance frameworks, Background in FinOps, Experience with disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, incident response, production fire drills
What You'll Do.
and grow the DevOps/Platform team
set technical priorities
foster a culture of ownership
Own and evolve the Kubernetes platform
Improve CI/CD and GitOps workflows
Identify and remove bottlenecks
Strengthen platform security
Build and improve proactive observability
Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives
Participate in production support
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborate closely with product and engineering teams; collaborate with engineering, product, security, and operations teams
Communication Scope
Strong communication; lead technical discussions; explain trade-offs
Process & Methodology
task management
Full Job Description
## Description Ajax Systems, an international tech company and the largest manufacturer of security systems in Europe. We are looking for a DevOps Team Lead to join our Platform Team and help us scale, secure, and improve our cloud infrastructure. This role combines hands-on technical ownership with team leadership: you will guide DevOps engineers, define platform priorities, improve reliability, and collaborate closely with product and engineering teams. The System Division develops the Ajax software ecosystem — including OS Malevich, the Video Management System, cloud infrastructure, and client applications. The team ensures the stable operation of all system components as a unified digital platform. Requirements: 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Engineering, including 2+ years in a lead or senior ownership role. Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, preferably AWS EKS, including cluster operations, networking, autoscaling, workload reliability, and security best practices.Solid AWS experience: VPC, IAM, EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, Route 53, Lambda, Load Balancers, CloudFront/S3 etc. Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools, especially Terraform/Terragrunt. Experience with GitOps-based delivery using Argo CD or Flux, and Helm/Kustomize for Kubernetes application management. Strong Linux and TCP/IP networking knowledge, including troubleshooting production systems. Experience with secrets management, access control, and credential rotation practices. Strong observability background: metrics, logs, alerts, SLOs, incident investigation, and tools such as Datadog, Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, ELK, or Opsgenie. Ability to lead technical discussions, explain trade-offs, set priorities, and drive decisions across engineering teams.Strong communication, ownership, task management, and mentoring skills. Desirable: Experience with advanced Kubernetes tooling: Karpenter, KEDA, Envoy, Istio/Linkerd or similar
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