Expression of Interest - DevOps Engineer

Hiflylabs is a dynamic team of 250+ data and tech professionals based in Budapest, delivering cutting-edge solutions in data engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, and application development. With over a decade of expertise, we empower businesses worldwide with tailored, hands-on strategies for Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics. Our strength lives in our people. Through our mentoring system, we cultivate professional growth and innovation. Let’s start a conversation now and get a head start later in the recruitment process! Explore more about us through our Website , LinkedIn , and YouTube ! What Will You Do? Infrastructure & Tooling: Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of robust development tools and scalable infrastructure that support the engineering lifecycle. Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a bridge between stakeholders and the engineering team, translating business requirements into technical specifications. Automation & Optimization: Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and optimize CI/CD pipelines for faster, more reliable releases. Quality Assurance: Review and test code authored by team members, providing detailed analysis and ensuring high-quality deployments. Security & Compliance: Proactively safeguard systems against cybersecurity threats and maintain a "security-first" approach to infrastructure. Incident Management: contribute to troubleshooting technical issues, developing long-term "fixes," and manage software updates and patches. Process Governance: Partner with developers to ensure all software engineering follows established best practices and architectural standards. Microservices Integration: Support the configuration and seamless integration of microservices in a containerized environment. What You Need to Apply: Minimum 3 years of experience in a DevOps Engineer role or a closely related Software Engineering position. Basic understanding of Frontend or Backend development ; you understand the code as well as the infrastructure. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins At least basic Infrastructure as Code (IaC) knowledge Containerization : Proficient in Docker and Kubernetes Experience with at least one cloud provider (preferably Azure ) Good understanding of database technologies, with a preference for NoSQL environments Familiarity with Agile/Scrum frameworks and workflows. Soft Skills & Mindset Analytical Thinker: Proficient in technical analysis and troubleshooting with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset. Operational Excellence: High attention to detail regarding technical processes and system reliability. Collaborative Spirit: A team player with a positive, customer-focused attitude and excellent communication skills . Growth Mindset: Naturally curious and eager to learn new technologies and improve existing processes. Language: Full professional proficiency in English (written and verbal). We value candidates who have experience with, or an interest in: Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Helm Experience with configuration management tools (such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible). Observability & Messaging: Grafana, ELK, Kafka Web Servers: NGINX, Apache, Tomcat. NoSQL: BigQuery, MongoDB, Redis Why us? Diverse projects : In each assignment there is always something new either on the technical or on the business side that helps you grow. Cutting edge technology : You will work with many of the most up-to-date technologies and tools. Strong and motivating team : We stress the importance of working together in tight-knit, cohesive teams in which members help each other to reach the common goal. Work-life balance : We help you to feel good individually as well, and coordinate work so it aligns with your leisure activities. Professional development : There are team gatherings on a regular schedule where colleagues can share their knowledge, and have deep technical discussions. Focus on company culture : In addition to our business and professional achievements we are proud of the social bonding in the company, which is based on mutual respect and helping one another. Personal mentoring : You will have your own mentor (just like everybody at Hiflylabs) who you can turn to with professional issues as well as with personal ones.