About this role
N-iX is looking for a skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join the team.
About the project:
Our customer is a full quote-to-cash ERP/PSA used by field service companies (system integrators) that install and maintain physical equipment - AV systems, security cameras, fire alarms, HVAC. The platform covers:
- Sales: opportunities, quoting, ordering
- Projects: project management, resource scheduling
- Service: dispatch, ticketing, field technician management
- Finance: accounting, GL, invoicing, purchasing (the financial core is central to everything)
- Reporting: data sources, dashboards, report builder
- Mobile app: native iOS and Android for field technicians (dispatch, tasks, timesheets, scheduling, offline sync)
From a development standpoint, the core goal of the project is incremental modernization of a legacy monolith using the Strangler Fig pattern. The first milestone for the DevOps engineer includes the following:
- Azure landing zone
- AKS Kubernetes cluster provisioning
- Kafka Provisioning
- Environment setup (Dev, Staging, Prod) using Terraform infrastructure as code
- CI/CD build, test, and deploy pipelines.
- OpenTelemetry & Grafana monitoring dashboards
- Debezium Change Data Capture (CDC) event streaming across databases and ClickHouse data storage.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement a baseline Azure cloud environment (resource groups, IAM/RBAC, networking).
- Set up secure infrastructure components, including Key Vault and access controls.
- Configure CI/CD pipelines for automated build and deployment.
- Deploy and configure application runtime using AKS Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, and supporting services (Front Door, WAF, Databases, routing, etc).
- Enable monitoring and logging via OpenTelemetry & Grafana monitoring dashboards.
- Own the reliability of our platforms by measuring and meeting defined target values
- Provision ClickHouse for analytics and enable Change Data Capture (CDC) event streaming across databases
- Apply cloud best practices for security, scalability, and maintainability.
- Provide infrastructure and tooling support to development teams
- Prepare comprehensive technical documentation and conduct a knowledge transfer session upon project completion.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, specifically across compute, networking, and Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Proven experience in architecting and setting up cloud environments from scratch.
- Solid experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform
- Hands-on experience with Docker containerization and AKS Kubernetes.
- Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Debezium, and CDC pattern.
- Hands-on experience with ClickHouse or similar systems.
We offer*:
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings
- Other location-specific benefits
*not applicable for freelancers