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Wallet icon Coin icon Rate 140 000 CZK - 180 000 CZK / month info
Timer icon Form of cooperation Full-time / 40% Remote
Briefcase icon Sector Banking
Location icon Location Praha

info The reward is calculated upon delivery of 20 MD per month (1MD=8h)

Project duration 12 months with the possibility of extension
Period of cooperation 01.10.2025 - 30.09.2026
Start date 01.10.2025 or by agreement
Technology
  • AWS Amazon Web Services
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • GitLab
Languages
  • Slovak or Czech flag Slovak or Czech - native

Project description

  • leading the transformation of the CI/CD pipeline as part of a large-scale application development modernization program of a global financial institution
  • active collaboration with engineering teams across Europe, India and the USA to accelerate onboarding into a unified CI/CD ecosystem built on GitLab
  • direct support of development teams in the implementation of automated tests, increasing test coverage, and implementing modern DevOps practices
  • promotion of trunk-based development, quality gates and adoption of DORA metrics across different teams
  • identification of opportunities for containerizing legacy systems and refactoring older technology stacks
  • collaboration with QA experts on test automation strategy and manual testing reduction
  • technical mentoring and partnership with other DevOps SMEs to build a repeatable onboarding framework
  • contribution to the creation of a repeatable playbook for scalable CI/CD across the entire organization
  • the collaboration takes place in a hybrid mode: 3 days a week onsite, 2 days remote

Project requirements

  • at least 7 years of experience in IT, including at least 5 years of experience with DevOps
  • advanced experience with:
    • designing and managing a complete CI/CD cycle using GitLab
    • test automation and reduction of manual testing in integration processes
    • Docker and Kubernetes in a hybrid deployment environment (cloud/on-prem)
  • experience with:
    • leading DevOps transformations in an enterprise environment
    • working with GitLab runners, pipelines and trunk-based development
    • architecture and configuration of the GitLab environment in large teams
    • development in languages such as Java, .NET, Python, Scala, C++
    • build tools like Maven, Gradle, MS Build
    • tools like Ansible, Conda, Poetry
    • monitoring using Elastic/ELK
  • advanced knowledge:
    • principles of DORA metrics and their application within team evaluation metrics
    • working with Rust-based pipeline components
    • deployment to various types of platforms: AWS, internal systems (SIK, BCP 2.0), bare metal, virtualization (EBP)
  • knowledge:
    • software development in multiple teams and geographic locations
    • agile methodologies (e.g. SCRUM, SAFe)
    • advanced communication with stakeholders across levels (development, QA, management)
  • advantage:
    • experience with creating an onboarding framework for the CI/CD pipeline
    • practical knowledge of scaling DevOps practices in enterprise architecture
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