Location: Poland, Latvia, Bosnia & Herzegovina or Romania

Engagement: B2B / Subcontractor to Zcelero

Work setup: Remote

Seniority: Senior / Lead

Area: Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, Cloud & DevOps

About the roleZcelero is looking for an experienced DevOpsLead / Architect for a consulting assignment within a large global organization.

This is a senior technical leadership position combining deep Kubernetes expertise, architecture and hands-on engineering.

You will operate in a complex international environment, working with engineering teams, architects and stakeholders across multiple countries. You will play an important role in defining technical direction, establishing Kubernetes standards and best practices, and driving the evolution of scalable, secure and reliable cloud-native platforms.

Important – B2B / Subcontractor EngagementPlease note that this is not an employment position.

We are specifically looking for independent IT consultants who operate through their own company/legal entity and can provide their services on a B2B basis as a subcontractor to Zcelero.

You should:

Be based in Poland, Latvia, Bosnia & Herzegovina or Romania

Be comfortable working remotely within a large global organization

Have professional-level English communication skills

What you will doAs DevOps Technical Lead / Architect, you will take a leading technical role within the platform organization.

Your responsibilities will include:

Drive Kubernetes architecture and technical direction

Design and evolve large-scale, production-grade Kubernetes platforms

Act as a technical leader and Kubernetes subject matter expert

Define Kubernetes standards, patterns and engineering best practices

Lead and guide engineers across distributed international teams

Mentor engineers and support their technical development

Drive improvements in scalability, availability, security and reliability

Work extensively with AWS EKS

Design and improve CI/CD and deployment processes

Work with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

Collaborate with architects, developers, DevOps engineers and platform teams

Support architectural and strategic technical decision-making

Help standardize platform engineering practices across the global organization

What we are looking forYou are a senior DevOps Engineer and Lead with extensive experience from complex, production-grade enterprise environments.

We are particularly interested in consultants who have progressed beyond purely hands-on engineering and have experience leading technically, influencing architecture and guiding other engineers.

Key qualifications

Deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes

More than 10 years of experience as DevOps Engineer.

Strong experience with AWS EKS

Experience designing and operating Kubernetes at enterprise scale

Previous experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, Platform Architect, DevOps Lead or similar

Strong technical leadership and mentoring capabilities

Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

Strong CI/CD experience

Strong understanding of AWS cloud architecture

Experience with highly available and scalable platforms

Ability to establish technical standards and engineering best practices

Experience working across distributed and international teams

Strong professional English

Highly valuable experienceExperience with the following is considered an advantage:

The opportunityThis is an opportunity to work as an independent consultant on a technically challenging assignment within a large global organization, where Kubernetes plays a central role in the technology landscape.

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DevOps/ Kubernetes Technical Lead / Architect - Zcelero