DevOps Engineer

This role is offered on an Italian employment contract. Candidates must be based in Italy as we are unable to support remote working from outside the country due to local employment and tax legislation.

This role sits within the DevOps team at Deltatre, building and operating the cloud-native infrastructure that supports our software platforms — Kubernetes clusters, Terraform-managed cloud resources, GitOps workflows, and the CI/CD pipelines that engineers across the company rely on daily.

We are hiring at two levels. Both roles require someone who thinks in systems, treats automation as a discipline, and takes ownership of operational reliability. The distinction lies in depth of experience, the complexity of problems owned independently, and the scope of contribution to wider engineering practice.

For engineers who own infrastructure end-to-end and shape how it evolves.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will lead the design of cloud-native architectures, own significant pieces of the Kubernetes and Terraform estate, and provide third-line escalation when complex issues arise. You will work alongside development teams to embed infrastructure thinking into their delivery, and you will spot systemic improvements before they become incidents.

Your day-to-day will include: Design and own cloud-native system architectures on Kubernetes, prioritising availability, performance, and operational predictabilityBuild and evolve Terraform infrastructure-as-code patterns that engineering teams can use safely without specialist supportDevelop GitOps workflows using Flux (or equivalent) to make application deployment consistent across environmentsLead complex incident response and run thorough post-mortems that produce systemic fixes, not patchesImprove system observability — Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes dashboards — and the alerting that gates productionReview IT security exposure regularly and lead the remediation that followsProvide third-line support on the on-call roster, with a focus on permanent fixesMentor mid-level engineers and contribute to platform direction across the wider organisationMid-Level DevOps EngineerFor engineers with solid foundations who are ready to own meaningful infrastructure work.

As a Mid-Level DevOps Engineer, you will contribute to the same domains as your senior colleagues but with more guidance on architectural decisions. You will take ownership of well-scoped infrastructure work, support production systems, and grow your judgement on what good infrastructure looks like under real operational pressure.

Your day-to-day will include: Contribute to cloud-native system architectures on Kubernetes, focused on availability and reliability of the services you supportHelp build and maintain Terraform-managed cloud resources, prioritising consistency across environmentsMaintain GitOps workflows for application deployment using Flux or equivalent toolsOperate container-based hosting environments — pods, services, deploymentsParticipate in incident response, identifying root causes and contributing fixesCollaborate with development teams to support clean integration with the infrastructure estateContribute to observability and security improvements within your scopeCover your share of the on-call rosterRequirementsWhat we're looking for at Senior levelYou build infrastructure that engineering teams trust without thinking about it. You think in systems and notice failure modes before they fire. You leave every platform you touch more observable and easier to operate than you found it. RequiredSubstantial production experience with Kubernetes at scale — cluster management, networking, pod and service managementSubstantial experience with Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code, including multi-environment patternsExperience designing and operating GitOps workflows (Flux, Argo CD, or similar)Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures — microservices, service meshes, containerisationExperience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines including Docker buildsDemonstrated incident management experience — leading complex troubleshooting and post-mortemsComfortable communicating infrastructure decisions to non-specialist stakeholdersHands-on experience with NGINX Ingress Controller — path-based routing, TLS termination, load balancingExperience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or comparable CI/CD platformsProduction experience across multiple cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)Solid grasp of IT security principles — network security, IAM, complianceBackground in streaming, media, or high-concurrency consumer platformsWhat we're looking for at Mid levelYou take a well-scoped infrastructure problem and run with it. You ask good questions early, flag risks clearly, and notice when your own work could be done more safely or more cleanly next time.