Shape the utilities market of the future with us We are looking for a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the installation automation and operational reliability of a modern open-source data and integration platform The platform underpins business-critical data pipelines and integrations built on technologies such as Apache Airflow Apache NiFi Apache Spark Kafka PostgreSQL MQTT brokers Docker and Kubernetes This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role with ownership across infrastructure reliability security automation and operational excellence supporting deployments on both private and public cloud environments What is the role about Key Responsibilities Platform Installation Configuration Operations Install configure upgrade and maintain distributed open-source components including Apache Airflow Apache NiFi Apache Spark Apache Kafka and its ecosystem PostgreSQL MQTT brokers Ensure platform stability scalability high availability and fault tolerance Perform capacity planning performance tuning and lifecycle management of all components Containerization Orchestration Design deploy and operate containerized workloads using Docker Build and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters Implement Kubernetes best practices for networking storage scaling and security Package and manage platform services using Helm or equivalent tooling Infrastructure as Code Automation Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code IaC using Terraform for cloud and on-prem environments Build configuration management and automation workflows using Ansible Enable repeatable environment-agnostic deployments across development staging and production Automate provisioning configuration upgrades scaling and recovery processes Cloud Hybrid Private Infrastructure Deploy and operate workloads on public cloud platforms AWS Azure GCP and private on-prem infrastructure Design hybrid architectures with secure connectivity between environments Optimize infrastructure design for resilience performance and cost efficiency Observability Reliability Incident Management Design and implement comprehensive monitoring logging and alerting for infrastructure and applications Define measure and maintain SLAs SLIs and SLOs for critical platform services Own incident response root cause analysis and post-incident reviews Proactively identify risks bottlenecks and failure modes before they impact users Security Secrets Management Implement infrastructure and platform security best practices across containers Kubernetes and networks Manage secrets and credentials using tools such as Vault Kubernetes Secrets or cloud-native solutions Own certificate lifecycle management including rotation and renewal Design and enforce network security controls access policies and zero-trust principles where applicable Support compliance with internal security and governance requirements Backup Disaster Recovery Data Protection Design and implement automated backup strategies for Kafka PostgreSQL and other stateful services Own disaster recovery planning and testing including restore validation Support multi-cluster or cross-region strategies where required Ensure data durability integrity and recoverability Cost Resource Optimization Implement infrastructure cost monitoring and visibility across environments Right-size clusters storage and compute resources to balance performance and cost Continuously optimize resource usage for cloud and hybrid deployments CI CD Release Engineering Build and maintain CI CD pipelines for platform and infrastructure components Enable safe deployment strategies such as rolling blue-green or canary deployments Support Git-based workflows and infrastructure promotion across environments Documentation Enablement Collaboration Create and maintain operational documentation runbooks and architectural diagrams Enable self-service capabilities for engineering teams wherever possible Work closely with data engineers backend engineers and architects to support platform needs Reduce operational friction through automation standardization and tooling improvements Required skills and qualifications 5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps Platform Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering Robust experience operating distributed open-source systems in production Proven expertise with Docker and Kubernetes Terraform and Ansible Linux systems and networking fundamentals Hands-on experience with Kafka Spark Airflow NiFi PostgreSQL and messaging systems including MQTT Experience supporting business-critical platforms with uptime and reliability requirements Strong scripting skills Bash Python or equivalent Excellent troubleshooting and systems-level problem-solving skills Preferred skills and qualifications Experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux Experience with observability stacks Prometheus Grafana ELK OpenSearch Familiarity with service meshes ingress controllers and API gateways Experience operating data-intensive or streaming platforms at scale Prior experience in hybrid or on-prem-first environments About us Cuculus is the key to providing utilities to all while protecting the world s precious resources Jointly with our international partner network we provide cutting-edge software and technology solutions to address utility challenges now and in the future Cuculus will never tire of creating innovative technology and services that enable utilities and organisations to successfully transition to a new era of providing and managing electricity water and gas The work we do is important for individuals cities and entire nations Our work is serious but we have fun with it too