DevOps Engineer

About the role

Hiflylabs, a team of 250+ data and tech professionals based in Budapest, is looking for a DevOps Engineer. The role bridges stakeholders and the engineering team, turning business requirements into technical specifications while supporting infrastructure, automation, quality and security.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy development tools and scalable infrastructure that support the engineering lifecycle.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and act as a bridge between stakeholders and engineers.
• Automate manual processes and optimise CI/CD pipelines for faster, more reliable releases.
• Review and test code, provide detailed analysis and ensure high-quality deployments.
• Safeguard systems against cybersecurity threats and maintain a security-first approach to infrastructure.
• Help troubleshoot issues, develop long-term fixes and manage software updates and patches.
• Partner with developers to follow best practices and architectural standards.
• Support the configuration and integration of microservices in a containerised environment.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a closely related software engineering position.
• Basic understanding of frontend or backend development, with knowledge of both code and infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and Jenkins.
• At least basic Infrastructure as Code knowledge.
• Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with at least one cloud provider, preferably Azure.
• Good understanding of databases, with a preference for NoSQL environments.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

Required skills

• CI/CD pipelines and Jenkins
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud provider (Azure preferred)
• Preferred: Terraform, Helm, Chef, Puppet or Ansible
• Preferred: Grafana, ELK, Kafka, NGINX, Apache, Tomcat
• Preferred: BigQuery, MongoDB, Redis

What we offer

• Diverse projects with new technical and business challenges.
• Work with cutting-edge technologies and tools.
• A strong, motivating team with regular knowledge-sharing gatherings.
• Personal mentoring and work-life balance.