DevOps Engineer

Job Description

About Persistent

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what's next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor's mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK MatrixAssessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix Assessment 2026.

About Position:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to design, develop, and automate installation and deployment frameworks for enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift-based platforms. The role involves building robust installer solutions using shell scripting, orchestrating deployments via CI/CD pipelines, and enabling scalable, air-gapped platform deployments using modern GitOps and container technologies. This position requires strong expertise in Kubernetes ecosystem tools, automation frameworks, and DevOps practices, with a focus on platform engineering and deployment standardization.

• Role: Senior DevOps Engineer
• Location: Krakow Poland
• Experience: 5+ Years
• Job Type: Full Time Employment
• Mandatory Mention 3 skills: Kubernetes, OpenShift, DevOps, CI/CD

What You'll Do:

• Design and develop automated installer frameworks using shell scripting for Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, including installation, configuration, and administration on bare metal infrastructure (K8s/OCP)
• Implement and maintain end-to-end deployment workflows, including prerequisite validation, environment preparation, and bare metal cluster setup and configuration
• Automate deployment of platform components using Helm charts and Kubernetes operators
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for packaging, deployment, and upgrades of platform components
• Develop and orchestrate pipeline-based execution workflows using Tekton, while enabling deployment and configuration of SRE tooling
• Implement GitOps-based deployment models using Argo CD for application lifecycle management
• Manage deployment of infrastructure components such as HashiCorp Vault, secrets management solutions, and monitoring stacks
• Enable air-gapped (offline) installation support, including image mirroring and dependency packaging
• Integrate and manage tools such as Ansible, OC Mirror, JQ, YQ, and KubeVirt-based virtualization environments
• Design and maintain OCI-compliant image packaging and distribution processes (e.g., ORAS, Quay)
• Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and release engineering teams.

Expertise You'll Bring:

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift (OCP) platform deployment, including installation, configuration, and administration on bare metal environments.
• Proficiency in Shell Scripting (Bash) for automation.
• Experience with Helm for packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications
• CI/CD pipeline development using Tekton
• Experience with Argo CD (GitOps model)
• Understanding of OCI image standards, container registries, and packaging tools (ORAS, Quay) along with secrets management using HashiCorp Vault
• Experience with deployment and administration on Kubernetes of Loki, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana
• Experience with OCM (Open Custom Manager)

DevOps & Automation

• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible
• Familiarity with JSON/YAML processing tools (JQ, YQ)
• Experience with air-gapped deployments and image mirroring
• Knowledge of CI-based artifact packaging and release pipelines
• Deployment and configuration of SRE tools and operational automation frameworks.

Platform Engineering

• Experience with Kubernetes Operators, control plane setup, and KubeVirt (Kvirt) environments
• Cluster provisioning, lifecycle management, and bare metal architecture
• Experience deploying and managing Vault, enterprise secrets management, and monitoring/SRE tooling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise container platforms and secure (air-gapped) environments.
• Familiarity with Red Hat ecosystem tools.
• Exposure to multi-cluster or hybrid cloud deployments.
• Experience building platform installation frameworks or IDPs.
• Experience with deployment and administration on Kubernetes of Tempo, Open telemetry, NetObserv, Vector.dev, Black box exporter.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents.

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment.

Let's unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers

Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.

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Kubernetes,DevOps

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Krakow

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Kubernetes,DevOps

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