DEVOPS ENGINEER - Freelancer

 

1. WHO ARE WE?

Digital Unicorn is a French digital agency with a team of passionate and ambitious people, we specialize in:

• Mobile Application Development
• Website development
•  AI/deep learning
•  UX/UI design

Digital Unicorn is a small hub for everybody who wants to enter international working environments. We want to create a workplace where you can train yourself, work, and build the basic foundations for your future career path. And also, your friendships.

 

At Digital Unicorn,

• Sharing and helping each other are greatly welcomed.
• Building matters for startups together.
• A nice small hub where you can enjoy working and growing

RESPONSIBILITY

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient infrastructure systems.
• Collaborate with software engineers, QA, and product teams across multiple regions (Spain and the US) to ensure smooth deployment of applications.• Automate and optimize CI/CD pipelines for fast and reliable delivery.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement fail-safe and recovery
• Ensure robust security practices across all environments and platforms.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Ansible, etc.
• Provide mentorship to junior team members and contribute to continuous improvement
• Review existing code, identify areas for improvement (including security), and create a roadmap for enhancement.

First Tasks Upon Hiring:

• Review the existing codebase and recommend improvements, including security.
• Create a roadmap for identified improvements and execute it.
• Optimize the deployment process, including dev and staging environments, ensuring efficient use of expensive nodes for research code.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps role.
• Proficiency in Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of typical frontend/backend architecture (React frontend, FastAPI
• Experience working with distant teams, particularly Spanish and US teams.
• Strong proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, or others).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Deep understanding of Linux/Unix system administration.
• Strong experience in monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or others).
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Language: Must be able to read, write, and speak English proficiently enough to collaborate with a distant Spanish team and a US team.
• Ability to work independently in a remote setting.

WORKING TYPE: Remote

We warmly welcome everyone

WORKING TIME: Flexible ( Deadline commitment)

INTERVIEW PROCESS: 1 Round

Please record 1-2 minutes video to introduce yourself in English, and send us along with your CV

Scanning questions: How many skills do you have in this list?

Microsoft Cloud Azure

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Terraform

Azure Application Gateway

Vault by HashiCorp and Azure Key Vault

Azure Site Recovery

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

ArgoCD

Keycloak

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenVPN