Senior DevOps Platform Engineer (Czechia)

As a Senior DevOps Platform Engineer at Azul, you will be responsible for maintaining our cloud environments, automating processes, and producing critical system deliverables. You'll lead implementation projects across teams and coach junior engineers, ensuring all efforts align with industry best practices.

Ideal candidates for the Senior DevOps Platform Engineer role at Azul should have experience with tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, AWS, Kubernetes, and observability platforms like Prometheus and Grafana. Additionally, scripting languages like Bash, Python, and Go are essential for streamlining processes.

At Azul, the team of engineers fosters a collaborative environment where members actively listen, share insights, and support each other’s professional growth. You'll work alongside talented individuals who share a commitment to enhancing the Java ecosystem as part of a dynamic platform team.

Candidates for the Senior DevOps Platform Engineer position at Azul should have a minimum of 2 years of experience in a senior or lead capacity. A strong sense of ownership and comfort with hands-on implementation in cloud environments is critical for success in this role.

Azul offers an equity program, annual bonuses based on company performance, flexible working hours, extensive holiday time, and IT equipment tailored to your preferences. Additionally, the opportunity to work with top experts worldwide makes this role particularly rewarding.

In your answer, highlight specific cloud projects you've worked on, the tools you used (e.g., AWS or OpenStack), and how you contributed to automating processes or optimizing environments. Quantify your impact whenever possible.

Discuss your approach to promoting best practices, including any frameworks or methodologies you follow. Provide examples of how you've successfully implemented these practices in previous roles.

Share your experience with scripting languages like Bash, Python, or Go, and explain how you’ve used them to automate tasks or improve efficiencies in engineering processes.

Detail a specific project where you coordinated efforts across teams, what the challenges were, and how you overcame them. Highlight your leadership style and the outcome of the project.

Explain your conflict resolution strategies, emphasizing communication, active listening, and collaboration. Provide a brief example of a conflict you successfully navigated.

Discuss your understanding of observability and how tools like Grafana or Prometheus have helped you monitor applications and systems effectively, leading to improved performance.

Share a situation where you relied on data to make a decision in your engineering practice. Discuss the data you evaluated and the impact of your decision.

Mention specific resources you use, such as industry blogs, online courses, or communities. Highlight your commitment to continuous learning and adapting new technologies in your work.

Provide examples of initiatives or practices you've introduced to enhance communication and collaboration within your team, showcasing your understanding of team dynamics.

Express your admiration for Azul's mission, the company culture, and the opportunity to work on innovative cloud solutions. Align your personal values with those of the company to demonstrate your enthusiasm.