Senior DevOps Administrator

Job Summary

Evora IT Solutions is seeking a Senior DevOps Administrator with a strong background in cloud transformation, automation, and operational excellence. This role involves supporting and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, managing Linux environments, and maintaining database systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Microsoft Azure services and a modern, DevOps-like approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary contact for support-related requests, handling 2nd and 3rd level support for infrastructure and DevOps environments.
• Analyze and resolve system malfunctions, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Operate and scale container and virtualization environments such as Kubernetes, Azure-Kubernetes and/or Xen Hypervisor.
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab and Azure DevOps; automate virtualization processes using Ansible.
• Oversee system administration in Linux environments, including web servers (Apache, Tomcat).
• Support and maintain database systems such as PostgreSQL, MariaDB (+ Galera Cluster) or Azure-SQL.
• Develop and maintain scripts using PowerShell and other scripting tools; manage release/version control using Git.
• Participate in continuous system monitoring using tools such as Grafana, ensuring system reliability and proactive issue resolution.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a DevOps administrator role.
• At least 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services.
• Ideally, 3 years of experience in operating physical servers in data center environments.
• Solid experience in supporting and troubleshooting complex Azure solutions.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using tools such as Terraform is an advantage.
• Sound understanding of open source internet applications and their technologies.
• Possession of relevant Microsoft certifications such as: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
• Solution-oriented approach to problem-solving.
• Willingness to obtain certification in the field of technologies used.
• Modern, DevOps-like way of working.
• Readiness for on-call duty and assignments outside normal working hours.
• Close collaboration with Swiss colleagues, sometimes outside of local business hours.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a high level of customer orientation and service mindset.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative team culture.

What We Offer

• Values: Collaboration, Commitment, Evolution, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, and Trust.
• Company culture that values team cooperation and shares success.
• Hybrid mode of working (twice a week from the office).
• Certified and awarded as one of the best places to work.
• Buddy program for new joiners.
• Growth and learning opportunities with Udemy access.
• Benefits: Transportation, Lunch, flexibility, Internet and mobile reimbursement, hub locations, Insurance.

Key skills/competency

• DevOps Administration
• Microsoft Azure
• Cloud Transformation
• Automation
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Kubernetes
• Linux System Administration
• Scripting (PowerShell)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• System Monitoring