PURPOSE AND SCOPE
A Middle DevOps Engineer ensures stable, scalable, and efficient software infrastructure while collaborating with
developers and operations. They build automated processes to improve deployment speed and product quality.
With AI/ML skills, they optimize CI/CD pipelines, predict system issues, and enhance resource management. This role drives smarter, more resilient, and future-ready infrastructures.
RESPONSIBILITY
- Promote process automation where possible.
- Support the implementation of security measures and risk assessments.
- Manage incidents and root cause analysis.
- Participate in building, improving, and maintaining appropriate CI/CD tools and pipelines.
- Comply with VELA's software development standards.
- Ensure compliance with customer security and compliance requirements.
- Report technical risks and dependencies to project management.
- Support the AI team when needed: deploy AI models, set up GPU environments, and monitor AI services.
- Build small AI prototypes for internal use during spare time.
EXPERIENCE
- College/University degree in IT, Telecommunications, or equivalent.
- 1-3 years of experience in System Operation / IT Infrastructure, familiar with Linux/Windows server administration, networking, and security.
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1-2 years of practical experience in DevOps or related software engineering role, with exposure to CI/CD and automation.
- Hands-on experience with GitLab, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of configuring and managing databases (MySQL, MongoDB...).
- Understanding of open-source tools and cloud services.
- Experience with Python and frameworks such as FastAPI, Streamlit, or Flask.
- Scripting experience in Python, Bash (and optionally PowerShell, Groovy, or Go) for automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Basic understanding of the ML lifecycle: training → testing → deployment.
- Familiarity with FastAPI, Streamlit, or Flask to wrap AI models as APIs.
- Experience with Hugging Face or OpenAI API is a plus.
- Experience in project management is preferable.
- Strong troubleshooting experience, ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to work in a team and coordinate with other departments.