DevOps Engineer

What's the role?

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for managing the full DevOps lifecycle, including system operations, monitoring, deployment automation, and infrastructure as code (IaC). This role ensures the availability, performance, scalability, and security of cloud and on-premises systems. The ideal candidate is skilled in AWS technologies, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and security best practices. They will collaborate with development teams to optimize infrastructure, troubleshoot issues, and drive operational excellence.

What You'll do

• System Deployment and Operations:
• Automate, deploy, monitor, and maintain cloud-based and on-premise systems, focusing on availability, performance, and scalability.
• Build and maintain AWS infrastructure using services such as EC2, RDS, ELB, S3, CloudFormation, Lambda, EKS, and IAM.
• Utilise Terraform and CloudFormation to provision and manage infrastructure as code.
• Continuous Integration and Tooling:
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, integrating with development workflows for automated builds, tests, and deployments.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimise build systems and containerisation workflows using Docker.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting:
• Implement and maintain monitoring solutions, including Datadog, to track system health, performance, and metrics.
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues to ensure reliability and minimal downtime.
• Process Improvement and Documentation:
• Recommend and implement improvements to system architecture and operational processes, emphasising scalability and efficiency.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation, including network diagrams, component architecture, and DevOps workflows, and share best practices with the team.
• Collaboration and Security:
• Work with the IT Security team to ensure compliance with security standards and successful completion of audits and penetration tests.
• Promote and implement best-in-class cloud security practices to safeguard critical systems.
  

What You’ll Bring

To Help You Succeed, We’ll Provide You With Everything You Need So That We’re Driving Impact Together From Day One. You’ll Find a Stable Working Environment, Exceptional Support, Learning And Development, And a Great Team Around You. Here’s What You’ll Need To Bring With You

• Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of hands-on DevOps experience.
• Technical Expertise:
• Advanced knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, EKS, Lambda, and IAM.
• Proficiency with Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD for building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Bash, Python) and containerisation tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Expertise in monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog) for system health and performance tracking.
• Experience with Node.js, Golang, or Java is appreciated.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes clusters is required.
• Soft Skills:
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a proactive and detail-oriented approach.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
  

What’s In It for You

Benefits

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:

• A caring and performance-oriented culture.
• A recognised Great Place to Work 2025, which celebrates our commitment to a culture that values care, performance, and innovation for our greatest strength, our people.
• Competitive rewards and comprehensive career development opportunities that ensure your success is our priority.
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Why Hilti

Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.

Commitment to Inclusion

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.

Join us in making construction better.

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