Description
The customer is an established automotive business operating in a European market and providing distribution, commercial, and customer-focused services. It supports vehicle sales and after-sales operations through a broad network of business partners and invests in digital transformation, cloud technologies, data-driven solutions, and cybersecurity. The project provides managed maintenance and application support for a large portfolio of mobile and web applications, including software enhancements, technical support, continuous updates, CI/CD-based lifecycle management, and documentation.
Responsibilities
•Monitor and manage software versions, dependencies, vulnerabilities, and end-of-life components using Aikido, Renovate, and related tools, including manual updates where required
•Ensure critical, high-risk, and standard components are updated within defined timelines, prioritizing high and critical vulnerabilities
•Manage end-of-life components, prepare upgrade plans within required timelines, and ensure no unsupported components remain in production
•Perform impact analysis for major updates and define upgrade plans in collaboration with Developers
•Maintain and support GitLab CI/CD pipelines based on the Universal Pipeline, including linting, SAST, builds, automated tests, SonarQube quality gates, Docker/Kaniko builds, and Trivy scanning
•Maintain security and quality gates, container and base image lifecycles, artifact versioning and publication, and SBOMs for delivered artifacts
•Troubleshoot build and deployment issues and support releases and deployments across on-premises and AWS environments
•Adapt CI/CD pipelines to application and technology stack changes and resolve recurring DevOps issues
•Maintain pipeline and operational documentation in Confluence and contribute to monthly reporting on update status and timeline exceptions
Requirements
•At least 3 years of DevOps or build and release engineering experience for production web applications
•Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD pipeline design, maintenance, and troubleshooting, as well as Git and Merge Request workflows
•Experience with Docker, container image management, Kaniko or similar rootless build tools, and container registries
•Experience with dependency and vulnerability management, including Renovate/Dependabot, Aikido/Snyk, Trivy, and SonarQube or equivalent tools
•Experience with Java build tools such as Maven or Gradle
•Working knowledge of AWS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Docker Compose environments
•Experience with secrets management using Vault or similar solutions, least-privilege access, and secure CI/CD practices
•Experience with Splunk or similar centralized logging and monitoring tools
•English proficiency at Upper-Intermediate or above
•Italian proficiency at Intermediate or above
Nice to have
•.NET build tooling (MSBuild, dotnet CLI, NuGet), deploying and supporting applications on Windows Server/IIS
Conditions
•Opportunity to earn up to an additional 1,000 EUR per month, depending on expertise, included in the annual bonus through participation in company activities
•Professional, financial, and career growth; mentoring and adaptation systems for each new employee
•Access to the corporate training portal and company knowledge base
•Corporate events and amenities, including parties, pizza days, PlayStation, fruit, coffee, snacks, and movies
•Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc.)
•Referral program
•Private health insurance and sports compensation, depending on the type of employment
•Locations: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and The Netherlands
