Mid-Level HashiCorp Vault Backend Engineer

This role is for a PAM Engineer working within a PAM Technology team focused on the HashiCorp Vault service, supporting infrastructure services including Active Directory, Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Access Governance. The position is based in Krakow with a hybrid work model.

• 3+ years of experience working in a HashiCorp Vault environment (on-prem preferred).
• 3+ years using HashiCorp Terraform with experience building automation.
• Strong release automation skills, including Ansible AAP playbook creation and Jenkins pipeline management.
• Solid backend infrastructure management experience, including support activities such as upgrades, remediation, and configuration improvements.
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues and creating root cause remediation plans, including crisis-call situations.
• Experience designing monitoring and alerting solutions at enterprise level (e.g., Splunk, Grafana, AppDynamics, SCOM).
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile team, managing work in Jira and related engagements.

Nice to have:

• Experience with coding/scripting and GitHub with strong code management best practices.
• Experience working with audit and compliance requests and procedures.
• Experience taking a Scrum Master role or managing Jira boards and task prioritisation.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and demonstrate self-motivation to learn.

• Drive backend improvement projects for an on-prem HashiCorp Vault environment, prioritizing reliability and continuous service enhancement.
• Provide best-practice expertise for design and build of on-prem Vault instances, ensuring robust and secure implementation.
• Support backend infrastructure and operations including application upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and ongoing configuration improvements.
• Troubleshoot inefficiencies in Vault design and propose improvements that strengthen the service offering.
• Build self-service enablement by creating clear documentation and self-help material to accelerate developer onboarding.
• Design and improve monitoring and alerting to enhance resilience (enterprise-level observability mindset).
• Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to influence solution design and keep strategic programmes progressing against scrutiny on milestones.
• Manage ad-hoc out-of-hours work when required, aligned with change management and incident support practices.

Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in Europe will be considered for this role.