DevOps Engineer (freelance)

PwC Poland’s Digital& - Application Development team comprises 130 people and is responsible for IT projects for Polish and international clients, mainly financial institutions. The department undertakes activities from design, building and implementation, to functional specifications, data analysis, business requirements definition, testing support, and mobile application development.

• Strong and comprehensive knowledge of Windows or Linux systems and Microsoft SQL Server, maintaining and deploying applications on Kubernetes (including Helm, Ingress)
• Expert knowledge in delivering scalable, resilient, and automated builds in local and cloud environments using Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Octopus, Ansible for high-quality data pipelines
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code approach (preferably Terraform)
• Detailed knowledge of networking components, protocols, and security (e.g., subnets, firewalls, routing, DNS, http, TLS/SSL)
• Knowledge of patch and vulnerability remediation processes and frameworks
• Expert knowledge on patching and upgrading different platforms (addressing security vulnerabilities such as SSL and TLS shortcomings, certificates, cipher strengths)
• Knowledge of patch & vulnerability management including automation of these processes
• Experience with scanning tools such as Veracode, Gradar, Qualys or similar
• Practical experience with Azure (preferred), AWS, Google Cloud
• Knowledge of scripting to automate day-to-day tasks
• 2-3 years of experience

• Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure (CI/CD pipeline implementation)
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code solutions based on project requirements
• Working with PowerShell, Linux Shell, testing and examining code by others and analyzing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and fixes
• Collaborating with software developers and engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended