DevOps Engineer – Payments Platform & Technology Controls

Mindbox is a tech-driven company connecting top IT talents with technology projects for leading enterprises across Europe. The role focuses on supporting a mission-critical SEPA payments technology estate delivering real-time payment platforms for EU and UK markets.

• Fluency in English
• Strong hands-on DevOps/Platform Engineering experience in a regulated, high-availability environment (payments/financial services preferred)
• Proven experience running workloads on Kubernetes (deployments, scaling, config/secrets, troubleshooting)
• Strong operational knowledge of Oracle from an application/platform perspective (connectivity, performance triage, HA/DR concepts)
• Experience in SQL and Linux
• CI/CD and automation capability with Git-based workflows, scripting in Bash/Python, configuration management/IaC
• Strong experience with IBM MQ support and troubleshooting including TLS security and performance
• Strong experience supporting IBM WebSphere Application Server in production
• Experience managing SFTP integrations securely and at scale (keys/certs, automation, monitoring)
• Observability and troubleshooting strength: logs, metrics, traces, performance tuning
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps tools (Jira, Confluence, GitHub, SharePoint)
• High autonomy, strong organisational skills, able to prioritise and deliver with minimal supervision

Nice to have:

• Experience in Payments (e.g., SEPA)
• Experience with API gateways/management, service mesh, container security, and vulnerability management
• Familiarity with ITIL processes (incident/problem/change) and operational governance
• Experience with disaster recovery testing, resilience engineering, and chaos/verification testing
• Knowledge of Python, Java, Puppet, Ansible or similar tools

• Own the day-to-day reliability, change delivery, and continuous improvement of a complex SEPA payments technology estate
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines, orchestration solutions, and deployment automation (including scripting in Bash/Python and Infrastructure as Code)
• Support IBM MQ and WebSphere Application Server environments ensuring secure, stable connectivity and performance (including TLS, tuning, troubleshooting)
• Manage application connectivity to Oracle, handling performance, resilience (HA/DR), and troubleshooting
• Operate microservices on Kubernetes, covering deployments, scaling, ingress, secrets, and observability
• Manage SFTP integrations, automation, and monitoring with robust controls
• Strengthen observability across systems: logs, metrics, tracing, and performance analytics
• Implement engineering best practices for security patching, vulnerability management, and service resilience
• Engage in IT Service Oversight and governance activities including risk assessments, documentation, and audit readiness
• Communicate clearly across teams and stakeholders; coordinate incident and change management effectively