Technical Lead – DevOps
Nearform
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Italy
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About the role
- Provide technical and line-management leadership to your development team.
- Take responsibility for the successful delivery of projects.
- Identify and resolve blockers before they become issues.
- Ensure best practices in DevOps, software development and agile methodologies are upheld within the team.
- Work directly with clients, translating requirements into technical briefs.
- Shape and define architectural decisions ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Provide updates to client and Nearform leadership to ensure clear understanding of project status and drive good decision-making.
Requirements
- Significant experience leading projects and mentoring as a Technical Lead.
- Experience working directly with clients or customers to understand technical requirements.
- Working knowledge of cloud deployment models
- Familiarity with security frameworks (e.g., NIST, OWASP, PCI DSS) and risk management methodologies
- Strong technical knowledge and understanding of web application security, in particular DevOps and SDLC
- Strong programming skills in Python
- Expertise with SQL databases, particularly PostgreSQL or cloud equivalent such as Amazon RDS
- Experience utilizing LLMs and prompt engineering
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline setup and management
- Familiarity in using AWS cloud platform for deploying and managing applications, particularly AWS ECS
- Familiarity with GitHub for version control and code collaboration.
- Knowledge of containerisation
- Deep understanding of agile ways of working, best practices and design patterns.
- Deep understanding of version control tools, e.g. Git.
- Understanding of DevOps practices and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Understanding of operational concerns (such as monitoring, performance testing, security considerations, accessibility, GDPR)
Benefits
- Annual Company Bonus - We all help Nearform to hit company goals so we all receive a share of the profits on an annual basis in line with company performance.
- Work Remotely and Flexibly - We have a genuine dedication to work/life balance. Our flexible working culture allows you to work around what matters - school run, no problem!
- Paid Time Off Package - We offer an annual leave of 28 days plus public holidays. We also offer sick leave, marriage leave and many more.
- Remote Working Allowance - Every 2 years, you will have a budget of up to €1250 to help you set up a comfortable and productive workspace in addition to your essential equipment provided by Nearform when you join.
- Training and Development Allowance - We understand the importance of continuously learning so we offer an allowance of up to €1000 you can use to upskill yourself.
- Healthcare - Health insurance is provided for under the applicable national collective labor agreement (CCNL) and may be through the Fondo Est or QuAS.
- Pension & Insurances - We provide state pension + private pension with a match up to 1.55%, and Death in Service cover for peace of mind.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLPostgreSQLLLMsprompt engineeringCI/CDAWSGitHubcontainerisationDevOps
Soft Skills
technical leadershipline managementmentoringclient communicationproject deliveryproblem solvingdecision-makingagile methodologiesbest practicesarchitectural decision-making