Staff DevOps Engineer

About the role

Teckro is hiring a Staff DevOps Engineer to join their team on a full-time basis. The role is based in Dublin and supports remote work arrangements for qualified candidates. This position focuses on building and maintaining the infrastructure that powers Teckro's platform for clinical research and drug development. The engineer will work closely with development teams to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure systems while shaping the company's infrastructure strategy and collaborating with cross-functional partners.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Own and continuously improve the CI/CD pipelines that support application delivery across all environments
• Manage cloud infrastructure resources to ensure high availability, reliability, and consistent performance
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design and implement scalable deployment strategies for services
• Monitor system health and respond to incidents in a timely and effective manner
• Automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure using code-based configuration and automation tools
• Conduct thorough capacity planning and performance tuning for all production systems and services
• Maintain security standards and compliance requirements across all infrastructure components and environments
• Mentor junior engineers and actively contribute to team knowledge sharing and growth
• Evaluate new tools and practices to continuously improve operational efficiency and developer experience
• Document infrastructure architecture and operational procedures for the engineering team and stakeholders
• Partner with security teams to implement identity and access management across all cloud resources
• Drive infrastructure reliability improvements through post-incident reviews and proactive system hardening initiatives
• Support application performance optimization by analyzing infrastructure metrics and identifying bottlenecks
• Ensure infrastructure documentation is current and accessible to all engineering team members
• Participate in architecture reviews and provide operational perspective on system design decisions

Requirements

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and configuration management systems for automating deployments at scale
• Strong background in Linux system administration, networking fundamentals, and troubleshooting is required
• Familiarity with container orchestration platforms and microservice architectures is expected for this role
• Proven ability to work independently and take ownership of complex distributed systems in production
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and observability practices in production environments is essential
• Good understanding of security best practices for cloud-based infrastructure, networking, and application layers
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and cross-functional partners
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience in a related discipline
• Familiarity with version control systems and collaborative development workflows is important for this role
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment

Nice to have

• Experience working in regulated industries such as healthcare or life sciences is valued
• Familiarity with clinical trial software or research data platforms is a strong plus
• Knowledge of disaster recovery planning and business continuity procedures for production systems is helpful
• Contributions to open source infrastructure or DevOps tooling projects are highly valued here
• Experience with governance frameworks and audit readiness for regulated technology environments
• Background in agile methodologies and experience working within fast-paced development teams

Skills & tools

• Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure for infrastructure management and operations
• Configuration management and infrastructure-as-code frameworks for declarative system definitions and deployments
• Container technologies and orchestration systems for managing application workloads at scale
• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation for automated testing and release workflows
• Monitoring and alerting platforms for system observability and performance tracking
• Scripting and automation languages for operational tasks and infrastructure management
• Version control systems and collaborative development platforms for source code management and review
• Log aggregation and analysis tools for troubleshooting and performance investigation in production

Practical notes

• This role operates on a full-time schedule with remote work flexibility and significant autonomy in daily decision making
• The position is anchored in Dublin with remote engagement options available for the team
• Candidates should expect to participate in on-call rotation for production system support and incident response
• The hiring process includes technical interviews and a culture fit discussion with the engineering team
• Teckro values a collaborative culture where engineers are encouraged to share ideas and best practices
• The team is distributed across multiple time zones with Dublin serving as the primary office