Senior DevOps Engineer (Java)

Location: Full-time office-based role in Limassol, Cyprus. Relocation support is provided.

Company

Spotware Systems develops and operates Java-based products and distributed microservices environments.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI and Jenkins.
• Automate infrastructure and application deployments using Ansible and, where applicable, Terraform.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, CNIs, networking, ingress, DNS, load balancers, Helm, and helm-file.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and distributed tracing with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, VictoriaMetrics, ELK, and OpenTelemetry.
• Support and optimize Java-based microservices in production, including profiling, containerization, and runtime management.
• Maintain security practices for CI/CD, secrets, static analysis, and incident response.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles.
• Production expertise with Helm, helm-file, Ansible, GitLab CI, and Jenkins.
• Strong experience supporting Java-based microservices and understanding microservices architecture, event-driven architecture, and the CAP theorem.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes core components, CNIs, networking, Linux systems, TCP/UDP, DNS, load balancing, and ingress controllers.
• Experience with monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, VictoriaMetrics, and VictoriaLogs.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry distributed tracing and secrets management with Vault and Sealed Secrets.
• Competency in Go, Python, and Bash scripting.
• Proven ability to support incident response and on-call rotations.

Nice to have

• Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform.
• Familiarity with service meshes such as Istio or Linkerd.
• Knowledge of advanced networking, including eBPF, Calico, Cilium, and IPVS.
• Experience with profiling tools and JVM troubleshooting, including Eclipse MAT and jmap.
• Exposure to CI/CD security practices and static analysis tools such as SonarQube.

Culture & Benefits

• Private medical insurance and remuneration based on experience, skills, and responsibility.
• Relocation support may include an entry permit, relocation bonus, flight tickets, airport pickup, and help with accommodation, banking, healthcare, and everyday matters in Cyprus.
• Comfortable office environment with fresh fruit, treats or pizza on Wednesdays, and a snack day on Fridays.
• Welcome Baby Bonus and Baby Box, birthday voucher, and partial compensation for sports and wellness activities.
• Greek language classes.