DevOps Engineer - Decentralized Identity Solutions

at  Cardano Foundation

YOUR OPPORTUNITY:

Make a real difference in the blockchain industry! Build the change you want to see.

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with expertise in Blockchain, Kubernetes, and AWS to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with developers, architects, and other stakeholders to ensure efficient development and deployment processes, high availability, and seamless operation of our applications and services. This role is ideal for you, if you are an engineer passionate about automation, scalability, and enabling rapid development through modern DevOps practices. You will have the following key responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS (using EKS or self-managed setups), architecting and implementing scalable and cost-efficient solutions
• CI/CD Pipelines: Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, automating application deployment processes for maximum efficiency and reliability. Package software in reproducible and auditable ways
• Monitoring and Logging: Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions, proactively troubleshooting issues and ensuring system health
• Security and Compliance: Enforce security best practices (including secrets management) implement access controls, and ensure compliance with industry standards. Implement automated vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows
• Automation and Scripting: Write and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates using Terraform/Terragrunt, Ansible, CloudFormation or Pulumi and automate tasks to improve operational efficiency using scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Go
• Collaboration: Work closely with development teams, QA and security teams to build cloud-native applications, integrate testing and compliance checks into deployment pipelines

EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or related roles
• Proven experience in managing production environments with Kubernetes and AWS
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting: knowledge of logging and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry and AWS CloudWatch
• Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and network configurations

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience maintaining blockchain nodes. Familiarity with block producing ones is a plus
• Experience with service meshes like Istio, Ambassador or Linkerd
• Knowledge of event-based and serverless architectures, hosted and self-hosted
• Familiarity with hybrid or multi-cloud environments
• Familiarity with secrets management best practices and tooling (e.g., vault)
• Familiarity with tooling such as: argocd/flux/tekton, Terragrunt, Podman, Earthly, Keycloak, (ha) postgres
• More traditional HTTP/proxy servers (apache/nginx)
• Certification in AWS (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect) and Kubernetes (e.g., CKA, CKAD)

SOFT SKILLS:

• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on automation and efficiency
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across teams
• Ability to adapt to fast-paced environments and evolving requirements
• A proactive attitude toward learning and implementing new technologies

ABOUT US

The Cardano Foundation is an independent, Swiss-based not-for-profit organization. The Foundation is tasked with advancing the public digital infrastructure Cardano and works to anchor it as a utility for financial and social systems, thus empowering the digital architects of the future.
The Foundation facilitates the worldwide advancement of Cardano in enterprise applications. It develops infrastructure tooling—including where there may not be an immediate commercial use case—plus strengthens operational resilience, and drives diversity of on-infrastructure use cases as well as the development of sound and representative governance.
Another significant part of the Cardano Foundation’s mission is to engage with and support the Cardano community. The Foundation assists the development of tools the community can use to leverage Cardano to solve problems in new ways.
The Cardano Foundation has incredible employees from over 24 nationalities, across 3 continents, working together to grow the Foundation.
Here at the Cardano Foundation we are transparent, inclusive, passionate and innovative. We aim to have a positive impact on global change and breed a harmonious working environment for our employees to flourish.

Benefits:

• Embrace Flexibility & Freedom: Enjoy the benefits of remote work with the flexibility to tailor your hours that best supports your productivity, while staying aligned with the team.
• Collaborative Culture: We foster a collaborative remote environment where ideas flow freely and everyone feels empowered to contribute.
• Thrive in a Learning Culture: We believe in continuous growth and development. Every employee receives an annual learning budget to invest in their professional journey.
• Shape Your Career: We provide opportunities for growth and encourage you to continuously evolve your skills and expertise within a supportive environment.
• Make a Real Impact: Your work will directly contribute to the development and adoption of Cardano, shaping the future of blockchain technology and its real-world applications.
• Team Building & Fun: Connect with your colleagues and strengthen team bonds through a dedicated annual team building event, as well as a departmental team-building day. Enjoy an extra day off for your birthday and additional days off to celebrate milestone work anniversaries.
• Work with Passionate People: Surround yourself with a team of dedicated individuals who are driven by a shared passion for blockchain technology and its potential to change the world.

Equal opportunities employer:
The Cardano Foundation strives to provide a diverse, inclusive and welcoming working environment. We are committed to being a discrimination free organization - including discrimination free space with regards to age, religion, race, nationality/ethnic origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Cardano Foundation does not accept any applications from recruitment agencies for this position. We refuse any responsibility for unsolicited applications as well as any associated fees. Unsolicited applications will be treated as direct applications regardless of the channel through which we receive them

• Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS (using EKS or self-managed setups), architecting and implementing scalable and cost-efficient solutions
• CI/CD Pipelines: Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, automating application deployment processes for maximum efficiency and reliability. Package software in reproducible and auditable ways
• Monitoring and Logging: Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions, proactively troubleshooting issues and ensuring system health
• Security and Compliance: Enforce security best practices (including secrets management) implement access controls, and ensure compliance with industry standards. Implement automated vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows
• Automation and Scripting: Write and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates using Terraform/Terragrunt, Ansible, CloudFormation or Pulumi and automate tasks to improve operational efficiency using scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Go
• Collaboration: Work closely with development teams, QA and security teams to build cloud-native applications, integrate testing and compliance checks into deployment pipeline