Lead DevOps Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Lead SRE/DevOps Engineer to join our team and ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our global infrastructure. You will play a key role in managing high-load environments, mitigating DDoS attacks, coordinating security updates, and maintaining centralized node management for distributed systems.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Team & Reliability Ownership: Own the DevOps/SRE function end-to-end — build and scale the team from scratch, define best practices, and establish processes to ensure 24/7 infrastructure reliability, including monitoring, on-call rotations, and incident response.

• DDoS Mitigation: Design and implement strategies to prevent, detect, and mitigate DDoS attacks.

• Incident Management: Handle severity updates and ensure rapid incident response and resolution.

• Centralized Node Management: Deploy, configure, and manage a centralized node control system for efficient infrastructure governance.

• Security Updates: Regularly apply security patches and updates to ensure system integrity and compliance.

• Database Deployment: Set up and maintain databases in a highly available and fault-tolerant architecture.

• Global Service Management: Manage and monitor servers across multiple regions, including US-based servers, ensuring consistent uptime and performance.

• High-Load Infrastructure: Design and maintain scalable solutions to handle high traffic loads and ensure system resilience.

• Pipeline Management: Ensure CI/CD pipelines run smoothly for reliable application deployment.

• Security Best Practices: Implement and enforce security policies and procedures to protect infrastructure and data.

• Node Lifecycle: Maintain, update, and scale nodes efficiently while minimizing downtime.

What We Expect From You:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps / SRE roles, including work in high-load production environments.

• Proven track record of building DevOps processes, infrastructure, and teams from scratch.

• Hands-on experience with DDoS mitigation tools and practices.

• Strong knowledge of centralized node management systems.

• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar).

• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.

• Experience with database deployment and management.

• Solid grasp of security principles and experience applying security patches and updates.

• Ability to manage distributed servers, including US-based environments.

• Excellent problem-solving and incident response skills.

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.

• English - B1+ level, Russian - C1 level.

What We Offer:

• Relocation support to Cyprus (Limassol), including visa and housing assistance (this is an on-site position).

• Competitive salary.

• Monthly lunch allowances via Wolt.

• Health benefits - comprehensive medical insurance and SportBenefit membership.

• Car rental.

• Greek lessons.

• A passionate and supportive team that values creativity and ownership.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• A culture built on initiative, transparency, and collaboration.