Cloud DevOps Engineer

Location: Praha, Czechia

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales in the Czech Republic employs over 400 people from 45 different nationalities. A total of 15 teams work on projects for government agencies, banking, mobile services and the Internet Of Things (IoT) technology. At the core of our business is the development of software which we configure and embed in a multitude of different devices and form factors. These include many kinds of payment cards, SIM cards, travel passes, secure eBanking devices, authentication tokens, machine identification modules (MIM), and secure ID documents including ePassports, eID and eHealth cards, as well as eDriving licenses. Because of the international environment surrounding us every day, it comes as no surprise that English is our official corporate language.

We are looking for a Cloud DevOps Engineer who can help build and maintain our state-of-the-art cloud SaaS environment where multiple teams and partners can work together to deliver the best experience for our customers. You will join a team of highly skilled engineers to successfully build and operate our next generation CIAM Cloud offering.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Maintain and troubleshoot cloud applications to ensure performance and reliability.
• Develop and manage automation and CI/CD pipelines (Terraform, Helm, Ansible, GitLab).
• Write and review Infrastructure as Code across AWS and GCP.
• Support database systems (design, migration, backup, HA, monitoring).
• Analyze requirements and propose scalable, secure solutions.
• Monitor systems, manage configurations, and optimize performance.
• Handle production issues and provide L2/L3 support (on-call included).
• Implement AI tools to improve operational efficiency.
• Document processes and share knowledge across teams.
• Ensure security best practices and cost-efficient operations.

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in DevOps/SRE and cloud-based applications.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, AWS or GCP.
• Hands-on with IaC and automation tools (Terraform, Helm, Ansible, YAML).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub/GitLab).
• Solid scripting skills (Python, Bash).
• Experience with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch).
• Familiarity with AI tools and concepts.
• Understanding of production operations (on-call, monitoring, incident management).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in distributed, international teams.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!