DevOps Engineer (cortAIx)

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of defence and security, aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Romania, we are advancing innovation through software engineering, research and development, delivering solutions in key markets in which Thales Group operates. Our engineers design, develop and integrate solutions that impact global industries – from fully operational systems and subsystems for naval warfare and maritime security operations, to air traffic management systems, satellite-based solutions, tactical indoor simulations, identity and biometric technologies and more.

In this project, you will work with best in class DevOps technologies, collaborating with other colleagues by being part of a mixed Agile team. The team is responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining the MLOps toolchain that enables the CortAIx Factory’s AI development workflows.

As a DevOps engineer, you will:

• Work in a highly dynamic and agile environment, collaborating closely with software developers, data scientists, ML engineers, and platform engineers

• Participate in requirements analysis, architecture discussions, sprint planning, and estimations

• Contribute to the robustness, scalability, and security of the deployment environments (on premise and cloud)

• Document your work and participate in test automation and validation activities.

Besides the project context, you will become part of a transversal department with experienced colleagues that offer DevOps & Cloud services to multiple activity domains. You will have the opportunity to have an accelerated career growth through a collaboration with the other colleagues and their accumulated expertise in various technologies. You will also become a member of an International DevOps Community with visibility across the entire company.

Mission / main responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain automated deployment pipelines.

• Develop, secure, and maintain Kubernetes‑based infrastructure.

• Implement and maintain end to end authentication and authorization mechanisms.

• Deploy and maintain on premise (including air gapped) and cloud based environments.

• Collaborate on system robustness and configuration reliability.

• Contribute to toolchain development using scripting and software engineering skills.

• Participate actively in Agile team activities.

• Document, communicate, and standardize DevOps/MLOps procedures

You need to have:

• Technical study of Computer Science, Informatics, Mathematics, Electronics or similar
• At least 5 years of experience as a DevOps engineer, having a solid understanding of the DevOps culture
• Strong knowledge of Linux and ability to create shell scripts
• Proficiency with Python
• Strong knowledge of services RESTful, gRPC
• Experience with IAM services - Keycloak
• Solid containerization skills (Docker)
• Proven skills of Kubernetes & Helm for configuration & deployments
• Certificate management skills (SSL certificates)
• Experience with the GO programming language
• Passion about AI and MLOps
• Troubleshooting curiosity, proactive attitude – looking for answers, solution oriented
• Previous collaboration with international/mixed development teams
• Experience in working with teams that are using the Agile methodologies
• Flexibility, adaptability skills in order to evolve in changing environments

Nice to have:

• Previous exposure to observability/monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Grafana, Prometheus)
• Ansible/Terraform skills
• Experience with Azure Cloud and desire to grow these skills

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.