About Teckro
We founded Teckro to simplify and modernize clinical trials. In fact, thousands of clinical trial investigators and research site staff rely on Teckro to make the most informed decisions for their patients.That’s where you come in.We’re offering you a role with purpose. Your contribution at Teckro will lead to faster, safer and more efficient clinical trials. Quality of life will be improved. In the end, lives will be saved.Could you be our newest Teckronaut?What you’ll Do:As a Staff DevOps Engineer, you will be a key technical leader, shaping the future of our infrastructure and platform engineering strategies.
You will drive Platform as a Product initiatives, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability across our cloud environments. Acting as a trusted expert, you will collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to design and implement robust, high-availability architectures.In this role, you will lead critical infrastructure projects, optimize cloud operations, and enforce best practices in automation, security, and cost management. You will mentor engineers, fostering a high-performance DevOps culture while remaining hands-on in system design, coding, and problem-solving.
Your expertise in Kubernetes, cloud networking, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) will be instrumental in driving technical innovation and operational excellence.Key Responsibilities:
- Spearhead Platform as a Product initiatives, driving adoption and best practices.
- Define and implement long-term strategies for infrastructure scalability and reliability.
- Architect, lead, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud infrastructure.
- Architect, lead and build infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and system monitoring at scale.
- Act as a key technical expert in Kubernetes, cloud networking, and container security.
- Implement and enforce best practices in cloud security, compliance, and governance.
- Guide incident management processes, conduct post-mortem analysis, and drive continuous improvement.
- Optimize cloud costs, ensuring efficient resource utilization.
- Take ownership of critical production issues, overseeing resolution and post-incident improvements.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to align technical strategies with business objectives.
- Champion a culture of innovation, automation, and operational excellence.
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers while remaining hands-on in coding, debugging, and system design.
- Drive technical innovation, introducing new tools and frameworks to improve efficiency.
- Lead architectural discussions, design reviews, and implementation strategies for cloud infrastructure.
- Define long-term infrastructure strategies that align with business objectives.
The Ideal candidate will have:
- Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, including cluster management, networking, security, and operators.
- Deep experience with AWS services such as IAM, EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda, and VPC.
- Strong proficiency in Python for automation and infrastructure management.
- Extensive experience with CI/CD automation, using tools like GitHub Actions.
- Mastery of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Helm, Pulumi, or Crossplane.
- Understanding of service mesh technologies like Istio or Linkerd beneficial.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture, Kubernetes Operators, and service mesh technologies.
- Deep knowledge of cloud security best practices, compliance, and governance.
- Extensive experience in implementing observability solutions, including monitoring, logging, and tracing.
- Hands-on experience in high-availability architectures and disaster recovery planning.
- Proven ability to optimize system performance, scalability, and resilience.
- Exceptional leadership and decision-making abilities in high-impact technical environments.
- Ability to drive strategic initiatives and align them with business goals.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
- Effective communication skills, capable of translating deep technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to balance hands-on engineering with strategic technical leadership.
- Commitment to fostering a high-performance culture, mentoring, and team development.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with evolving priorities.
- Proactive in identifying technical debt and proposing scalable solutions.
- Experience in mentoring and upskilling engineers, fostering a strong DevOps culture.
- Passion for continuous learning, innovation, and staying ahead of industry trends.
Qualifications Required:
- Experience working in international/multi-site environments.
- Experience working in a regulated industry (advantageous).
- Experience managing or leading technical teams (advantageous).
- Experience working in early-stage technology companies.
- 8+ years of experience across software development or DevOps environments
- Undergraduate or Postgraduate degree in an appropriate field (Engineering, Computer Science, Science)
- Experience working in international/multi-site environments
Location and Travel: (Dublin)
- Hybrid role - Dublin City Centre, Ireland, currently this is set to 2 days per week onsite.
- Our Dublin City Centre offices are located less than 3 mins for Pearse St Dart Station and beside the Alex Hotel, making it accessible for all major transport.
- We also offer flexible start/ end times, allowing your schedule to suit your lifestyle
- Note: Regrettably we cannot offer work permit sponsorship for this role To be considered, you must currently be based in Ireland and already hold the necessary legal permissions to work here.
Teckro Benefits:
- 25 days holidays
- Pension
- Healthcare
- Life Insurance
- Share Options
- Annual Performance related bonus
- 50% Maternity leave pay after capped length of service
- Paid Paternity leave scheme
- Bike to Work/ Tax Saver Scheme
- Gym/Wellness Allowance
- Sports and Social Club
We are always looking for amazing people to join our growing team. If you are curious, passionate and motivated, then we want to talk to you!By submitting your application, you agree that Teckro may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Teckro's Recruitment Privacy Statement explains what personal information Teckro may process, where Teckro may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Teckro’s use of your personal information.
