Senior DevOps Specialist

Senior DevOps Specialist – On-Premise Infrastructure & Migration - 6 months+

Location: Occitanie region, France – Primarily Remote (occasional onsite visits)

Contract: Freelance

Languages: English and French (professional+)

Experience: 5+ years

We are looking for an experienced SeniorDevOps Engineer to support a large international organisation with the migration of an existing solution from an external systems integrator into its internal on-premise infrastructure.

The role will focus on data migration, environment preparation, configuration, implementation and optimisation of existing DevOps processes, ensuring a smooth transition and knowledge transfer.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the migration of applications, data and configurations into the internal on-premise environment.
• Prepare, configure and optimise infrastructure and deployment environments.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Provide technical guidance during implementation, testing and transition.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, integration and deployment issues.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external integrators to ensure successful handover and knowledge transfer.

Key Requirements

• 5+ years' experience in DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong experience with on-premise infrastructure, migrations and environment transitions.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab or Jenkins.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, scripting and automation (Python, Bash or PowerShell).
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible or similar automation tools.
• Understanding of networking, virtualisation, storage and infrastructure security.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is advantageous.

Desirable Skills

• VMware, Red Hat or enterprise infrastructure experience.
• Previous experience transitioning systems from external integrators to internal IT teams.
• Hybrid-cloud experience, particularly Azure.