DevOps Engineer

**Who are we?***:
As a leading innovative electric vehicle charging company, DRIVECO’s mission is to bring electric mobility within everyone’s reach. We strive to deliver the most seamless user experience, establish the most reliable network, and utilize renewable energy resources in the pursuit of a greener, more sustainable society. DRIVECO is a network of 10 000 charging points in operation or under construction, and the largest network of charging points open to the public in France, known for its market-leading reliability. Since its inception, DRIVECO’s charging points have enabled the charging of 230 million kilometers driven in electric vehicles, equivalent to 5 500 times around the Earth. With more than 45 000 tons of CO2 avoided, DRIVECO has supplied more than 40 million kWh of electricity since its establishment.

**About the role***:
**Reporting**:
If you share our ambition and feel ready to deliver our strong commitments, join the Tech team - you will be directly reporting to Amaury, VP Engineering.

**Location**:Paris or remote

**Salary**:50 - 65**K euros

**Job Overview**:Play a key role in ensuring the reliability, security, and automation of our infrastructure, working closely with product and development teams to support fast and sustainable growth.

**Responsibilities**:

- Infrastructure Management**: Operate and maintain Kubernetes clusters on
GCP, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of containerized
workloads.
- **Cloud Operations**: Architect and optimize GCP-based infrastructure,

leveraging services like GKE, Compute Engine, and Cloud Storage for
performance and cost efficiency.
- **Bare Metal Administration**: Manage and maintain bare metal Debian servers,

including OS configuration, patch management, and performance tuning for
critical workloads.
- **Automation**: Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as

code (IaC) using Helm, GitHub Actions (GHA), and GKE, while automating
repetitive administrative tasks.
- **Monitoring & Reliability**: Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting

systems (e.g., DataDog, PagerDuty) to ensure system health and rapid
incident response.
- **Security**: Implement security best practices across Kubernetes, GCP, and

Unix environments, including access controls, network policies, and
vulnerability management.
- **Collaboration**: Work closely with development and product teams to ensure

deployment processes
- **Troubleshooting**: Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues,

ensuring mínimal downtime and optimal performance across hybrid
environments.
- **Documentation**: Create and maintain detailed documentation for

infrastructure setups, disaster recovery plans, and operational procedures.

**Missions**:
**Operational Excellence**: Establish a culture of reliability, scalability, and
security through robust DevOps practices and proactive system management.
Infrastructure Evolution: Keep infrastructure aligned with modern DevOps
practices, adopting new tools and technologies to enhance performance and
efficiency.
**Business Alignment**: Ensure infrastructure solutions support business
objectives, enabling rapid delivery of features and services with high
reliability

**Preferred** Experience**:
**‍ Hard**Skills**:

- Significant first experiences 2-4 years in DevOps, system administration, or
related roles, with a focus on Kubernetes, GCP, and Unix-based systems.
- Expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters, including deployment, scaling, and
troubleshooting.
- Experience with GCP services GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, etc.)
and IaC tools like Helm.
- Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux system administration, including scripting
Bash, Python).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like GitHub Actions.
Good understanding of networking, security practices, and container
orchestration.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex, cross-platform
issues
- Strong communication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical
stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or
equivalent experience)

**Soft**Skills**:

- Business Prioritization: Prioritize actions based on their added value.
- Adaptability: Welcome change with agility and openness.
- Communication: Exchange clearly and collaborate effectively.
- Influence: Unite around your impact & expertise.

**Why you will love it**:
At Driveco, we’re on a mission to make electric mobility accessible to all by building the most reliable and user-friendly charging network in Europe. Our commitment to sustainability and innovation has been recognized multiple times — including awards for environmental impact and clean tech leadership. By joining us, you’ll be part of a company that doesn’t just follow the energy transition, but actively drives it forward.

Online tests on the TestGorilla platform

A discovery interview with Sandy our Talent Acquisition Manager (30 min/ 45 min by