DevOps Database Engineer - Humankind Global Recruitment
4 days ago
Girona
Devops Database Engineer Location Madrid or Malaga Hybrid (2 per week in office and 3 days from home) About the Role We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to join our clients data team. You will deploy, automate, and maintain databases primarily on Kubernetes serving 500+ developers across multiple environments. This is a practical, engineering-heavy role. You will work daily with Kubernetes operators, Helm charts, Ansible playbooks, and CI/CD pipelines to keep databases running reliably at scale. If you have deployed and managed any database on Kubernetes (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MySQL, MongoDB - anything counts), and you enjoy solving real operational problems rather than just writing YAML, this role is for you. You will join a small, focused team of experienced engineers and start contributing from day one. We value practical experience over theoretical knowledge. What You Will Do Deploy and operate databases on Kubernetes • Deploy and manage database clusters using Kubernetes operators (e.g., Cloud NativePG, ECK, or any equivalent operator you have worked with)., • Handle day-to-day database operations: provisioning, scaling, backups, failover, upgrades, and user management., • Troubleshoot production issues across multiple database engines (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Cassandra, Click House, MongoDB). Build and maintain automation • Write and maintain Ansible playbooks, Helm charts, and Terraform modules for database lifecycle management., • Automate repetitive operational tasks: credential rotation, configuration drift detection, backup verification., • Integrate database services with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) and secrets management (External Secrets Operator, OpenBao). Support the platform and the team • Create operational runbooks and documentation for database procedures., • Collaborate with other teams on monitoring, alerting, and access control for databases. What We Are Looking For • 3+ years in a DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineer role with real production responsibilities., • Kubernetes experience: you have deployed and operated workloads on Kubernetes in production — not just local clusters. Understanding of StatefulSets, PVCs, operators, and how stateful applications behave on K8s., • Database deployment experience on Kubernetes: you have deployed at least one database engine on K8s using an operator or Helm chart. You know the caveats — storage classes, backup strategies, failover behavior, data persistence. Any database counts (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)., • Automation skills: practical experience with at least two of: Ansible, Terraform, Helm. You write automation that others can read, use, and maintain., • Linux fundamentals: comfortable with troubleshooting, networking, and system administration on Linux., • CI/CD familiarity: experience with GitLab CI, ArgoCD, or similar pipeline/GitOps tools., • Communication: able to work effectively in English (written and spoken) in a distributed team.
