Staff DevOps Engineer (f/m/d)

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span class="fabric-text-color-mark" data-renderer-mark="true" data-text-custom-color="#36b37e">IDnow is a<strong> leader in digital identity and fraud prevention in Europe</strong> with a mission to transform trust into the most powerful asset in the digital world, empowering enterprises with <strong>AI-driven, SaaS-based identity solutions that deliver scalable security, adaptive compliance, and real-time fraud prevention</strong>.</span><strong data-renderer-mark="true"> </strong><span class="fabric-text-color-mark" data-renderer-mark="true" data-text-custom-color="#36b37e">Through its broad portfolio of digital identity and fraud prevention solutions, IDnow establishes, maintains and enriches trust throughout the customer journey, ensuring businesses can confidently and securely operate while leveraging digital identity to drive growth, security and scalability. </span></p> <p><span class="fabric-text-color-mark" data-renderer-mark="true" data-text-custom-color="#36b37e">The company has <strong>offices in Germany, United Kingdom, Romania and France</strong>, and is backed by renowned institutional investors, including Corsair Capital and Seventure Partners. Its <strong>portfolio of international clients spans a wide range of end markets</strong> including financial services, telecommunications, travel &amp; mobility, gaming, and other industries.</span></p> <hr> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">This position is based in Rennes, France.</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">IDnow&nbsp;is looking</span><span data-contrast="none"> for a<strong> Staff DevOps Engineer (f/m/d)</strong> to join our growing platform team in Rennes, France. We are looking for someone who can go beyond execution and take true technical ownership of our platform - driving architecture decisions, mentoring peers, and leading critical projects as we transition from on-premises infrastructure to AWS.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":100}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">You will be a senior technical voice within the team, working closely with the Engineering Manager and cross-functional stakeholders to shape the future of our platform infrastructure.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":100}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Key Responsibilities</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">&nbsp;</span></span></h2> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Act as a staff-level technical lead&nbsp;-&nbsp;own epics, drive architecture decisions, and set the technical direction for platform initiatives.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Lead the migration from on-premises infrastructure to AWS, ensuring continuity and resilience throughout the transition.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Champion best practices in infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and platform reliability.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Serve as a go-to expert and escalation point for complex technical challenges within the team.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure across both cloud (AWS) and on-prem environments.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Manage and optimize the on-premises virtualization platform (Proxmox/Ceph) while progressively shifting workloads to AWS.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (AWS) and Ansible (on-prem).</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","46977