DevOps Architect

Summary
Data has never been more valuable and vulnerable. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated and regulations more strict, organizations struggle to answer one key question: "Is my data safe?"

At Varonis, we see the world of cybersecurity differently. Instead of chasing threats, we believe the most practical approach is protecting data from the inside out. We've built the industry's first fully autonomous Data Security Platform to help our customers dramatically reduce risk with minimal human effort.

At Varonis, we move fast. We're an ultra-collaborative company with brilliant people who care deeply about the details. Together, we're solving interesting and complex puzzles to keep the world's data safe.

We work in a flexible, hybrid model, so you can choose the home-office balance that works best for you.
We're seeking a
DevOps Architect /
Staff Engineer
to join our DevOps department and help us continue to build our cutting-edge security platform, serving thousands of tenants worldwide.

In this role, you will design, enhance, and secure our AWS-based environments, improve automation and delivery processes, and introduce new technologies into our stack. This is a senior-level position for an outstanding DevOps engineer with deep knowledge and experience of cloud platform architectures who reports directly to a group lead.

Responsibilities
Main Focus Areas

• Strategic Impact: Ensure platform decisions support business needs and deliver secure, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Technical Leadership: Define the roadmap for cloud and delivery, set standards and best practices for all teams.
• Innovation and Hands-On Work: Lead proofs of concept, test and adopt new technologies, and deliver complex features when needed.
• Enablement: Share knowledge, guide design choices, run reviews and workshops, and help teams enhance speed and quality of their delivery.

What You Will Do?

• Design and operate scalable AWS environments for our multi-region SaaS platforms.
• Build and improve automation for infrastructure and delivery using tools like Terraform,, and Ansible.
• Lead continuous integration and delivery and introduce GitOps practices with tools such as Jenkins DevOps, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions.
• Build internal developer experience: create self-service paths, golden templates, and fast environments to help engineers deliver faster.
• Run proofs of concept and bring new technologies into the company stack.
• Create clear documentation, design guides, and runbooks for teams to follow.
• Enhance. Collaborate with team leaders to improve delivery speed and minimize feature release delays.
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead critical incidents with clear communication and follow-up improvements.
• Track and improve cloud cost and efficiency, plan capacity to meet demand without waste.
• Mentor engineers and help them learn best practices in cloud, security, and automation.

Requirements

• Strong experience with AWS and building large-scale and multi-geo SaaS platforms.
• Deep knowledge of infrastructure as code with tools like Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, and Packer.
• Experience to lead cross-company technical projects; design collaboration, execution
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and observability tools like Prometheus.
• Proficiency in modern programming and scripting languages such as Python and Go.
• Solid understanding of Linux, networking, and security (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, certificates, firewalls).
• Knowledge of security practices and compliance in cloud environments.
• Experience with observability, incident response, and disaster recovery planning.
• Ability to design complex topologies, mainly in AWS but also in additional public clouds when needed.
• Very strong collaboration skills, for ongoing  cooperation with various business units - product, engineering, and security teams
• Passion to stay hands-on, run refactors, and deliver features when needed.

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Varonis is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.