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DevOps Engineer

OutThink is the world’s leading, AI-native cybersecurity human risk management platform, on a mission to put humans at the center of security operations. We’re redefining how people engage with cybersecurity. We go further by giving business security leaders with the tools to prevent human-initiated security incidents.
Founded in 2019, OutThink’s team is 50+ and growing across our offices in New York, London, Barcelona and Bengaluru. We serve some of the most prominent organizations worldwide including Haleon, Whirlpool, Danske Bank, VINCI, and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. Our people are ambitious and driven innovators from a diverse range of backgrounds, passionate about their work, and excited about the mission we’re on. We’re backed by leading VCs including Albion Capital and Molten Ventures, as well as innovation bodies including the European Innovation Council and UK Innovation C Research.
Opportunities like this don’t come by often. We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join OutThink and play a key role in designing, building, and securing our cloud-native infrastructure. You will work closely with customers, partners, and internal engineering teams to connect our platform with external systems, design secure network architectures, and ensure high availability across our cloud environments. This role requires a strong background in cloud networking, Kubernetes (AKS), and service mesh technologies (Istio), combined with a mindset focused on automation, security, and scalability.

Who you'll work closely with

Matt Slater
Matt Slater
Chief Technology Officer
Nico Martin
Nico Martin
Lead Software Engineer
Javi Mollà Micó
Javi Mollà Micó
Principal Software Engineer
Bogdan Perian
Bogdan Perian
Principal Software Engineer

What you’ll do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud

infrastructure across Azure and AWS environments.

•Manage and optimize Kubernetes platforms (AKS) in production, including

deployments, scaling, networking, and operational reliability.

•Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application delivery,

infrastructure provisioning, and operational workflows.

•Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform to

standardize and automate cloud infrastructure.

•Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve distributed systems using observabilitytools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging platforms.

•Collaborate with development, security, and platform teams to improve

deployment processes, reliability, and operational efficiency.

•Manage networking and connectivity across cloud and hybrid environments,

including VNets/VPCs, firewalls, private networking, load balancers, and

secure connectivity.

•Implement and maintain service mesh solutions (Istio or similar) for traffic

management, observability, and service-to-service security.

•Support incident response, root cause analysis, and production

troubleshooting for critical systems and services.

•Maintain and improve security posture across infrastructure and CI/CD

pipelines following DevSecOps and Zero Trust principles.

•Automate operational tasks and internal tooling using Python.

•Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and

architecture diagrams.

•Work closely with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to deliver

reliable, maintainable, and business-aligned solutions.

•Contribute to agile delivery processes and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your background

•5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or

Infrastructure roles.

•At least 3+ years of hands-on experience managing Kubernetes in production environments.

•Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, especially:

oAKS

oAzure Networking (VNet, Application Gateway, Front Door, WAF)

oAzure AD and identity/security integrations

oMonitoring and operational tooling

•Good working knowledge of AWS cloud services and networking.

•Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

•Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

•Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

•Experience with Istio or similar service mesh technologies.

•Solid understanding of networking concepts, including:

oVNets/VPCs

oFirewalls and network security groups

oLoad balancers and ingress controllers

oPrivate endpoints and hybrid connectivity

oDNS and TLS/certificates•Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging systems.

•Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills in distributed systems environments.

•Proficient in Python.

•Strong understanding of Linux systems administration.

•Experience working in both operational support and project-based

environments.

•Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal).

Desirable Skills

•Experience managing AKS clusters at scale in enterprise production

environments.

•Experience with GitOps workflows and tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.

•Experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.

•Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures and modern security practices.

•Experience with security tooling such as Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, and

M365 security integrations.

•Experience in cybersecurity or security-focused organizations.

•Knowledge of SRE principles, SLIs/SLOs, and reliability engineering

practices.

•Microsoft certifications such as:

  • Azure Administrator Associate
  • Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • Experience working in multi-cloud environments (Azure + AWS).

Ready to become an OutThinker?