DevOps Engineer; EMEA Region) EMEA Region; Europe Middle East

Dev Ops Engineer (EMEA Region)
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Department / IT DevOpsEMEA Region (Europe Middle East Africa)
Full-time
** About Off Sec
** Founded in 2006 by the creators of Kali Linux, Off Sec (formerly known as Offensive Security) is the leading provider of continuous professional and workforce development, training, and education for cybersecurity practitioners. Off Sec’s distinct pedagogy and practical, hands-on learning help organizations fill the infosec talent gap by training their teams on today’s most critical skills.
** Become a part of our global presence and work from anywhere.
** With team members in over 40 countries, we believe in inspiring people of all backgrounds and communities. The Off Sec team is composed of diverse, internationally published authors, conference speakers, and seasoned information technology professionals from both the private sector and governments worldwide.

Excited about our mission and what we do? Apply and join us!
** About the Job
** Off Sec is seeking an experienced Dev Ops Engineer to join our team and lead the design and implementation of complex, scalable lab environments that power our industry-leading cybersecurity training and certification programs. This senior-level position will work closely with Security Researchers and Platform Engineers to create sophisticated labs and vulnerable machine environments across hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure, enabling hands-on learning experiences for cybersecurity professionals worldwide.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Open Stack, modern Dev Ops practices, and the integration of generative AI to automate infrastructure management, with proven experience in large-scale migrations and cost optimization. You’ll design resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure - leveraging AI-driven insights and prompt engineering - to deploy lab environments supporting thousands of concurrent users while maintaining the realistic attack scenarios our students depend on.
** Duties and responsibilities**###
** Infrastructure & Migration
*** Design and Engineer complex, multi-tier deployment environments for labs supporting vulnerable machines and realistic attack scenarios using Open Stack
* Develop scalable infrastructure solutions across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments
* Create solutions that reduce infrastructure costs while improving capabilities and performance
* Design secure hosting networks and network topologies that can be used to support realistic offensive cyber activities.
* Establish infrastructure standards, patterns, and best practices for lab environment deployment###
** Lab Environment Specialization
*** Design deployment pipelines for complex, multi-VM cybersecurity lab environments with sub-5 minute deployment targets
* Implement static IP addressing and network isolation for thousands of concurrent user lab instances
* Optimize lab deployment speed and resource utilization for peak performance
* Create infrastructure supporting the deployment of concurrent vulnerable machine instances at scale
* Design workspace-based deployment models enabling team collaboration and private lab sessions###
** Platform Engineering & Automation
*** Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Git Lab for automated deployment of lab environments
* Develop infrastructure automation using known Infrastructure as Code frameworks
* Create self-service capabilities for Content Engineers to deploy and manage lab resources efficiently
* Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for lab environments
* Establish disaster recovery and business continuity procedures with minimal downtime requirements###
** Cloud & Virtualization Management
*** Engineer and optimize Open Stack…