Programming Engineer

Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūra

LATVIJA, Varakļānu iela 2, Rīga, Rīga, Latvia

STATE SOCIAL INSURANCE AGENCY (Reg. No. 90001669496; www.vsaa.gov.lv) The State Social Insurance Agency (VSAA) is a state institution of direct public administration under the supervision of the Ministry of Welfare. VSAA's mission is to implement state policy in the field of social insurance and state social benefits, as well as to administer state pension provisions and state-funded pension schemes. Our values: RESPONSIBILITY – COLLABORATION – DEVELOPMENT VSAA announces a competition for Senior DevOps Engineer position in the Information Systems Development Department (1 vacancy for an indefinite period) ______________________________________________________________ We offer: gross monthly salary from 2246 EUR to 2406 EUR (according to the evaluation of individual monthly salary determination criteria); a positive, open and democratic work environment; engaging, responsible and challenging work, with the opportunity to expand your knowledge and gain valuable practical experience; social guarantees in accordance with those established in the state administration; health insurance (after three months of employment); work location – Varakļānu Street 2, Riga Main responsibilities: Create, implement, improve and maintain automated continuous integration and continuous deployment (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) processes using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, Bash, Python and other tools; Continuously analyze existing delivery processes, identify repetitive tasks, automate them, reducing the number of errors and increasing the speed of software delivery; Build and maintain Docker images and containers and provide support to developers in their application; Continuously analyze the infrastructure used by automated processes, optimizing resources; Document developed solutions and participate in the development and improvement of other IS development documentation. Requirements for candidates: Academic higher education (bachelor's degree) or first-level professional higher education, preferably in the field of information technology; desired at least three years of work experience in DevOps, systems or database administration or programming; Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment processes; Ability to build continuous integration and continuous deployment processes; higher education acquired in the state language or language proficiency corresponding to C level 1st stage; Teamwork; Analytical thinking; Care for order, accuracy and quality; Initiative; Ability to plan and organize your work. Candidates are requested to submit the following documents by September 20, 2026: a curriculum vitae (CV in Latvian) - in accordance with the Europass CV standard, available on the website www.europass.lv; a motivated cover letter containing information about work experience in accordance with the requirements defined for competition candidates. Submit application documents to the email: [email protected], indicating: