Lead Engineer - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Service - Moldova

Yopeso has been developing a diverse range of software products, from large-scale applications to smaller solutions, for 20 years. With a growing team of over 300 employees across five locations, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of growth, transparency, and professionalism.

At Yopeso, we value authenticity, curiosity, and ambition. These values drive us to build strong connections within our community and with our partners, ensuring trust, integrity, and transparency in all our business practices. We strive to maintain the highest professional standards and continuously challenge ourselves to develop high-quality, high-performance, and secure software solutions.

Our approach is rooted in efficient collaboration among passionate professionals working in agile teams. Guided by curiosity and ambition, we strive to create products that are meaningful and impactful, while remaining true to our authentic selves.

What we offer:

• Competitive remuneration

• Remote work

• Sports/leisure benefit

• 20 sick leave days paid at 100%

• 32 calendar days of vacation

• Team events, online, at the office, or outside

• Professional development plan with guidance and mentorship

• Training and development opportunities with an allocated budget

• Professional Certifications

• Optional medical insurance

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to technically drive our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Service in the SNI team. The service enables automated, reproducible, and secure provisioning of IT infrastructure for engineering, test, and project environments. This is a hands-on technical leadership role.

What the Service Does
- Automated provisioning and management of infrastructure via code
- Fast and reproducible deployment of test and engineering environments
- Standardization, security hardening, and policy-based configurations from the start
- Efficient use of hardware through on-demand environments

Your Role
- Technical lead and main developer for the IaC service
- Own the architecture, code structure, and technical direction
- Work hands-on with automation code (Ansible, Python, scripting)
- Collaborate closely with the Service Owner and multiple stakeholders
- Guide and support other contributors (technical mentoring, reviews)

Technical Scope
- Bare metal provisioning (Dell servers, firmware, BIOS, RAID, iDRAC hardening)
- Hypervisor setup (Hyper-V, networking, VM lifecycle)
- Windows OS deployment and customization
- Active Directory (DCs, OUs, GPOs, CIS hardening)
- Application deployment and full test environments (e.g., OLS, SIT)

Tooling
- Ansible (roles, templates, scripting)
- AWX as automation orchestrator and UI

What We Are Looking For
- Strong background in infrastructure automation/platform engineering
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Comfortable with Windows-based environments
- Engineering mindset: structure, quality, maintainability
- Able to take technical ownership and work across teams

Nice to Have
- Security hardening and policy-driven infrastructure setups
- DevOps / SecDevOps experience in enterprise environments

Notes
The role interacts with many teams (R&D, solutions, test setups, project delivery). The IaC service is a foundation for building a SecDevOps approach for infrastructure within our environment.