EU remote
DevOps Engineer (Vac DST)
About this role
About Logos (λ) Logos (λ) is a movement of technologists, creatives, strategists, and activists working together to build a sovereign, people-owned technology stack that revitalises civil society and protects digital liberties at scale. This position is within the IFT Technical Services (IFT-TS) Distributed Systems Testing (DST) Team, a team that primarily supports Logos, while also contributing to other IFT projects.
The role We are seeking an experienced Distributed Systems Evaluation Engineer to join the Institute of Free Technology - Technical Services, on the Distributed Systems Testing (IFT-TS DST) team. This role focuses on rigorously assessing the performance and reliability of IFT projects at scale, where Logos (λ) is one of them. Logos (λ) technology stack is composed of 3 main components: Logos (λ) Blockchain : Advanced privacy for a new era of decentralised applications and social institutions.
Logos (λ) Messaging : Private peer‑to‑peer communication that resists surveillance and censorship. Logos (λ) Storage : Secure decentralised storage enabling fully decentralised apps and file sharing. We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic DevOps Engineer to join our Distributed Systems Testing (DST) team. You’ll be responsible for designing and executing comprehensive evaluation strategies, leveraging both large-scale lab deployments and protocol behavior modeling scripts.
Your expertise will be crucial in analyzing these complex distributed systems, automating intricate test scenarios, and providing in-depth insights into system behaviors. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll troubleshoot complex issues and translate technical data into actionable recommendations. Proficiency in containerization, cloud technologies, and distributed systems principles is essential. Key responsibilities Design, configure, and optimize Kubernetes clusters to support large-scale experiments and benchmarks of P2P technologies.
Continuously improve cluster scalability and resource utilization, enabling increasingly complex deployments and experiments. Set up, maintain, and optimize supporting infrastructure such as monitoring, logging, and observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, etc.). Collaborate with DST researchers and engineers to streamline experimentation workflows and make analysis easier and more reproducible. Automate infrastructure and deployment workflows to increase reliability and reduce overhead.