Roles:
One of skills:
Considering candidates from:
France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom
France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom
Work arrangement: Remote
Industry: Software Development
Language: English
Level: Middle or senior
Required experience: 2+ years
Size: 501 - 1000 employees
Company
Kx technology, incorporating the kdb+ time-series database, is a leader in high-performance, in-memory computing, streaming analytics and operational intelligence. Kx delivers the best possible performance and flexibility for high-volume, data-intensive analytics and applications across multiple industries.
Description
Now Kx is looking for DevOps Engineers who are motivated self-starters and are comfortable working collaboratively as well as independently, to join our Strategic R&D team.
Tasks:
Tasks:
- Design platform transformations and migrations towards modern cloud infrastructure
- Ensure smooth and reliable operation of the application platform, the surrounding ecosystem of microservices, and their dependencies
- Troubleshoot, debug and follow-up on emerging issues in our application stack and its surroundings
- Implement and utilize configuration management and deployment tools
Must-have skills:
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related technical field
- 3+ years of experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
- Experience in supporting complex web applications running highly available and high traffic infrastructure based on Linux
- Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
- Aptitude for automation and streamlining of tasks
- Comfortable with shell and scripting languages used in an SRE/Operations engineering context (e.g. Python, Go, Bash, Ruby, etc.)
- Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
- Strong communication skills and ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team
- Familiarity with CI/CD
- Familiarity with modern distributed container cluster management systems (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Mesos, …)
- Advanced English skills
Interview process:
- Intro call with Toughbyte
- Initial conversation with Kx (30 mins)
- Technical screening (there might be a test, and if yes, it won’t take long)
- Final interview with 2-3 team members
Questions
You will be working within your local time zone.