Location: Prague, CZ

About the role

As a Big Data DevOps Engineer, you will serve as a platform expert responsibile for the design, development, automation, testing, support and administration of the Enterprise Infrastructure for Big Data and Fast Data processing. This role will involve building and supporting batch and real time streaming platforms utilized by ABSA Data Engineering and Data Science communities.

Responsibilities

  • Close support of development and data science teams
  • Development and maintenance of automation pipelines for
    • CI/CD
    • Configuration management
    • Infrastructure management
  • Deployment and configuration of DevOps tools and frameworks such as
    • Build tools
    • Monitoring engines
    • Artifact repositories
  • Working with both on-premise and cloud infrastructure

Must Have

  • Strong background in Linux system administration and shell scripting
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Background in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics or equivalent
  • Eagerness to learn new approaches and technologies

Desirable Skills

  • Experience with Linux system monitoring and analysis
  • Experience with administration of large clusters
  • Understanding of modern Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, NoSQL)
  • Experience with virtualization (VMware, VirtualBox, OpenShift)
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack)
  • Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab CI, CircleCI)
  • Experience with configuration or infrastructure management tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef)

What We Offer in Return

  • Working with one of the coolest and most talented Big Data R&D teams in central Europe.
  • Competitive salary and bonuses
  • 25 days holidays
  • Up to 60 sick days per year (100% covered by the employer)
  • 90CZK per day meal vouchers (fully covered by the employer)
  • 3% cash employer contribution towards your pension fund
  • Membership in private medical clinic
  • Beer & pizza Thursdays
  • Multisport card & private gym in the office
  • Flexible working hours
  • Choice of Mac or Windows

Examples of What We Do

Contact

Send us a mail with your CV to BDToolingCareers@groups.absa.africa