DevOps Engineer

at  flatexDEGIRO AG

WHO WE ARE

flatexDEGIRO operates one of the leading and fastest growing online brokerage platforms in Europe. Based on modern, in-house state-of-the-art technology, we offer our customers of the flatex and DEGIRO brands a wide range of independent products with execution on top exchanges. Our technological edge, high efficiency and strong economies of scale enable us to continuously improve our service offering for clients and set leading standards in terms of product, price and platform quality.
With around 3 million customer accounts and around 57 million securities transactions processed in 2023, flatexDEGIRO is one of the largest retail online brokers in Europe. In times of bank consolidation, low real interest rates and digitalization, flatexDEGIRO is ideally positioned for further growth. Further information can be found at https://www.flatexdegiro.com/en.
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We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team of 4 DevOps Engineers in Amsterdam and 3 in Germany. In the team you will be managing and optimizing our on-premise infrastructure using a GitOps approach.
You will work with cutting-edge tools such as Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible, and the Grafana monitoring stack to ensure the seamless deployment, monitoring, and automation of our infrastructure and applications.

YOU BRING US THESE SKILLS

• Proven track record of maintaining large, complex, and scalable system infrastructures in a DevOps environment.DevOps Experience (3+ years): Proven track record of maintaining large, complex, and scalable system infrastructures in a DevOps environment.
• Kubernetes Expertise (2+ years, On-Prem preferred): Proven track record of maintaining large, complex, and scalable system infrastructures in a DevOps environment.
• Strong understanding and experience applying CI/CD practices with tools like Jenkins, Gitlab, ArgoCD, Nexus OSS, and Harbor.
• Expertise in configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform, Crossplane) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Solid foundation in Linux administration, including networking and troubleshooting skills.
• Programming skills in at least one language (Python, Go, Bash) for scripting automation tasks.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging systems like Prometheus, EFK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana), or the LGTM Stack.
• Ability to bridge the gap between developers and stakeholders, understanding developer needs and effectively explaining complex concepts.
• Familiarity with projects within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Landscape.

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

• Experience working with distributed storage systems like Ceph or Rook.
• Knowledge of the Envoy proxy for service mesh implementations.
• Experience with container and Kubernetes security tools like RHACS (Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security) or Kyverno.
• Familiarity with the Keycloak identity and access management (IAM) system.

• Optimize platform performance and reliability: Proactively improve the efficiency and dependability of our platform and internal services.
• Automate for efficiency: Champion the reduction of technical debt by building, enhancing, and maintaining tools and scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
• Collaborate on business-critical systems: Work closely with stakeholders to design and develop critical systems that align with business needs and leverage cutting-edge technologies.
• On-call support and incident escalation: Contribute to the on-call rotation to handle outages and be a point of escalation for critical incidents.
• Ensure our deployment working properly: Participate in daily task such are reviewing merge request to deploy on different stages and monitoring them.
• Design and implement private cloud migration strategies: Lead the transition of our services to a private cloud leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Ensure comprehensive monitoring and alerting: Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to maintain platform visibility and proactively address potential issues.