DevOps Engineer for Technology BI Solutions team (hybrid)

About the company:

As part of United Internet Group, with more than 11,000 employees and 28 million fee-based customer contracts, we are Europe’s leading internet specialist and largest hoster. Building the roof for strong brands such as 1&1, IONOS, STRATO, GMX, WEB DE, MAIL COM, 1&1 Versatel and the Drillisch Online brands, United Internet offers a broad portfolio of Internet access products and cloud applications.

Present in Romania since 2003, we are an Engineering Centre that lives and breathes technology.

Our engineering culture is shaped by the use of cloud native technologies, microservices combined with a DevOps attitude and an innovative mindset. We have a customer centric culture where every colleague is a contributor to our products’ design and success working closely with teams in Bucharest and abroad. Our strength lies in our team spirit and a positive and respectful interaction. In Romania, we have passionate teams sustaining the business segments of Access/Telecommunication, Mail & Media and Hosting, working and enjoying the 1&1 culture together.

About the team:

Our department's vision is to build a Data-Driven IONOS Group. Our mission is to connect AI and BI, evolve our platforms, and empower our customers.
As the central provider of the BI platform for corporate, CTO topics, and state-of-the-art AI solutions, we support data-driven decision-making across the IONOS Group.

Taking these strategic objectives, the team focuses on the white spots in our CTO area, which can be optimized with modern analytics abilities.

The team fulfills the full stack development lifecycle over each of the Plan, Build, and Run responsibilities. This means we engineer requirements, develop, test, and deploy our deliverables by always staying in close touch with our stakeholders.

Our platform portfolio consists of a full stack Microsoft SQL Server landscape, including SSIS, SSAS, SQL Servers, and PowerBI (Cloud), an Open-Source BI-Platform based on Postgres and PowerBI as analytics frontend, as well as a big data platform based on our own IONOS cloud, S3, Kubernetes, Trino, and other open-source components. 

On a functional project level as Business Intelligence team we are responsible for delivering insights on different data sources for our CTO area as well as the Information Security division to have an analytical overview on our 32 operated data centers with thousands of managed servers and to keep a strong eye on the technical or security measures and processes the group is taking in action.

Also we support the other Data Solutions teams with knowledge and experience of Data Warehouse backend and BI frontend development, software engineering, application management and operations regarding their challenging projects, products and platforms.

What we'd like from you:

• Confident handling of Linux systems and environments;
• Practical experience with networking concepts and technologies;
• At least 3 years of practical experience with Python programming and related frameworks;
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies;
• Knowledge of CI/CD technologies;
• Analytical and creative mindset with a structured, team-oriented way of working;
• Open communication style and ability of interacting with colleagues at all levels of the organization;
• High level of initiative, quick comprehension, creativity and enthusiasm for exciting tasks;
• Affinity for familiarizing yourself with complex topics and a structured approach to implementation.

If you join us you would:

• Express your experience in engineering software, platforms and support in operations of our analytics platforms;
• Contribute your existing experience to a dedicated team and collaborate across disciplines;
• Discuss and implement requirements with various stakeholders;
• Support other DevOps engineers across our department with your expertise.

Main responsibilities:

• The focus is on the operations part of our various platforms as well as their further development;
• First point of contact for all topics related to the operation of applications, like data pipelines or platform-related infrastructure processes;
• Basic requirements gathering and analysis for the implementation of additional platform services;
• Coordination with internal/external stakeholders within the organization for solution engineering or ensuring operations;
• Monitoring the operational processes for which you are responsible;
• Continuous and independent further development of operational process definitions;
• Collaboration with colleagues from different disciplines and levels of experience.

We appreciate:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Operations or Software Engineering;
• Interest in understanding of new technologies and technology concepts.

What we offer:

• Access to local/international trainings, development and growth opportunities, including access to e-learning platforms, covering both technical and soft skills areas;
• Modern technologies, product responsibility;
• Flexible work schedule;
• Hybrid work option;
• Medical services package from one of two private providers;
• 25 vacation days per year;
• Substitute days off for public holidays that occur on the weekend;
• Meal tickets;
• Internal referral program;
• Team events, networking events organized to promote a passionate, creative and diverse culture;
• Summerfest and Winterfest parties;
• Of course, coffee, soft drinks and fresh fruits are on us in the office.

Diversity enriches:

Different cultures, nationalities, genders, age groups, sexual orientations, and religions as well as people with disabilities - we encourage diversity. Because only teams that reflect all facets of society offer the best framework conditions for creativity and make a company productive and distinctive. We value diversity and welcome all applications.