Specialist DevOps Engineer for DNS and Observability team (hybrid)

At IONOS, the leading European provider of cloud infrastructure, cloud services and hosting services, you will work together with a wide range of teams. We are characterized by open structures, a friendly working culture and flat hierarchies with a strong team spirit. We firmly believe that work and fun are compatible, and offer you the right environment for this. Our constant growth means that we are always looking for new colleagues. Become part of IONOS and grow with us.

Join Our Team of Infrastructure Experts and Shape the Future of Our Services:

The TechOps DNS & Observability team at IONOS operates critical infrastructure components essential for the reliability of our services. Our DNS squad is responsible for authoritative and recursive DNS, NTP, DHCP, Squid Proxies and additional systems that ensure top-tier service quality. Managing approximately 20 million provisioned DNS zones for leading brands like IONOS, Strato, Fasthosts, Arsys and others we ensure global reachability and highest performance.   

Our tools and Methodologies:

• We utilize Puppet as our configuration management system, but experience with other systems like Ansible, CFEngine or Salt is welcome;
• We believe in measuring everything, so you'll work with Observability Stacks (e.g., collectd/telegraf, Metrictank, ELK, Grafana) to monitor and improve our services;
• We use iBGP, eBGP, anycast routing and ECMP to ensure high availability and efficient traffic management;
• Familiarity with databases, messaging and metric systems (Apache Kafka, Clickhouse, Apache Cassandra, metric tank, mirmir etc.) is a plus.

Main responsibilities:

• Collaborate with our team to design, develop, and operate high-available services on Linux, ensuring seamless integration with our operational requirements and product requirements;
• Take ownership of the full stack, from hardware to application, including configuration management and monitoring, and drive continuous improvement and development;
• Contribute to our open-source projects, such as DIM (github.com/ionos-cloud/dim) and monzero (github.com/ionos-cloud/monzero), and help shape the future of our infrastructure;
• Support our system administrators in automating operational tasks and rollouts, and provide interfaces for integration with our hosting products;
• Participate in an on-call service rotation, ensuring the smooth operation of our complex infrastructure.

We appreciate:

• A completed computer science degree or equivalent qualification;
• 5+ years of practical experience in administering 100+ Linux systems (Debian/CentOS) in 3+ data centers;
• Experience with monitoring, configuration, VCS and visualization tools (Icinga2, Puppet, Ansible, git, grafana);
• Understanding of modern software architectures and their deployment (REST, Microservices, Docker, CI/CD);
• Knowledge of network and infrastructure services (DNS, BGP, VLANs, Firewalling, IPv6)
• Scripting/programming knowledge (bash, python, golang, Java, etc.);
• Excellent communication skills in English (German is a plus).

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; 
• Employee Anniversary Program;
• Internal anniversary rewards;
• 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. 

About IONOS Romania

Our Engineering Center lives and breathes technology since 2003. We proudly Plan, Build and Run the products and services we are responsible for.

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.

We value diversity and welcome all applications - regardless of, for example, gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity, physical characteristics, marital status or any other irrelevant factor subject to applicable law.