Development Operations Engineer

Join Solar Turbines!

As a Development Operations Engineer, you will contribute in DevOps community in order to deliver information technology components based on client or customer requirements.

What will be your task at this position?

• Acts as a liaison between software development and IT operations teams to foster collaboration
• Designs and implements automation strategies for software deployment and infrastructure provisioning
• Manages and optimizes infrastructure for performance, security, and scalability
• Ensures the reliability and quality of software products through continuous integration and delivery practices
• Maintains security protocols and practices to protect the IT environment
• Competent to analyze the requirements without close supervision
• Competent to design, test and develop the software components that meet defined requirements
• Able to use best coding practices (libraries, frameworks, APIs) and standard design patterns in software development
• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution
• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems
• Create and analyze visual diagrams and methods - logical technical diagrams, flowcharts and models - that document the complexity of delivered services
• Competent to troubleshoot and maintain existing code base in order to fix bugs and/or implementing of new features
• Leverage Agile practices during the whole infrastructure and/or software development lifecycle
• Coordinate with product owner to plan, analyze, implement and maintain enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed
• Collaborate with a team of software and test engineers, designers, and data scientists to optimize and iterate on our company solutions
• Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Solar Digital management from time to time

What do we expect from a suitable candidate?

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience in Software engineering
• Proven record of strong technical understanding
• 3 years or more of experience with designing, developing, delivering, and maintaining large scale infrastructure automation scripts
• 3 years or more experience in Linux and/or Windows administration
• Experience with software such as: Tomcat, Httpd Apache, IIS or other web or application servers
• AWS experience - with current AWS certifications (Solution Architect, Practitioner level or similar on same level)
• Good knowledge of infrastructure on Cloud based hosting model
• Hands-on experience with automation and CICD tools (preferred Azure DevOps)
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, Puppet or other automation tools
• Hands-on experience with developing scripts using Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell or similar
• Experience with monitoring and other analytics tools
• SRE - basic knowledge and experience with the framework
• Strong understanding of Agile methodology, preferable Scaled Agile Framework
• Experience and basic knowledge of Incident Management process
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with other team members
• You communicate in Slovak and English

Top candidates will also have:

• AWS Cloud formation stack template creation experience
• Extensive experience with software such as: Apache Kafka, Redis, dot-net-core
• Some experience with on-prem to cloud migration (best practices, understanding of cloud environment)
• Basic overview and understanding of best practices regarding containers
• Ability to operate as individual contributor in DevOps team during implementation of development or operational activities
• Interest in working collaboratively with engineering leadership, product owners, software developers and other stakeholders
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues
• Ability to work independently without any (or minimal) degree of supervision
• Understanding of Test-driven development
• Debugging and maintaining software in various platforms (Windows, Linux or Unix, etc.)
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
• Understanding of a micro service architecture
• Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment
• Some degree of Cloud experience
• Pro-active thinking - being flexible and creative
• Self-motivated mentality - individual with passion in latest technology trends

What is Solar Turbines offering to you?

• Extraordinary opportunity for personal and professional growth in both local and international, friendly and fun environment of growing Fortune100 company in Slovakia
• Competitive Compensation
• Generous Pension Plan (Company’s Contribution to “3rd pillar”)
• Life Insurance
• Extra 5 days’ vacation on top of the legislative entitlement
• Employee assistance program for employees and their family members
• Employee Referral Program
• Flexible working hours
• Remote Work / Home Office