DevOps Engineer for a Sports Retail Shop Offline

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to develop a microservices-based online platform for a sporting goods retail company where customers can purchase various furniture and equipment items.

 

Benefits:

Enthusiastic and supportive team

Open and constructive working culture in a dynamic and fast-growing environment

Life does not always have a schedule. Don’t worry, we’re very flexible when it comes to working hours!

 

Requirements:

-Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for infrastructure management and deployment

-Experience with CloudFlare for optimizing web performance and security

-Strong knowledge of Nginx for web server configuration and optimization

-Familiarity with php-fpm for managing PHP processes in a web server environment

-Expertise in fine-tuning MySQL databases for optimal performance

-Skill in fine-tuning PHP servers to enhance performance and reliability

-Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible or Terraform for automated infrastructure provisioning and management

-Experience with Solr

-Strong scripting skills in Bash for automation and scripting tasks

-Experience implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for automated software delivery

-Proficient in version control systems like Git for code management

-Familiarity with New Relic for application performance monitoring and management

Will be a plus:

-Experience with profiling PHP scripts to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks

-Knowledge of OpCache for opcode caching to improve PHP script execution speed

-Understanding of Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation for optimizing PHP performance further

 

Responsibilities:

To work as part of a team, communicate ideas and challenges clearly, and collaborate with designers, developers, and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle

Bring your own ideas to the table and get things done both independently and with your team

Configure and optimize Nginx web servers to ensure efficient handling of web traffic

Manage PHP processes in web server environments using php-fpm for optimal performance

Fine-tune MySQL databases to ensure optimal performance and reliability

Optimize PHP servers to enhance performance and reliability for web applications

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible or Terraform for automated provisioning and management of infrastructure components

Develop and maintain scripts in Bash for automation of various tasks and processes

Implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate software delivery processes

Utilize New Relic for application performance monitoring and management to ensure optimal application performance and identify areas for improvement

 

About client:

An international sports retail group based in Berne, Switzerland. Since the 60s, the company has grown tremendously to become a vertical retail organization representing a global omnichannel specialist that interacts with online and offline consumers 24/7. Over 100,000 ambassadors help more than 1 million customers worldwide every day. Driven by their group-wide entrepreneurial spirit, they are confident in their future. They will always be ahead at the beating heart of the sport. Each store is independently owned and run.

 

The company has a presence in 5800 locations and in 65 countries. With an understanding of the local customer and sports club like no other, they provide the best advice, guidance and value for all of their services and products. It offers sports brands accessible to all with outstanding value for money. With its Private Label Brands, they offer affordable and good quality products for your everyday needs in sports.

 

Industry:

Sporting Goods

Location:

Germany