DevOps Engineer (offline)

Project description

Our client, Maxeda, is the big Dutch retail group that owns and operates building materials stores across the Benelux (7000 employees/400 offline stores/65000 products online)

Our Kyiv-based team is working on key Client’s digital platforms:
eCommerce platforms www.praxis.nl & www.brico.be
Community & Content management platform www.praxis.nl/voordemakers

These platforms developed based on microservices architecture used for both back-end and front-end sides. For now, our platform built from 40+ services.

Tech stack: JavaScript (React.js + Node.js) , Java (Spring), Ruby on Rails

Infrastructure:

— AWS services: ECS, RDS, Lambda, EC2, S3, VPC, Rout53, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Elastic Transcoder, Kinesis, IAM, etc.
— Docker
— CI/CD: Bamboo, Bitbucket, LaunchDarkly
— IaaC, provisioning, configuration management: Ansible, Terraform
— Monitoring: SignalFx
— Scripts: Python and Bash

Strategical plans of the Infrastructure Team:

— Switching to multi-cloud (implementation of GCP)
— Kubernetes implementation
— Updating standalone Apache server to Apache in ECS cluster
— Migration of provisioning function from Ansible to Terraform
— Switching to data-driven approach with GCP

We offer

— Business trips to Amsterdam
— Annual bonus up to 10% from annual salary
— Access to stock appreciation rights program after 1 year of cooperation with us
— Medical insurance
— Fitness & education compensation
— Paid time off (vacation, sick leaves, public holidays)
— Free English classes with a native speaker

Required skills

— 2+ years of experience with Linux-based infrastructures: AWS or/and GCP
— Practical experience with Docker containerization, clustering, and orchestration (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes)
— Confidence with common IaaC, provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tools (Terraform, Ansible, Bamboo, etc.)
— Hands-on experience with scripting on Bash or/and Python
— Strong Intermediate English to collaborate effectively with Infrastructure Team from Amsterdam

As a plus:

— Familiarity with general monitoring principles and tools like New Relic, SignalFx, Zabbix, Nagios
— Hands-on experience with microservices architecture
— Deep knowledge and practical experience with common version control systems (Bitbucket, GitHub) and main branching models (Git and GitHub flows)
— Experience of working in an Agile (Kanban, Scrum) environment

Responsibilities

— To become a valuable teammate for both Kyiv-based Development Team and Infrastructure Team from Amsterdam
— Design, implement and develop the continuous deployment systems and configuration activities
— Maintain and support product release pipeline for planned product updates and unplanned emergency fixes
— Analyze performance and stability issues in both DEV and PROD environments
— Continuous improvement and quality control of infrastructure and operations
— Implementation of new technologies in the common process and improvement of existing tools, pipelines and approaches
— Drive the automation of product development, evaluation, deployment, and operations

About DNA325

Founded in 2014, WeAreBrain is a full-service strategic technology agency in the business of ideas, entrepreneurship, and invention. We are entrepreneurs at heart and enable clients to create and execute strategies and solutions for their digital transformation. We imagine, create and develop an intelligent design, thoughtful products, and solutions. We endeavour to leave the world a better place than we found it.

We are a force field of 75 creators and entrepreneurs with expertise in product design, software development, data analytics, and machine learning. Our collective experience and expertise lie in FMCG, Retail, Healthcare, FinTech, and Media Entertainment.

It is not technology but people that drive successful digital projects. Which is why we chose a human-centered approach for our business and put the individual and the team back in the middle of the action. Our internal culture is based on trust, transparency and unlimited personal and professional growth. We invest in these principles not in word, but in deed.

WeAreBrain was voted in the Emerce Top 100 and we are a proud member of DDA, representing the leading digital agencies in the Netherlands. Our Tur.ai platform was selected among the Top 25 innovations in the Accenture Innovation Awards and we won a prestigious SpinAward along with nominations for Best of Swiss Web and Dutch Interactive Awards.

Our contribution to female entrepreneurship and gender equality in IT have been recognized by TheNextWomen and EY Winning Women.

WeAreBrain is owned and run by its founders from our headquarters in Amsterdam and Kiev. We collaborate with innovative Enterprise customers and international organizations such as HEINEKEN, Domino’s, Praxis DIY and the United Nations.

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Company website:
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