Remote DevOps Engineer

Remote
Roles:
DevOps
One of skills:
PythonRubyGo
Considering candidates from:
France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom
Work arrangement: Remote
Industry: Software Development
Language: English
Level: Middle or senior
Required experience: 2+ years
Size: 501 - 1000 employees
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Remote DevOps Engineer

Remote
Kx technology, incorporating the kdb+ time-series database, is a leader in high-performance, in-memory computing, streaming analytics and operational intelligence. Kx delivers the best possible performance and flexibility for high-volume, data-intensive analytics and applications across multiple industries.
Now Kx is looking for DevOps Engineers who are motivated self-starters and are comfortable working collaboratively as well as independently, to join our Strategic R&D team.

Tasks: 
  • Design platform transformations and migrations towards modern cloud infrastructure
  • Ensure smooth and reliable operation of the application platform, the surrounding ecosystem of microservices, and their dependencies
  • Troubleshoot, debug and follow-up on emerging issues in our application stack and its surroundings
  • Implement and utilize configuration management and deployment tools
Must-have skills:
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 3+ years of experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team 
  • Experience in supporting complex web applications running highly available and high traffic infrastructure based on Linux
  • Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
  • Aptitude for automation and streamlining of tasks
  • Comfortable with shell and scripting languages used in an SRE/Operations engineering context (e.g. Python, Go, Bash, Ruby, etc.)
  • Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team
  • Familiarity  with CI/CD 
  • Familiarity with modern distributed container cluster management systems (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Mesos, …)
  • Advanced English skills
Interview process: 
  1. Intro call with Toughbyte
  2. Initial conversation with Kx (30 mins)
  3. Technical screening (there might be a test, and if yes, it won’t take long)
  4. Final interview with 2-3 team members
You will be working within your local time zone.