DevOps Engineer

About the position

The company encourages product reliability, accountability, and innovation and work towards it in the DevOps way. You will join a skilled DevOps team whose work practices are based on the DevOps philosophy. Together with the team, you will ensure the reliable operation of applications for projects across the organization. In other words, you influence shaping our delivery and mindset, so IT and good business are aligned. You will be given the room to manoeuvre and get the opportunity to work with the newest technologies. If you have a genuine passion for solving problems and appreciate constant mind challenges, if you are enthusiastic about finding solutions to challenging situations and feel motivated by continuous improvement of operations, then you might just be the person we are looking for.

Responsibilities and tasks:

Together with the team, you will ensure the reliable operation of applications for projects across the organization. In other words, you influence shaping our delivery and mindset, so IT and good business are aligned. When ready, you will be part of a 24/7 on-call roster with your colleagues in the DevOps team. The on-call roster is currently in a 5-week cycle. 1 week primary, 1 week secondary and 3 weeks off.

Your daily tasks will involve:

• Monitor the systems in production and analyse their performance.
• Perform in-depth analysis of the possible risks and identify measures to prevent them or mitigate their impact.
• Focus on permanent fixes and automation instead of fixing individual problems, embracing an orientation towards automation of manual processes such as deployment, build pipelines and monitoring.
• Monitoring and optimizing applications to ensure a high level of robustness and performance.
• Assist our development projects with designing operations-ready applications that create business value for our customers.
• Strive for improving tools, methods, and processes for all relevant operations.
• Actively applying best practice activities, tools, processes, and methods.
• Using your knowledge and experience to advise colleagues in best practice techniques and to implement operationally efficient products with high levels of availability.
• Create stress-free shifts and daily work by having alarms and monitoring under control.

What should you bring in:

• You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant development education.
• Have at least 3-5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Have experience in continuous integration/continuous delivery best practice, as well as knowledge of essential DevOps principles.
• Possess great problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Be capable of seeing the 360 degree perspective and thinking outside the box whilst being able to execute and see tasks through to their completion.
• You are a for a strong team player who thrives on close co-operation with your team and colleagues across the organization.
• You are fluent in English and thrive in an international working environment.

Technologies and tools:

• Solid knowledge of Linux OS capabilities.
• In-depth knowledge of version control, preferably using Git.
• Solid experience in Scripting languages (e.g. Bash).
• Good understanding of DevOps concepts and best practices.
• Good knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g. Python, Perl, PowerShell), JavaScript and the ability to quickly assimilate new programming languages.
• Containerization and orchestration technologies (preferably Docker, Kubernetes).
• Cloud solutions (Microsoft Azure, AWS).

It would be a plus:

• Configuration Management tools (e.g. Ansible).
• Monitoring and Alerting tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana).
• ELK/EFK, or Splunk.
• CI/CD implementation expertise: Build Management, Deployment and Release Management Automation, preferably TeamCity (or similar CI engines/solutions, like Jenkins or Bamboo).
• SQL.
• Windows OS administration.

If you have a genuine passion for solving problems and appreciate constant mind challenges, if you are enthusiastic about finding solutions to challenging situations and feel motivated by continuous improvement of operations, then you might just be the person we are looking for.

What we offer:

• An open-minded working environment, where we focus on our employees and their wellbeing.  It is a rapidly growing company, which means that we are developing and changing.
• We challenge each other, our work processes, and our technologies to ensure that we retain our position at the forefront of development. Your professional and personal development is our top priority, so you will be able to take courses and improve even further.
• In the long term, you will also have an opportunity to take your career to the next level. You can look forward to exciting day-to-day work in which close teamwork with customers and colleagues is essential for making a difference and delivering world-class software.
• Up to 23 vacation days, 21 days standard to which 2 more days can be added if you have more than 10 years of work experience.
• 24h extra per year for personal time off for all employees.
• Access to wellness and well-being services through dedicated platforms
• A flexible benefit program - you can mix your benefits choosing from different kind of Services on a very dynamic platform – Benefit Online, such as: lunch, fruits and snacks in our canteen; private medical subscription - you can choose from 3 providers; private pension; meal or vacation vouchers; gym subscription.

Practical information:

• Travel may be expected: 2 weeks for onboarding and also, 2 weeks twice a year in our Headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark.
• We work with security classified projects, therefore, as a Systematic employee, you must have a clean criminal record and have lived in a NATO/EU country for the past seven years.
• Additionally, it is a requirment to obtain a security clearance when working in our Defence Business Unit.
• We will be assessing applications on an ongoing basis as we wish to fill the position as soon as possible.