Site Reliability Engineer (all humans)

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself 

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle.  

With top notch technology, we drive the realization offers the Group’s vision: To provide human banking in digital times, and to build Financial Health for over 16 million customers in the CEE region. 

We aim to attract and develop the best talent and aspire to be an IT employer beyond compare. 

What to do:

The Site Reliability Engineer will be responsible for the administration, optimization, and scaling of our streaming data pipeline ensuring an efficient and reliable IT and data operation. This role requires a dynamic individual capable of managing cloud native systems and ensuring the robustness and efficiency of data flows across various platforms including extensive work with modern No-SQL databases and messaging systems.

Your key responsibilities:

• Oversee the continuous operation and reliability of the data pipeline.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test automation to ensure data quality.
• Monitor, optimize, and ensure high availability and performance of the cloud infrastructure (Own-Cloud, Google Cloud) including server instances, storage, and networking components; identify bottlenecks, and quickly resolve issues.
• Administer, optimize, and scale our distributed technology stack consisting of SQL and noSQL databases such as Oracle, Cassandra and MongoDB as well as real-time data processing using Kafka, thereby ensuring data consistency and availability. At least one of those databases with expert level knowledge.
• Enforce security best practices and compliance standards across the platform.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the applications and data pipelines.
• Document technical procedures and policies for IT system operations.
• Support and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity strategies to enhance data integrity and availability.

You check these boxes:

• Data Observability Tools: Strong experience with data observability tools such as Dynatrace and Grafana to monitor and diagnose data and system health.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Professional Experience: Minimum of 3 years in DevOps, SysOps, or DataOps, particularly in cloud environments and real-time data processing systems.
• Cloud Services Proficiency: In-depth experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud services; understanding of server and network architectures.
• Database Expertise: Experience managing SQL and noSQL databases like Oracle, Cassandra and MongoDB; proficiency in Kafka for real-time data processing.
• Automation and Scripting: Skills in CI/CD automation; Important is any OOP language like Java and any Scripting language.
• Security and Networking: Solid understanding of network architecture and data security protocols
• Communication Sills: Fluent in English and strong communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have:

• IT Service Managment Service Now
• Certifications: Cloud architecture certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, etc.)
• Disaster Recovery: Experience with data management and analytics platforms.
• Additional Technologies: Familiarity with other real-time processing frameworks and data management systems.
• Language: Basic German language knowledge

Why you will like us:

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste  
• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic 
• Culinary delights – Healthy nutrition and good food are important for our quality of life. Whether lunch, breakfast or snacks – everything is within reach. As an employee, you receive a meal allowance per day.  
• Health Care – Taking care of your health is important. That’s why we contribute to your above standard medical examination and provide a helpline in case of hard lifetime situations. You also receive a salary compensation during sick leave 
• Work-Life-Balance – Sabbatical, paternity leave, contribution to marriage & childbirth, 4 days of extra holiday per year, contribution to the 3rd pillar and MultiSport card. This is how we promote a balance between work, leisure, and family 
• New way of work: With our flexible working hours model we want to make your life less complicated. Combing the best of both worlds, remote and office time 
• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital 
• Language courses for German & English – Learning a new language unites 
• Visa Sponsoring – We support our employees with all the formalities associated with a relocation to Slovakia and also advise them on choosing a suitable residential area A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - we are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 2 300 gross per month for this full time position. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations. 

The way we are:

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.