Principal DevOps Engineer in Raiffeisen Bank

Weare Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine, the Ukrainian bank. For 30years wehave been creating and building the banking system ofour country. Wewere and are one ofthe largest banks inUkraine and areliable partner for millions ofUkrainians.Weachieve high-speed digital products. Weimplement modern engineering practices, work oninnovations that build high-quality interaction with our customers.Raiffeisen Bank operates asauniversal bank offering awide range offinancial services todifferent customer segments: retail and corporate customers, small and medium-sized enterprises and financial institutions.Our priority istoprovide the best quality ofservice. Westrive tostrengthen our competitive advantages byinnovating, identifying and exploiting new opportunities. Weare guided byvalues that provide aclear framework for our actions. More than 5,000 employees and nearly 3million customers are the focus. #RaifTeam integrates the principles ofdiversity, equality and inclusion into the way wework. Combining the principles ofpeople-centredness and innovation atwork isour way.Become part ofthe #RaifTeam— people who are withus inthe movement ofinnovation.You will join aPlatform team:The Platform isanumbrella for units like:Network reliability engineering: How tocook networking inDC? How tomeet SLA 99.0 for all network services? Build hybrid links? Establish VPN withEU region? —just aroutine questions for guysData center reliability engineering: Hardware, SAN, Hypervisors, Backups, Hybrid Clouds, PaaS are all about these guysData base reliability engineering: Here we’re talking about Oracle, Postgres and abit ofSybase. Perform second day operations like: backups, monitoring, upgrades, etc. Tomeet highest SLA ever for our databases guys jumps “behind the scenes” ofdevelopment kitchen and helps with performance bottlenecks and application issuesPlatform operations: Here we’re cooking IaC, Configuration management ontop of*nix systems (Wehave more than 2kVMs BTW). GitHub, CodeQL, ansible, monitoring are just10% oftech words from this areaProject “Codename”: This unit isabout cutting-edge technologies (we’re fans ofcloud-native landscape), rapid SDLC, engineering culture, and microservices which are replacing “legacy” systemsThe team iscommitted todelivering reliable platform services for customers who are: developers, devops, QA. We’re tech heart ofRaiffeisen Ukraine and everybody expects that isoperating normally.Platform engineers are responsible for infrastructure provisioning automation (Terraform), building base images, automation ofnetwork services like DNS, CI/CD processes across bank services, service monitoring, Kubernetes infrastructure provisioning, service provisioning and automation forit. Platform operations team provides services for DevOps guys indomains, developers, other infrastructure engineers.This team isabout core automation, high reliability, and huge volume ofsupport (operational burden, yeap wehaveit) which wemust cut ASAP. Main goal here: 70% oftime for engineering/experiments and30% for support tasks.Your responsibilities:Involved innew and existing service design discussions and recommend reliable, secure, performance optimized offerings based onbusiness requirementsEnsure that all operations across infrastructure are done with IaC and configuration managementEnsure that components ofplatform are monitored and meet SLAProvide support for the operation teams 24/7— on-call inoff-work hours only for critical issues (escalations)Provide platform components asaservice, like: CI/CD, Code quality, Monitoring, Compute resources, Kubernetes clusters, etcPreferred qualifications:Experience and Education:Minimum of5years ofexperience inDevOps, with afocus onmicroservices architecturesTechnical Skills:Profound knowledge ofKubernetes, including experience inconfiguring, managing, and scaling clustersExperience with Apache Kafka inamicroservices environmentProficiency inJava orPython orGolang programming languages tocollaborate effectively with developersExpertise with cloud providers such asAWS, IBM, and Oracle Cloud, including resource optimization and cost managementKnowledge ofPostgreSQL database management systemsExperience setting upand maintaining CI/CD using GitHub Actions and ArgoCDor FluxFamiliarity with ELK stack for loggingKnowledge ofPrometheus/Victoria for metricsExperience using Vault for secret managementFamiliarity with NoSQL databases like Redis, DynamoDB, and MongoDBExperience with API Gateway KongFamiliarity with tracing systems such asJaeger and OpenTelemetryExperience with planning and orchestration tools like Crossplane, Terraform, and AnsibleLeadership Qualities:Proven experience asateam orproject leader, with the ability toinspire and motivate colleaguesCapability tomake strategic decisions and formulate avision for the development ofthe microservices platformEffective collaboration with colleagues ofvarious levels and conflict resolution skillsAttitude towards Technology and Opensource:Active participation inopensource communities, contributing toprojects, and aknack for implementing new technologiesCommitment tocontinuous learning and staying abreast ofthe latest trends inDevOps and architectureCommunication Skills:Excellent communication skillsAbility tobuild strong relationships with colleagues, architects, developers, and other team membersGeneral Qualities:Ambitious mindset with adrive for achieving outstanding resultsAccountability for individual and team outcomesReadiness towork inadynamic environment, adapting quickly tochanges and emerging technologiesWeoffer:International business career: work inalarge international company that creates adiverse and inclusive environment for professional and personal growth. Strong Raiffeisen community ofhighly professional and successful teams from different countries.Challenging WOW-projects: involvement into large-scale projects onproduct development, using modern engineering technologies, unique approach toencouraging customer-driven innovation.Comfortable and safe format ofwork: flexible work conditions including remote work orhybrid models alternating between in-office hours and remote work. Offices with uninterruptible power supply and bomb shelters are provided toperform duties.Professional development: knowledge sharing with colleagues from abroad, development within the company, upskilling and reskilling opportunities,internal competitions. The possibility of obtaining a T-shaped expertise. Internal and external training programs. Corporate English courses. Soft skills trainings atour corporate L&Dacademy. Team building activities and involvement in social projects. Attractive social package and well-being: 28 days of paid vacation, medical insurance, official employment. Mental and Physical health support: individual psychological sessions and lectures, -free online workouts, yoga.Stable income: competitive salary and bonuses for your efforts and contribution, rewards for participation in the referral program.Our team on social media:Facebook We— Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine— Ukrainian bank. For 30 years, since the first steps of Independence, we have been creating and building the banking system of our country #Together_with_Ukraine. We were one of the largest banks in the country, a reliable partner for millions of Ukrainians. We increase the efficiency and speed of digital products, introduce modern engineering practices and innovations. We do everything to ensure that the client receives a cool and reliable service. Raiffeisen Bank operates as a universal bank, providing a wide range of financial services to various client segments—retail and corporate clients, small and medium-sized businesses, financial institutions. Our priority is impeccable service quality. We strive to strengthen our competitive advantages by implementing innovations, finding and using new opportunities. We are focused on values, which are a clear guideline for actions. More than 5,000 employees and almost 3 million customers are in the center of attention. #Райфкоманда integrates the principles of diversity, equality and inclusiveness into everyday work. Combining the principles of human-centered work and innovation is our way. Become a part of the #Raifteam—people who will be the leaders of innovation. The Platform Team: The Platform covers the following sections: Network Reliability Engineering: How to prepare a network in DC? How to achieve SLA 99.0 for all network services? Create hybrid links? Install a VPN from the EU region? —just the usual questions for the Data Center Reliability Engineering team: hardware, SAN, hypervisors, backup, hybrid clouds, PaaS—that's all about the Database Reliability Engineering team: here we're talking about Oracle, Postgres, and a little bit of Sybase. We will perform second day operations, such as: backup, monitoring, upgrades, etc. In order to meet the highest SLA requirements for our databases, the team goes "behind the scenes" of the developers' kitchen and helps solve performance bottlenecks and problems with applications Platform operations: here we flash IaC, Configuration management based on *nix systems (by the way, we wash more than 2 thousand virtual machines). GitHub, CodeQL, ansible, monitoring — only 10% of the technical words of this industry Codename project: this chapter is about advanced technologies (fans of the cloud-native landscape), fast SDLC, engineering culture and cross-services that replace "legacy" systems The team strives to provide reliable platform services for clients such as: developers, devops, QA. It is the technical heart of Raiffeisen Ukraine, everyone expects it to work normally. Platform engineers are responsible for automating the provision of infrastructure (Terraform), creating basic images, automatingprovision of network services such as DNS, CI/CD processes in banking services, service monitoring, provision of Kubernetes infrastructure, provision of services and their automation. The operational team of the platform provides services for DevOps specialists in domains, developers and other infrastructure engineers. This team is about basic automation, high reliability and a huge amount of support (operational load, yes, we have it), which we need to reduce as soon as possible. The main goal here: 70% development/experiment time and 30% support tasks. What you will do: Participate in design discussions of new and existing services and recommend reliable, secure proposals with optimized performance based on business requirements Ensure that all infrastructure operations are performed with the help of IAC and configuration management Ensure that platform components are monitored and meet SLAsProvide support for operations teams 24/7—on-call and out-of-hours only for critical issues (escalations)Provide platform components as a service, such as: CI/CD, code quality, monitoring, computing resources, Kubernetes clusters, etc. Required knowledge and experience: Experience and education: A minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps, with an emphasis on microservices architecture Technical skills: Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, including experience configuring, managing and scaling clusters Experience working with Apache Kafka in a microservices environment Proficiency in Java, Python or Golang programming languages ​​to effectively collaborate with developers Experience working with cloud providers such as AWS, IBM and Oracle Cloud, including optimization resources and cost managementKnowledge of PostgreSQL database management systemsExperience configuring and supporting CI/CD using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD or FluxKnowledge of the ELK stack for loggingKnowledge of Prometheus/Victoria for metricsExperience of using Vault to manage secretsKnowledge of NoSQL databases such as Redis, DynamoDB and MongoDBExperience of API Gateway KongKnowledge of such tracing systems, such as Jaeger and OpenTelemetryExperience of working with such planning and orchestration tools as Crossplane, Terraform and AnsibleLeadership qualities: Experience as a team or project leader, with the ability to inspire and motivate colleaguesAbility to make strategic decisions and formulate a vision for the development of a microservices platformEffective collaboration with colleagues of different levels and conflict resolution Attitude towards opensource technologies: Active participation in opensource communities, participation In projects, the ability to implement new technologies. The desire to continuously learn the latest trends in DevOps and architecture. Communication skills: Excellent communication skills. The ability to build strong relationships with colleagues, architects, developers and other team members , quickly adapt to changes in other technologies. We offer: Work experience in a large systemic international business: working for a large international company that creates a diverse and inclusive environment for the professional and personal development of employees. A powerful community Raiffeisen Bank International, which consists of highly professional and successful teams from different countries. Cool WOW projects: participation in large-scale projects for the development of banking products, using advanced technologies and approaches that will allow our clients to receive the best, most convenient service. Convenient and safe work format: flexible conditions, the ability to work remotely or in a hybrid models (remote tavofisi). To perform your duties, you can use offices with uninterrupted power supply and existing bomb shelters. Professional development: exchange of knowledge with colleagues from abroad, development within the company, advanced training and retraining, participation in internal selections. The possibility of obtaining a t-shaped examination. Internal and external training. Corporate English language courses. Soft skills trainings at our corporate academy. Team-building activities and participation in social projects. Social package and Wellbeing program: 28 days of paid basic leave and additional leave, medical insurance, official employment. Care for mental and physical health: individual psychological sessions and group lectures, free online sports classes. Stable income: competitive salary and bonuses for your personal contribution, rewards will be included in the referral program. Our team on social media: Facebook