Expert DevOps Engineer

We help the world run better

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll build

We are looking for Expert DevOps Engineer for our brand new SRE team with a focus on K8S Unified Gateway Services.

As a an Expert SRE you will:

• Act as a role model and multiplier of best practices with your technical expertise and soft skills
• Actively shares knowledge and participate in your colleagues technical development
• Stakeholder management - align and balance the needs and priorities of various stakeholders, team and SRE org
• Collaborate closely with Development teams, other technical and non-technical teams, managers in international environment to achieve commitments
• Team roadmap and commitments management
• Adopt and propose new tools and practices that enable the team to gain deeper insights into system/services behavior, performance and reliability
• Strive for and enable proactive approach to Incident Management, alerting and recommended actions to reduce risk of failure
• Be able to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies
• Apply latest security standards in our day to day work and software solutions
• Build and maintain automation code and tools
• Build observability based on user experience and key user journeys
• Drive projects with impact not only for your team but the whole SRE organization
• Be part of weekend and overnight on-call rotation if technical expert is needed during Live site situations (downtime or performance degradation of services in scope). It comes with special compensation package.

What you bring

The following skills and competencies will bring you closer to meeting with us:

• BSc degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications or related technical area
• Expert DevOps/SRE or other relevant position
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience with K8S
• Deep knowledge of cloud architecture and/or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Deep expertise with security concepts in the cloud (examples but not limited to - Identity and access management, authentication, Certificates management, malware, etc)
• Deep understanding of virtualization
• Deep understanding/experience of/with Network concepts in the cloud (examples but not limited to - TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/2, TLS, NAT, VPN, FW, etc)
• Excellent understanding of Envoy Proxy and Service Mesh Technologies.
• Experience with Git, GitHub, Terraform, Postgres
• Experience with Programming languages like Python, Bash, Go, etc
• Monitoring, logging and visualization tools like Dynatrace, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana, etc
• CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Concourse
• Experience with PKI and Cryptographic applications, Application attacks (advantage)
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Be able to work efficiently in critical situations and have an affinity to analyze and solve problems quickly
• Be a real team player, self-motivated, proactive and continuous learner
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Fluency in English

Meet your team

We are building new SRE team that will be distributed between Bulgaria(Sofia), Brazil(São Leopoldo) and China(Shanghai) locations. We force the culture of building teams with strong professionals where knowledge sharing, team collaboration, positive attitude and respect for each team member qualities and personality are main drivers. For us difficulties do not exist they are opportunities to grow, learn and succeed.

We know from experience that not ticking every box on the skills sections stops many from applying. Please apply regardless of your self-assessment - we want to hear from you We have seen people succeed with a diverse range of skills and experiences.

If you'd like to become part of a rapidly evolving cloud-native ecosystem that will shape the industry in the coming years, just apply to join our team.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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