Senior Systems Engineer

About the Team:

The mission of our team in Allegro is maintaining and tuning Kubernetes (running in on-prem and Public Cloud) and its ecosystem. Our work is a never-ending challenge that gives us an opportunity to learn new technology trends from the world of FOSS and run them. If we don’t find what we need in the FOSS, we develop it.

Your main responsibilities:

• Operating running Kubernetes systems

• Working in the spirit of the GitOps philosophy

• Automating and optimizing tools related to our work (most often related to Kubernetes)

• Implementing CI/CD pipelines

• Creating tools according to our needs and requirements

• Holding on-call duty 24/7

This is the right job for you if have:

• Linux knowledge (especially Ubuntu) – storage management, installation, configuration, admin experience

• Knowledge of the network technologies – TCP/UDP, HTTP, SSL

• Knowledge of Kubernetes and container technologies

• Knowledge how to work with these technologies – Git, Bash, Docker/Containerd

• Analytical thinking – how to solve problems and drive to do it

• Good knowledge of English (intermediate) – you don’t need to speak like a British lord, but every day you’ll communicate and write in English

The following are also a plus:

• Automation in Terraform

• Public Cloud concepts and experience: GCP/ Azure / AWS

• On-prem Kubernetes experience (build environments, analyze problems)

• Any of these technologies – Helm, Calico, GitLab/Github, Vault, Consul, BGP, Argo

What we offer:

• Well-located offices (with fully equipped kitchens and bicycle parking facilities) and excellent working tools (height-adjustable desks, interactive conference rooms)

• A wide selection of fringe benefits in a cafeteria plan – you choose what you like (e.g. medical, sports or lunch packages, insurance, purchase vouchers)

• English classes that we pay for related to the specific nature of your job

• Macbook Pro / Air (depending on the role) or Dell with Windows (if you don't like Macs) and other gadgets that you may need

• Working in a team you can always count on — we have on board top-class specialists and experts in their areas of expertise

• A high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing your team’s work; we encourage you to develop continuously and try out new things

• Hackathons, team tourism, training budget and an internal educational platform, MindUp (including training courses on work organization, means of communications, motivation to work and various technologies and subject-matter issues)

• If you want to learn more, check it out