Senior DevOps Engineer IoT

Project description

Our customer is a leading German producer of customized solutions for the self-supply of solar-powered electricity. This includes photovoltaic, energy storage systems as well as cloud technology systems helping individuals to become energetically independent.

Please note that this position involves occasional on-call duty to resolve potential customer-critical incidents.

Main responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain our IoT communication platform using technologies such as MQTT (HiveMQ), Kafka / Confluent Cloud, Azure and Kubernetes
• Configure and manage highly available and scalable messaging solutions, primarily with MQTT
• Administer and manage Kafka clusters for efficient data processing and transmission
• Implement and integrate Azure services for platform scaling, monitoring, and security
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters for orchestration
• Ensure global edge communication by implementing appropriate protocols, security mechanisms and routing strategies
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, availability, and scalability
• Ensure platform security through access controls, encryption mechanisms and security monitoring
• Identify and resolve technical issues and disruptions
• Create and update documentation on platform architecture, configurations and processes

Required skills:

• At least 2 years of experience in administrating MQTT (HiveMQ) and Kafka / Confluent Cloud
• At least 2 years of experience with automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform
• At least 2 years of experience with Kubernetes in scalable environments
• Knowledge and experience with cloud environments and services, particularly Azure
• Familiarity with scaling and optimizing IoT communication platforms
• Experience managing distributed systems and global edge communication
• Strong knowledge in automation and orchestration of infrastructure and applications
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and general DevOps practices
• Understanding of network protocols, security mechanisms and routing strategies in the context of IoT communication

Recruitment process

• Recruitment screening and experience survey (ca. 1 hour)
• Profile-specific offline assignment (ca. 2 evenings of self-study)
• Client technical interview (ca. 1 hour)
• Client team interview (ca. 1 hour)
• Offer meeting (ca. 30 mins)

About Spyrosoft

Spyrosoft is an authentic, cutting-edge software engineering company, established in 2016. In 2021 and 2022, we were among the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, according to the Financial Times. We were founded by a group of tech experts with established backgrounds in software engineering, who created an ‘engineer-to-engineer’ workplace, powered by enthusiasm, fairness and authentic relationships. Having a unique offering, which bridge the gap between technology and business, we specialise in technology solutions for industry 4.0, automotive, geospatial, healthcare & life sciences, employee experience & education and financial services industries.