Junior Middleware Administrator (f/m/d)

Job offer

Your area of work:

We are looking for a Junior Middleware Administrator interested in building engaging and insightful products for managing large scale distributed systems like Kubernetes - OpenShift, Kafka and A-MQ. As junior middleware administrator you will contribute to deliver middleware solutions (Kubernetes, Kafka and A-MQ platforms) and actively participate in deployment of the containerized Clearstream business applications using automation (like GitOps approach, Argo, Ansible…).

Your responsibilities:

• Setup and maintenance of large Clearstream Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters for all the different environments (from development to production) – hosted in Cloud (Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure).
• Design/documentation/knowledge transfer on GitOps operating models for infrastructure and applications
• Support and investigation of infrastructure/security issues in all environments (dev/test/simu/prod) across all managed platforms
• Design/development/deployment of automated solutions on the Kubernetes/OpenShift platform

Your profile:

• You have successfully completed your university degree in computer science or have relevant work experience related to IT
• At least 1 year of work experience in IT development or IT system administration
• You are familiar with Linux environment, capable of creating Bash scripts, troubleshooting basic networking issues and diagnosing problems related to PKI (TLS and certificates). You also have experience creating and maintaining automation using Ansible.
• You are able to utilize AI tools for your development activities (Copilot)
• At least one Cloud provider (Azure, GCP) background
• Kafka knowledge / experience from platform administration view or experience with any message broker is a plus
• Kubernetes background (ArgoCD, Tekton, Helm, Terraform, Service Mesh, OpenShift knowledge are a plus)
• Collaboration through version control software (GitHub is a plus)
• Independent work method, high commitment to delivery, high self-responsibility & ownership, communication and analytical capabilities
• Willingness to learn, open for new technologies and new IT trends
• Ability to work in a multi-national team in multi-disciplinary team
• Proficiency in written and spoken English

Offer:

• Hybrid work and flexible working hours
• Work from abroad - 12 days of remote work from EU countries per year
• Group Share Plan - discount on company shares
• Pension fund contribution - 3% of your gross salary (5% after 5 years with us)
• Health & Wellbeing - fully covered Multisport card, life & accident insurance, sick days and 100% salary contribution during sick leave (up to 56 days)
• 25 vacation days
• Mobility - fully covered public transport in Prague & free parking
• Flexible Benefit Account (Pluxee) - 1200 per month
• Free Access to E-Learning Platforms, Internal Development Programs, Mentoring & Learning Budget