Application Operations Engineer (Kafka) (m/f/diverse)

Your tasks

• Ensuring high availability of the Kafka platform;
• Integration into Commerzbank’s standard monitoring tools;
• Active monitoring of the Kafka platform;
• Supporting Apache Kafka topics and other relevant deployments in your area of responsibility;
• Providing user support for functional and technical questions regarding IT applications and the underlying functional processes and accompany the introduction of new functionalities;
• Maintaining the documentation required for operation;

Your Profile

• Experience with Apache Kafka support and maintenance;
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization;
• Experience with PROD deployments and operational best practices;
• Good knowledge in Linux;
• Good knowledge in monitoring systems such as ELK and Dynatrace;
• Basic knowledge of tools as ServiceNow, JIRA and Confluence;
• Experience with OpenShift will be an advantage;
• Good analytic thinking with attention to details to solve problems;
• University degree in IT or relevant.

In return, we offer:

• Good work-life balance, including 25 days annual paid leave (increasing with 1 day per year up to 31 in total), flexible working hours, work-from-home and work from abroad opportunities;
• Luxury package of additional health and dental insurance;
• Food vouchers in the amount of EUR 80 monthly;
• 6 additional annual days off for exceptional circumstances;
• Employee assistance program for psychological, financial, and legal consultations;
• Multisport card;
• Annual contribution of EUR 153 net per child for a summer camp/school/kindergarten for children up to age of 15;
• Possibilities for building career-advancing skills by covering training/certification courses and conferences based on individual learning and development needs, access to an online learning platform;
• Opportunities for long-term professional development in a stable, 150-year-old company while contributing to the vision of a new, just starting Digital Technology Center;
• Friendly and supportive multicultural environment, open to new opinions and ideas.

Commerzbank is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, or any other characteristics.

The company

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so are we. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and we are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise.

As part of this strategy, Commerzbank continues the expansion of its Digital Technology Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. We need motivated people who will join us on this journey, and we are looking for an Application Operations Engineer in our Business Connectivity team.

The Business Connectivity Cluster accelerates the transformation of Commerzbank into a digital technology company by developing and promoting internal and external APIs that are an integral part of our digital infrastructure. Positioning of Commerzbank in the German market as the first port of call for simple and innovative API-based customer solutions. In addition to that we build up extended capabilities for providing messaging solutions, file transfer, monitoring and API security.

Contact

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