Database Administrator at Kontakt.io #vacancy #remote

Expected, Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, Unix

Optional, MongoDB, Cassandra, Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Docker

About the project, As a Database Administrator, you will be responsible for the installation, configuration, optimization, and maintenance of our MongoDB and Cassandra database environments. You will play a critical role in ensuring the performance, scalability, security, and reliability of our data infrastructure, working in the DevOps team.

Your responsibilities, install, configure, and maintain MongoDB and Cassandra database instances across multiple environments (development, testing, production), optimize database performance by tuning queries, indexing strategies, memory and disk configurations, and cluster settings, implement backup and recovery strategies to safeguard data integrity and ensure business continuity, manage security settings, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and network security configurations, drive architecture and deliver customer solutions on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform with a special focus on AWS capabilities with experience in virtualisation, migrations and automation, automate routine tasks, deployment processes, and infrastructure management using scripting languages and automation tools, document database configurations, procedures, and best practices, and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required, participate in 24/7 on-call rotation

min. 5 years of professional experience in a similar role is required, good knowledge of our databases: MongoDB/Cassandra, experience with Kubernetes running in cloud environments such as AWS, ability to demonstrate expertise in Security Operations, good understanding of Linux/Unix operating system, networking experience: load balancing, network security, standard network protocols, exposure to a DevOps with a background in Server Operations or Systems Administration, experience in working with REST and RPC APIs, an autonomous / self-managed work style, strong communication and collaboration skills, with a good understanding of English, both verbal and written, team player with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment

Optional, experience using tools such as Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Docker would be a great asset

Team size, 3

This is how we work, in house, you have influence on the technological solutions applied, you have influence on the product, you focus on product development, agile, scrum, kanban

Team members, devOps

This is how we work on a project, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration, DevOps, functional tests, integration tests, pen tests, performance tests, regression tests, test automation, testing environments, unit tests, manual tests

What we offer, fast-paced and dynamic startup environment, flat structure, a permanent agreement or B2B contract, competitive base salary and stock option plan (ESOP), work with our IoT experts and trending technologies, collaborative and self-organised environment, private medical care, cafeteria system

Benefits, sharing the costs of sports activities, private medical care, life insurance, remote work opportunities, flexible working time, fruits, integration events, dental care, no dress code, coffee / tea, drinks, parking space for employees, sharing the costs of tickets to the movies, theater

Recruitment stages, HR Interview, Technical assessment

Methodology, Agile management: Kanban, Issue tracking tool: Jira, Knowledge repository: Confluence, GitHub, Virtualization: Docker, Network virtualization: AWS VPC, Provisioning: Terraform, Cloud infrastructure: AWS, Operating system: Windows, macOS, Networking hardware: CISCO, Application stack: Apache, Version control system: GIT, Databases: PostgreSQL, mongodb, cassandra

Kontakt.io, We help businesses deploy resources and processes efficiently and make their customers and staff feel seen and valued., , Kontakt.io is a leader in location IoT. Our mission is to simplify the delivery of location and sensor data insights. We create the data foundation that drastically improves and automates decision making in resource planning, operations, and customer experience workflows., , Our portfolio of complete IoT and location solutions combine hardware, software, and cloud to bring real-time visibility, analytics, and AI to operations. Today, we serve over 2,000 customers across diverse sizes and industries, from transportation and logistics to manufacturing, healthcare, airports, governments and public spaces. They use Kontakt.io to reduce emergency incident time, decrease asset search-times, introduce activity-based-costing, automate manual processes, digitize physical order traceability or prevent machine downtimes.

This is how we work,

Unix REST Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Terraform Amazon Web Services (AWS) MongoDB Linux Chef Infra DevOps Docker Kubernetes Database Administrator Cassandra Ansible

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