Senior Database Architect Battery Energy Storage Systems dfm

Rückbauanlage Gundremmingen; Essen; Vor Ort; EUR 65.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading technology firm located in Essen, Germany, is looking for a seasoned professional to manage database architecture and data engineering tasks. This role involves optimizing TimescaleDB for time-series workloads, fine-tuning Kafka for operational efficiency, and enhancing Go-based services. The ideal candidate should have at least 8 years of relevant experience, alongside strong analytical skills and fluency in Business English. This position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Leistungen

Salary from €65,000 to €85,000

15% bonus opportunity

Company-paid medical insurance

Flexible benefits options

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifikationen

• 8 years of industry experience in database architecture, data engineering or distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in TimescaleDB and PostgreSQL.
• Deep experience in Kafka producer/consumer design and tuning.
• Proficient in Go and capable of writing efficient, modular services.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Aufgaben

• Architect and optimize TimescaleDB for large-scale time-series workloads.
• Fine-tune Kafka brokers and configurations.
• Validate and improve data flows from Kafka to TimescaleDB.
• Enhance and optimize Go-based consumers.
• Monitor and troubleshoot the entire data pipeline.

Kenntnisse

Database architecture

Data engineering

Distributed systems

TimescaleDB

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Go

Linux containers

DevOps practices

Analytical mindset

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Jobbeschreibung

About the role

RWE Technology International GmbH to start as soon as possible full time permanent

Responsibilities

• Architect and Optimize TimescaleDB for large-scale time‑series workloads including schema design, indexing strategies and advanced query tuning to ensure peak performance under high‑volume ingestion.
• Fine‑tune Kafka brokers, topics and consumer configurations to maximize throughput, resilience and operational efficiency across all streaming pipelines.
• Validate, monitor and improve data flows from Kafka into TimescaleDB ensuring data integrity, consistency and reliable real‑time delivery.
• Enhance and optimize Go‑based consumers implementing performance improvements, scalability enhancements and best practices for clean, maintainable code.
• Audit, refactor and streamline the existing solution improving maintainability, readability and long‑term architectural alignment with industry standards.
• Collaborate closely with Ignition SCADA systems to guarantee accurate low‑latency data ingestion into Kafka and early detection of data‑flow disruptions.
• Monitor, maintain and troubleshoot the entire data pipeline—including TimescaleDB, Kafka, Go applications and SCADA integration points—while ensuring high availability, rapid issue resolution and comprehensive technical documentation.

Job requirements and experience

• 8 years of industry experience in database architecture, data engineering or distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in TimescaleDB and PostgreSQL as well as time‑series optimization, along with deep experience in Kafka producer/consumer design and tuning.
• Proficient in Go, capable of writing efficient, modular, production‑grade services.
• Hands‑on experience with Linux containers such as Docker, Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices including tools like Ansible, Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous messaging and performance monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and the ELK stack.
• Familiarity with industrial systems, ideally Ignition SCADA, and comfort working with real‑time operational data flows.
• Analytical, solution‑focused mindset with strong ownership, excellent communication and business‑fluent English and good German skills.

Your Benefits

• A salary from approximately 65000 to 85000 depending on experience; a bonus opportunity of 15% according to scheme rules and a personal retirement savings plan if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro‑rata.
• Company‑paid private medical insurance for you and your family.
• Enhanced parental leave from day 1 of you joining; for primary care givers weeks 1‑29 will be fully paid and 30‑39 paid via SMP. For secondary care givers you’ll get 12 weeks of fully paid leave.
• One free professional membership subscription.
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme.
• Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing.
• Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need.
• Up to 2 days volunteering a year.

RWE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment we value your passion, your willingness to learn and your desire to thrive. So if you don’t display all the skills above but think this is the job for you, need flexible working arrangements or adjustments which aren’t outlined already we would still like to hear from you.

We look forward to meeting you. Of course you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Xing too.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion / belief, age, sexual orientation and identity. #inclusionmatters

Any questions Contact HR : Lisa Merryweather-0980

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