Application Specialist

Verisure; Madrid; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch in canteen

Dynamic and vibrant environment

International stakeholder projects

Team buildings

Learning and training programs

Job summary

Verisure is seeking a Service Application Engineer to join the Technology team in Madrid. The role focuses on supporting the applications behind our smart alarm services, ensuring availability, reliability, and performance for customers in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to resolve production challenges, drive automation, and contribute to a DevOps-oriented operating model.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in IT Operations Support, Application Support, SRE or similar roles.
• Bachelor's in Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, CS, or related studies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability, reliability, and performance of business-critical applications and services.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents to minimize disruption.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement to enhance operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to improve scalability and resilience.
• Analyze logs, metrics and system behavior to identify root causes and optimize performance.
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to disaster recovery and best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

Kafka

Linux/Unix

Shell/Python scripting

Observability/Monitoring (ELK/OTel)

SQL/Databases

Log analysis & incident triage

Automation & DevOps mindset

English proficiency (B2+)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications/Systems/CS or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Apache Kafka / Confluent Kafka

ELK Stack (Kibana/Elasticsearch)

OTel

Job description

We are looking for a talented and driven Service Application Engineer to join our growing Technology team in Madrid.

This is a critical role supporting the applications behind our smart alarm services, ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of systems that our customers rely on every day. Working closely with development, infrastructure, and operations teams, you will help resolve complex production challenges, drive automation initiatives, and contribute to our transition towards a DevOps and reliability-focused operating model.

We are seeking an engineer with strong technical expertise, a proactive mindset, and a passion for solving problems in collaborative, fast-paced environments.

About Verisure

At Verisure, we do something amazing every day. By protecting what matters most, we change lives for the better. We are the leading provider of professionally monitored security services with 24/7 response in Europe and Latin America. More than 6 million families and small businesses in 18 countries rely on our innovative technology to protect what matters most to them.

We integrate product development, design, sales, installation services and a 24/7 professional monitoring solution. We have a track record of continuous growth, as well as exciting plans to continue expanding, transforming, and leading the market into the future.

Our success depends on our people, and we invest in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry-leading, world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of business-critical applications and services.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents to minimize service disruption.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to improve system scalability, resilience, and protection.
• Analyze logs, metrics, and system behavior to identify root causes and optimize performance.
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to disaster recovery and operational best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in IT Operations Support, Application Support, Service Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or similar roles.
• Bachelor's in Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related studies.

Required Skills

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and microservices-based environments.
• Experience operating and troubleshooting Apache Kafka / Confluent Kafka.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and scripting skills (Shell, Python or similar).
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as ELK (Kibana, Elasticsearch) and OTel.
• Knowledge of databases and SQL.
• Experience in log analysis, incident troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Automation-first mindset with a focus on operational excellence.
• Professional English (B2 or higher).

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Ownership, adaptability, and continuous learning attitude.
• Ability to perform effectively in fast-paced, production-critical environments.
• Customer and service-oriented mindset.

Verisure will offer you

• Lunch included at our canteen You won’t need to pay for your daily meal when you are at the office! :)
• Dynamic and vibrant environment Our office is an open-plan space in which you will be able to interact with the best professional from different teams at all levels.
• International stakeholder projects
• Periodic team buildings! Because it’s important to have fun!
• Learning and training programs

Diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging at Verisure

At Verisure, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, recognising that diversity of thought and background only makes our teams stronger and more innovative. We reject all forms of discrimination and bias, and we believe in access to opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender, age, disability status, race, sexual orientation, or any other status.