Senior System Engineer - Public Cloud Scalability

Leaseweb; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Participation in annual company bonus scheme

Internet allowance

Travel allowance

Working from home policy

Lease bike plan

25 days of paid time off

Freelunch and fresh fruit provided

Attractive relocation packages

Access to Leaseweb Academy

Fun events year-round

Job summary

Leaseweb is seeking a Senior System Engineer for its Public Cloud Scalability team in Amsterdam. This role involves managing cloud infrastructure, leading projects, and collaborating with a team of DevOps engineers to ensure reliable and scalable services. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Linux, Python, and virtualization technologies, contributing to a dynamic and innovative work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python for automation and testing.
• Knowledge of Linux operating systems, preferably Ubuntu.
• Excellent knowledge of virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU, libvirt).

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and monitoring Public Cloud infrastructure.
• Leading implementation of complex tasks for team benefit.
• Ensuring availability of Public Cloud services.

Skills

Python

Linux

Virtualization technologies

Configuration management

MySQL

Monitoring platforms

Job description

Product Engineering at Leaseweb

Our team of approximately 90 engineers is working in small scrum teams. Each team has end to end responsibility for a specific product or part of our architecture. We work on a remote-first basis, coming together in person at our Amsterdam headquarters twice a year.

Our organisational structure is flat, placing a high value on independence and entrepreneurship. The atmosphere is informal and relaxed, creating a highly motivating work environment in which you will work with some of the most inspiring colleagues in the industry.

What is the role about?

In this role we are looking for a Senior System Engineer to join our Public Cloud Scalability team. Your focus will be managing the Public Cloud infrastructure, including Linux systems, networking components and virtualization layer. Providing a reliable and scalable infrastructure is the main purpose of the scalability team. You can design and implement scalable and highly performant cloud infrastructures. Within this process you will need to convince your peers and stakeholders. As a senior you are able to take the lead and persuade peers towards the most effective solutions for the use case at hand. Also, teaching and challenging others within the team and beyond is part of the responsibilities.

You will be working with a team of DevOps engineers. A group with diverse expertise and highly curious minds who are excited about the challenges to build and operate Leaseweb’s Public Cloud. Our objective is to build reliable platforms and interfaces providing trustworthy endpoints for users to integrate with, running a standardized stack, easily maintained, and fully autonomous for users through our API and Customer Portal.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, implementing and monitoring our Public Cloud infrastructure
• Take the lead in implementing repetitive and complex tasks that your team will benefit from operationally
• Ensure the availability of all the services that make up the Public Cloud
• Identify and propose solutions for improvements or structural problems

What we’re looking for:

• Experience with Python for automation and testing purpose (or Golang)
• Knowledge of the Linux operating systems, preferably Ubuntu. Experience with Shell/Bash is an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU and libvirt) is required.
• Experience with configuration management methodologies and tools (Chef, Kubernetes)
• Experience with managing MySQL and Galera cluster
• Switch Management (Arista/Juniper)
• Experience with monitoring platforms: Prometheus, Nagios/Icinga
• Driven to improve quality and prevent incidents
• Good command of written and spoken English

Benefits include

• Participation in annual company bonus scheme and company pension
• Internet allowance and travel allowance
• Working from home policy
• Lease bike plan
• 25 days of paid time off(and the option to buy or sell up to 5 more days)
• Freelunch, parking, and fresh fruitprovidedwhen in the office
• Attractive relocation packages and an agency that takes care of the entire visa process
• Access to theLeasewebAcademy, apersonalized learningplatformofferingavarietyofstudies, (Dutch) courses,andtrainings
• Fun events year-round – from virtual pub quizzes to summer parties, company runs, quarterly hackathons and much more
• Monthly after work drinks
• A multicultural work environment(our colleagues arefrom over 60countries!)in a company where you can truly make adifference

Ready for the next step?

If you’d like to apply, please do soonline. To learn more about us, follow us onLinkedIn orInstagram to get an inside look at life at Leaseweb. For questions, please reach out to Merve Bulazar, Talent Acquisition Specialist, at:[e-mail] .

We directly source all candidates – any unsolicited profiles received from recruitment agencies will be treated as direct applications.

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