The Alpega Group is looking for a DevOps Engineer. This role will be part of the Data & Analytics team, within the IT organization at Alpega. Sitting in Barcelona, Spain.
Who Are We
The Alpega Group is a fast-growing, leading software company that offers modular solutions to manage transportation end-to-end and enable our customers to achieve greener transportation processes, with 35+ years in the business.
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About The Role
The DevOps Engineer will work on the data team to create, maintain, and optimize the infrastructure that supports data operations. This role will focus on building and managing CI/CD pipelines, automation, monitoring/observability, security, release management, and operational processes.
This role is crucial for ensuring the smooth functioning and scalability of the data infrastructure, allowing the data team (such as data/BI analysts, data scientists, and data engineers) to focus on analysis and insights. By automating and streamlining workflows, the DevOps Engineer helps the team meet key business objectives efficiently and reliably.
Key Internal Relationships
- Data/BI Analysts
- Data Scientists
- Data Engineers
Key Processes, Systems, And Tools
- Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
- GCP for our cloud infrastructure
- Linux as our server-OS of choice
- Apache Airflow for Data Orchestration
- Pub/Sub and GoldenGate for capturing events and change data
- BigQuery for Data Warehousing
- dbt for Data Transformation
- Git/Bitbucket for Version Control
- Python, Go and SQL as our core languages for analytics and data science
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Stability and reliability of data infrastructure
- Efficiency and speed of CI/CD pipelines
- Timeliness and quality of automated monitoring and alerting setups
- Security and compliance of data-related infrastructure
- Successful implementation of infrastructure and automation improvements
Expected Deliverables (First 6 Months/1 Year)
- Successfully improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines for our core data infrastructure (including Airflow, dbt, and BigQuery).
- Improve and automate monitoring, observability, and alerting for our most business-critical processes and systems.
- Ensure our data infrastructure is secure and compliant with best practices, for minimal downtime and issues.
What We Look For In You
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role, preferably within a data-focused team.
- Proficiency with GCP (Google Cloud Platform) or other major public clouds.
- Experience with Terraform for infrastructure management.
- Proficiency with Python or other script languages for automation
- Profound familiarity with Git and version control best practices.
- Experience with Linux system administration.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools.
- English at an advanced level (required)
- Additional languages are a plus but not necessary
- Experience with provisioning and running a Kubernetes cluster (ideal but not mandatory)
Nice To Have
- Experience with provisioning and running a Kubernetes cluster
- Knowledge about workflow orchestration tooling (Apache Airflow, Dagster, Prefect etc.)
- Knowledge of building event-based and streaming systems (e.g. Kafka, Pub/Sub etc.)
- Experience with SQL, data warehouse modeling and managing DDL changes
- Certifications for Terraform GCP, or other cloud / Infrastructure-as-Code
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams in an agile environment
- Strong communication skills to convey technical details to non-technical stakeholders
- Proactive in identifying and addressing potential issues
- Willingness to quickly learn and adapt to new tools and technologies
What We Offer You
- A competitive salary package, with additional legal benefits.
- A permanent contract.
- Hybrid work model
- An international working environment, with over 40 nationalities in the Alpega Team.
- You will be able to impact the future of sustainability in the transportation industry, both for our clients and as well with our internal initiatives.
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Our commitment to you
The Alpega Group has 500 collaborators with over 40 nationalities, based in our different locations. We are a global team, with different backgrounds, races, faiths and genders. We commit to ensuring that everyone feels included, has opportunities to learn and grow and is happy at work.
If you require any additional support with your application, reach out to the Talent Acquisition specialist for this position, so we can make arrangements for you.
Good luck with your application! We look forward to hearing from you.