DevOps / Platform Engineer

**DEVOPS / PLATFORM ENGINEER**

**Eurovision Services is looking for a DevOps/Platform Engineer to join the Eurovision Labs software development team at our technology hub in Madrid, Spain.**

As part of the software engineering team, you will be working with top international engineers specialising in media and will see your developments implemented in broadcast solutions for Tier 1 global sports and news content. The DevOps/Platform Engineer will be part of a small, talented and motivated core team that will support Eurovision Services in delivering the most innovative and reliable solutions for our customers around the world.

**PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION**

In this role as DevOps/Platform Engineer you will:

- Be responsible for the on-prem/cloud infrastructure where all our products are deployed.
- Used to configure, maintain and deploy infrastructure by using configuration management tools and IaC tools (Ansible / Chef / Terraform )
- Performance, scalability and stability of the systems are key for you.
- Be able to promote DevOps mindset across the team:

- Continuous improvement is the mantra we like the most
- GitOps approach. In God we trust, anything else it must be in Git.
- As part of the infra experts, you will be promoting improvements when it comes to keep stability within the system and how to monitor it.
- The monitoring stack will be your favourite playground.
- Share knowledge via documentation and online sessions.

**YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**

Your skills and experience should be around:

- Operation and support mindset. It’s great to have experience as L1 / L2 / L3 team member and being familiar with how incidences are managed.
- System administration skills, in particular being familiar with:

- Linux infrastructure
- Databases and distributed systems (mySQL, Postgresql )
- Any public cloud service (AWS, Azure, GCP )
- Cloud cost management.
- Containers and Orchestration (Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, Openshift, Helm,)
- Any scripting language (bash, perl, python, go )
- DevOps mindset & methodologies:

- Any CI/CD tool (Bamboo, GitLab, argoCD )
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Git control versioning (Github, Bitbucket,)
- Continuous improvement mindset.
- Familiar with monitoring solutions such us:

- Logging: Elasticsearch, Splunk, Graylog,
- Time series DBs: Prometheus, InfluxDB, Graphite,
- IT Monitoring: Centreon, Nagios,
- Building dashboards: Grafana, Kibana,
- Experience with the Atlassian suite is a plus (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Opsgenie)
- Strong problem solving, ability to work under pressure with a high sense of urgency.
- Proactive, self-driven and able to identify improvements to address recurring issues, close monitoring gaps and automate/reduce manual work.
- Self-management and ability to work independently with limited supervision.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with remote teams.

**ADDED VALUE**

Additional experience in the following areas would be a bonus:

- Experience working collaboratively with geographically distributed and international teams (our headquarters are located in Switzerland),
- Some experience in IPTV/OTT/Media/Broadcast software development projects,
- Knowledge of digital video concepts (container formats, codecs, compression schemes, tools, best practices, etc.)
- Willing to be up to date in CNCF trends, following communities, forums, meetups.

**_ Perhaps you are missing some of the listed skills and required experience, but you are self-motivated and eager to learn? Then we still want to meet you _**

**ONCE ON BOARD YOU WILL**
- Be part of an outstanding multi-cultural and international team of software engineers.
- Get involved in Tier-1 media projects with impact and visibility.
- Occasionally travel to our headquarters in Switzerland for workshops and training.
- Enjoy our labs, designed to foster a culture of sharing, openness, and creativity.

**EDUCATION**

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering or similar degree (Master or Bachelor).

**BENEFITS AND PERKS**
- Competitive salary and benefits
- 28 working days of vacation for all employees
- A flexible 40-hour working week for work-life balance
- Recognition bonus system
- Personal incentive plan
- Private health insurance
- Company pension fund
- Ticket restaurant card
- Public transport card
- Sponsored gym membership
- Choose your own laptop backpack
- Start-up culture but with a consolidated business behind it
- A multi-cultural environment, made up of a dynamic and international team
- Enjoy long-term stable employment

**ABOUT EUROVISION SERVICES