About this role
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 organizational 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 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 an experienced engineer you are able to take the lead and persuade peers towards the most effective solutions for the use case at hand.
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
Regular on-call duty
Identify and propose solutions for improvements or structural problems
3rd line incident support
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
Working from home policy
Work from abroad: Up to 4 weeks per year, following policy guidelines
Lease bike plan
25 days of paid time off (and the option to buy or sell up to 5 more days)
Free lunch, parking, and fresh fruit provided when in the office
Access to the Leaseweb Academy, a personalized learning platform offering a variety of studies, (Dutch) courses, and trainings
Attractive relocation packages and an agency that takes care of the entire visa process
Fun events year-round – from virtual pub quizzes to summer parties, company runs, quarterly hackathons and much more
A multicultural work environment (our colleagues are from over 60 countries!) in a company where you can truly make a difference
Ready for the next step?
If you’d like to apply, please do so online. To learn more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram to get an inside look at life at Leaseweb. For questions, please reach out to Merve Bulazar, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, at: [email protected].
We directly source all candidates – any unsolicited profiles received from recruitment agencies will be treated as direct applications.