PLATFORM ENGINEER - INFRA & OBSERVABILITY IN STACKIT CLOUD (m/f/d)
Schwarz Group4 days ago
Sofia, BulgariaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop core monitoring frameworks and maintain the reliability of the cloud environment.
- Design, manage, and improve the central observability stack, including Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, OpenTelemetry, and custom telemetry exporters.
- Process traces, logs, and metrics.
- Develop and maintain Kubernetes Operators for stateful services such as MariaDB, Redis, and RabbitMQ.
- Manage central shared services, including the Harbor Container Registry.
- Automate database operations such as backups, restores, and scaling.
- Own features end to end under the “You Build It, You Run It” model.
- Collaborate with an international team in the STACKIT IaaS Domain.
Requirements
- Software development experience in Go or Python.
- Ability to write clean, well-tested code.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes architecture.
- Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.
- Understanding of stateful infrastructure in orchestrated environments such as Kubernetes, including MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and RabbitMQ.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
- Willingness to learn Kubernetes Operators, controller patterns, and CRDs.
- Fluent English and strong collaboration skills.
- Knowledge of OpenStack architecture, especially Keystone, is a bonus.
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About Schwarz Group
Schwarz Group is a German retail group that owns and operates the Lidl and Kaufland grocery chains, plus production and waste-management businesses (Schwarz Produktion and PreZero). Through its digital arm Schwarz Digits it builds and runs IT, cloud, data, and security services for its brands and external clients, and offers retail media solutions via Schwarz Media. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, it is privately held and active across Europe and beyond.