Senior Automation Engineer (all humans)

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle.

As an automation engineer, you play a vital role in developing and maintaining technical excellence and operational efficiency, with primary focus on infrastructure and cloud. You will help various teams through their transition in automation areas using agile, DevOps and value-focused practices, emphasizing shared responsibility and continuous improvement. You will monitor infrastructure performance, respond to incidents promptly and maintain resources in line with modern standards, incorporating sustainable practices.

What to do:

• Design, develop and maintain solutions that enhance the automation of processes and tasks using Ansible, Python, pipelines and other means.

• Support the Product Owner, advocate for quality and make informed decisions

• Collaborate with scrum team to identify and solve issues related to automation

• Support developers in infrastructure architecture and automation topics

• Manage and maintain DevOps Tools

• Assist in building and integration of Internal Developer Platform

• Utilize monitoring tools to ensure system stability and performance

• Create and maintain operational documentation.

• Investigate and suggest improvements to current set up by staying up to date with the latest technology and infrastructure.

• Do on-call support rotation (1 week on call in 4 - 5 weeks)

You check these boxes:

• Strong background with DevOps practices, tools & CI/CD pipelines

• Proficiency in Ansible, Terraform, Python

• Working knowledge of Linux (Red Hat)

  • Bitbucket, GitLab, GitHub or Jenkins

  • Artifactory

  • Containerization

  • Kubernetes, OpenShift

• Understanding of HTTP/HTTPS RESTful API (JSON)

  • Infrastructure and Configuration as a code principle

  • Secret management

  • Relational databases, PostgreSQL

  • Code versioning

  • Agile methodologies and practices

• Proficiency in English

• Confident communicator with proactive and self-motivated attitude

Why you will like us:

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste

• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic

• Health Care – Taking care of your health is important. That’s why we contribute to your above standard medical examination and provide a helpline in case of hard lifetime situations. You also receive a salary compensation during sick leave

• Work-Life-Balance – Sabbatical, paternity leave, contribution to marriage & childbirth, 4 days of extra holiday per year, contribution to the 3rd pillar and MultiSport card. This is how we promote a balance between work, leisure, and family

• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital

• A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - we are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 2800,- gross per month for this full time position. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations.

The way we are:

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.