
Operations Engineer
As an Operations Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, security, and continuous improvement of our production platform.
Working alongside our Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Security team, and external hosting provider, you will become a key contributor to the day-to-day operations of our on-prem production environment.
This role is ideal for someone with an initial experience in systems or infrastructure who wants to grow into a highly autonomous operations engineer. You'll receive coaching and progressively take ownership of increasingly complex operational responsibilities.
#### **Your Responsibilities**
**Production Operations**
* Monitor the health and availability of our production platform.
* Investigate infrastructure and platform alerts.
* Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate incident resolution.
* Perform operational health checks and routine maintenance activities.
* Maintain operational documentation and runbooks.
#### **Hosting Provider Coordination**
* Act as the day-to-day technical contact for our managed hosting provider.
* Coordinate incidents, maintenance windows and infrastructure changes.
* Follow up on operational requests until completion.
* Ensure operational procedures are properly executed.
#### **Platform Reliability**
* Participate in incident investigations and Root Cause Analyses (RCA).
* Implement corrective actions following incidents.
* Identify recurring issues and propose permanent improvements.
* Contribute to improving the reliability and resilience of the production platform.
#### **Infrastructure Lifecycle**
* Participate in operating system upgrades and migration projects.
* Coordinate infrastructure lifecycle activities with our hosting provider.
* Implement infrastructure hardening recommendations in collaboration with the Security team.
* Keep technical documentation and operational procedures up to date.
#### **SQL Server Operations**
* Assist in the operational management of our SQL Server environment.
* Investigate SQL Server logs and performance issues during incident resolution.
* Support database maintenance and operational activities.
* Contribute to troubleshooting database-related production incidents.
* Develop a solid understanding of SQL Server administration and high-availability concepts.
#### **Automation \& Continuous Improvement**
* Develop PowerShell scripts and automation tools.
* Eliminate repetitive manual operational tasks.
* Improve operational processes and tooling.
* Contribute to standardizing operational procedures.
* Continuously look for opportunities to improve efficiency and reliability.
#### **Security \& Compliance**
* Perform operational activities within our regulated production environment.
* Follow documented security and operational procedures.
* Support security remediation and hardening activities.
* Contribute to maintaining operational documentation.
* Gradually learn the operational processes supporting our PCI DSS environment.