DevOps Engineer - Data Catalog

About ZooStation

ZooStation is specialized in finding the best IT developers in Europe.

• Our customer companies introducing developers for permanent or freelance positions;
• Ourselves to create a Champions League team of international developers delivering the best software to our customers.

We have a background in IT; understand what's important and do technical assessment before any introduction and we are NEN-4400-1 certified.

Position

Your impact

We believe in data and the positive impact it can have on our business. To keep data discoverable we are establishing a ‘Data Catalog’, which will be critical for our new Distributed Data Architecture. We need your help to grow and improve the application, while cooperating with an established open source community.

Why

To make us a more data-driven company. Within our new architecture it is essential that data remains discoverable and usable for all data consumers. The Data Catalog will be key in supporting this process.

Where

We work 3 days from home, and 1-2 days at our office in Amsterdam. We use our office workdays for the regular scrum events (review, refinement, etc…) and creative brainstorms. In the office we share a room with three other scrum teams on the same floor, which are all focused on different aspects of data.

Team

We are a growing team with currently 2 developers, a Product Owner and a Scrum Master.

Our Way of Working

Within the data office department we have adapted Agile and work according to the Scrum methodology. We are convinced of the value of “We Make-We Own” and have embedded DevOps in our development teams. We aim for the best results by hiring best-in-class developers and giving the teams as much autonomy as possible . We believe we have created an inspiring environment for personal development and a great and fun place to work!

Responsibilities

• Translates operational requirements into robust technological solutions
• Leading in the Design, building, and testing of new services and extending existing services
• Being an active part of the “DataHub - Metadata platform” opensource community, following developments and opportunities
• Develops and maintains the infrastructure of the tool, while supporting other teams in finding the best way to onboard their metadata
• Collaborates with others on the project, in- or outside of the team, to brainstorm about the best ways to tackle a complex problem 
• Providing the necessary service metrics to be able to monitor the system

Your qualification

As an engineer, ideally you possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other area of academic study (IT experience can substitute for a Bachelor’s Degree)
• Programming experience in python (2-3 years)
• DevOps mindset
• Understanding of database systems (SQL or NoSQL)
• Knowledge of computer networking (TCP/IP, Firewalls, DNS, SSL, …)
• Understanding of Operating System concepts
• Understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems
• AWS knowledge - preferable certification (developer or data Engineer) 

Will be a plus

• Hands-on experience with data processing frameworks such as Kafka, datahubproject.io,..
• Experience with GitOps (Flux) is a plus
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure or GCP
• Affinity with the Agile development methodology open-source software and concepts such as CI/CD

Additional details

Relocation

Your relocation (and of your family if applicable) is fully supported and paid by ZooStation. This includes travel, search for a house by a real estate agent, visa and full support arranging everything when you arrived in Holland.