Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Back End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Heilbronn
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you design scalable database solutions in a Kubernetes environment, optimize infrastructure, implement SRE practices, and oversee the lifecycle of Managed Database Services using REST APIs.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- You actively shape the architecture and future of our Managed Database Services (e.g., PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis) throughout their entire lifecycle.
- You design robust, scalable, and highly available database solutions in a Kubernetes-based environment.
- As a lead, you are responsible for maintaining and optimizing the availability of our database infrastructure.
- You implement SRE practices to ensure fault tolerance and data integrity.
- You drive the automation of deployment, backup, and patching processes forward.
- Your goal is a 'Self-Service' database model that is managed via REST APIs (based on Golang).
- You analyze database workloads, optimize queries and configurations, and ensure through proactive planning that our cloud landscape grows in line with our customers' requirements.
- We live by the principle 'You build it, you run it'.
- You accompany your services from the first line of code through release management to incident analysis (postmortems), supported by our internal service teams.
- You lead the team to technical excellence, share your knowledge of database internals, and support your colleagues in continuously improving their skills in software development and operations.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You have solid knowledge in the operation and design of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL databases, as well as in topics such as high availability, replication, and backup strategies.
- You are proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and feel comfortable in the monitoring environment (Prometheus, Grafana).
- Troubleshooting complex performance bottlenecks and investigating incidents within the scope of problem management are exciting challenges for you.
- Your excellent communication skills in German and English enable you to collaborate smoothly within our international, agile teams.
Experience
- You are eager to shape Europe's digital sovereignty and bring extensive experience with database technologies in the cloud environment.
- You are proficient in development with Golang or Python and have experience in building APIs (REST, gRPC) for infrastructure management.
- You have excellent knowledge of containerized system landscapes, ideally with experience in Kubernetes Operators for database orchestration.
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This is your employer
Schwarz Unternehmenskommunikation GmbH & Co. KG
The Schwarz Group, based in Neckarsulm, is a significant German conglomerate and one of the largest retail groups in Europe. It operates over 13,900 stores under the brands Lidl and Kaufland and employs around 575,000 people.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Trade
Lead Engineer Database
- Location
- Heilbronn
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
