Senior System Engineer - Apache Cassandra (f/m/d)
1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE | IT System Administration | Karlsruhe / Munich | Permanent | Full-time | Experienced professionals | Reference ID: 255
- Your tasks
Are you passionate about databases and open-source technologies? Does the idea of working on one of the largest Cassandra installations in Germany excite you? Would you like to collaborate with experienced colleagues and implement innovative projects? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
Your tasks will include:
- Operating and administering the Cassandra infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
- Consulting, planning, and implementing projects for updates, scaling, or resource management, advancing the future of our database systems.
- Ensuring the availability and reliability of services and databases, maintaining the highest standards of uptime and performance.
- Proactively contributing innovative ideas to enhance efficiency, automation, security, and other critical aspects, making a tangible impact on our operations.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to push continuous improvement and innovation, working with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
Our benefits
Lived corporate culture
Transparency, open communication and short decision-making processes
Wide range of further training
E-learning, seminars, conferences and mentoring
Renowned TEC-Campus
Conferences, lecture series, courses, open source projects, community meetings, user groups
Active health care
Sports and fitness classes, lectures, discounts at fitness and health centers, fresh fruit and drinks for free
Mobility
Generous subsidy for job bike leasing and the job ticket
Flexible working models
Home office, mobile office, flexible working hours, trust-based working time arrangements
Financial benefits
Company pension scheme, discounts on our products and various leisure activities
Legendary events
Summer and winter parties, additional workshops and team events
- Your profile
Have you completed a technical degree or comparable training and have several years of relevant experience? Are you eager to work in a highly professional team on a database system with the highest security standards for over 42 million customers? Join us and be part of a dynamic team where your expertise will make a significant impact! Enjoy the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, grow your skills, and advance your career in a supportive and innovative environment.
You are an ideal candidate if you have:
- Extensive experience in the architecture, administration, and optimization of distributed database systems, particularly NoSQL databases.
- Proficiency in operating, creating, and scaling highly available database solutions, as well as infrastructure automation (Puppet, Ansible) and monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana).
- Experience with programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Ruby, Bash), familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines, and ideally experience with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes and ElasticSearch.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to quickly identify and resolve issues in a production environment.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving and innovation.
- Our benefits in detail
- Our corporate culture: No dress code, flat hierarchies, open and transparent communication
- Individual development opportunities: diverse training courses, e-learning and internal communities, language courses, mentoring
- Events: Slack Days, open source projects, meet-ups
- Relocation service: support with the relocation to Germany
- Benefits and additional services: company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, discounts on own products, job ticket, bike leasing, corporate benefits portal
- Attractive working conditions: 30 days holiday, hybrid working, full-time and part-time arrangements, free choice between Linux, Mac or Windows
- Social: team events, summer and winter parties, family and care service, sports and fitness programmes, subsidised canteen, free fruit and drinks, health courses
- Topics that are also important to us: Sustainability, diversity and our values and leadership principles - find out more on our website mail-and-media.com
We are brand. With GMX, WEB.DE and mail.com and over 42 million active users, we are the leading email and communication platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
We are future. Our services and apps simplify digital life from cloud storage to news and ID management.
You are at home. Your digital passion finds a professional home with us. Your strength makes us stronger, your expertise complements our ideas, your success becomes visible. Together we shape the digital future.
Diversity enriches. Different cultures, nationalities, genders, age groups, sexual orientations and religions as well as people with disabilities - we desire diversity and encourage it. Because only teams that reflect all facets of society offer the best framework conditions for creativity and make a company productive and distinctive. We value diversity and welcome all applications.
Apply now
We look forward to receiving your application, including your salary expectations and the reference number given above. Please use our online application form. If you have any questions about the position or the application process, please send us an email.
1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE
Recruiting & Candidate Management
Brauerstraße 48
D-76135 Karlsruhe
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