itsme Digital ID - Belgian Mobile ID Nv - Cloud System Engineer ( Data Focus)
Cloud systems engineer with a data focus at itsme, the Belgian digital identity provider: assisting developers with databases, troubleshooting performance issues, building a new Databricks-based data platform, and automating containerized infrastructure in a public cloud using Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI pipelines.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Belgium
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong SQL skills (query optimization, schema design, troubleshooting)
- Experience with MySQL administration, specifically replication setups
- Working knowledge of Apache Spark and PySpark for distributed data processing
- Experience with Azure Synapse
- Experience with Databricks (workspace administration, cluster management, job orchestration)
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
- Knowledge of Redis or alternatives
- Experience with Kubernetes-based cloud environments (compute, networking, IAM, storage)
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code software (e.g. Terraform), automation mindset
- Fluent in English plus Dutch or French
- Takes ownership, acts as a go-to person, service- and customer-oriented
- Team player who shares knowledge; open, flexible, critical thinker
Nice to have
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or Golang
- Experience with Grafana observability stack
- Experience with GitHub Actions pipelines
Full description
What your job looks like
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Assist developers with database setups and structure to maintain the integrity, performance, and efficiency of the systems
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Troubleshoot database performance issues, and define both short and long term actions to fix structural issues
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Setup and maintain a new data platform based on Databricks
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Automating deployment, scaling, and management of the containerized applications in a public cloud environment (e.g., setting up new infrastructure components with TerraForm and automated pipelines)
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Implementation/configuration of security standards (e.g., NIST, OWASP)
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Manage problems and (security) incidents (e.g. increased error rates in the itsme components, etc.)
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Identifying the root causes of problems (i.e. root cause analysis at every level of the solution (application, network, infrastructure, Storage)
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Increase database/datalake knowledge in the team in general to make sure everybody in the team has the basic skills needed to troubleshoot database related incidents
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Automate repetitive tasks that are performed manually
Job requirements
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You take ownership of your projects, reach out to your colleagues and can act as a go-to person
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You have an open and flexible mindset; You can easily adapt to changing contexts
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You have an automation mindset and are used to managing infrastructure as code
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You are a critical thinker and think about what the best solution is when you are asked to perform a task
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You are a team player who shares his/her knowledge and likes to celebrate joint achievements
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You are service- and customer-oriented
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You have strong SQL skills (query optimization, schema design, troubleshooting)
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You have experience with MySQL administration specific on replication setups
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You have a working knowledge of apache Spark and PySpark for distributed data processing
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Experience with Azure synapse
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Experience with Databricks (workspace administration, cluster management, job orchestration)