DevOps Engineer (all humans)

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle.

Our Enterprise Integration Services department provides and operates critical enterprise-wide platforms and services that enable secure, reliable, and scalable business processes across the organization. We are responsible for a diverse integration landscape and modern DevOps toolchain supporting thousands of users and numerous business-critical applications.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for an experienced and motivated DevOps Engineer who enjoys working with modern integration technologies, automation, cloud-native practices, and platform operations.

What to do:

• Operate, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise-wide integration and platform services

• Ensure high availability, reliability, security, and performance of critical systems

• Manage and support integration platforms, messaging systems, and CI/CD tooling

• Automate operational tasks and infrastructure processes using DevOps best practices

• Monitor systems, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements

• Support incident, problem, and change management processes

• Collaborate closely with development teams, architects, security experts, and business stakeholders

• Contribute to platform modernization initiatives and continuous improvement programs

• Participate in an on-call rotation (typically 1-2 standby duties per month)

• Some of the technologies you will work with include: IAM, OSB, Apache Kafka Streaming, API Management, Doxee Customer Communication Management, Git, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, SonarQube, CI/CD Pipeline Engineering and Automation

Requirements

You check these boxes:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a comparable qualification

• Professional experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, System Engineering, or a related role

• Strong understanding of Linux-based environments and enterprise application operations

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies

• Knowledge of one or more integration technologies such as Kafka, API Management, Service Bus solutions, or IAM platforms

• Scripting and automation skills

• Understanding of monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting practices

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Fluent English communication skills

• Team-oriented mindset with a proactive and service-focused attitude

• A nice to have experience would be with container technologies and Kubernetes/OpenShift, knowledge of cloud platforms and infrastructure automation and familiarity with ITIL
  

Why you will like us:

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste

• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic

• Health Care – Taking care of your health is important. That’s why we contribute to your above standard medical examination and provide a helpline in case of hard lifetime situations. You also receive a salary compensation during sick leave

• Work-Life-Balance – Sabbatical, paternity leave, contribution to marriage & childbirth, 4 days of extra holiday per year, contribution to the 3rd pillar and MultiSport card. This is how we promote a balance between work, leisure, and family

• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital

• A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - we are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 2 500 gross per month for this full time position. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations.

The way we are:

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.