Python Backend/Automation Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Python Backend / Automation Engineer to join us and be part of a team working on an international Edge services provider that supports high-profile Enterprise customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain an internal tool kit that supports the needs of multiple stakeholders. Standardize and improve systems monitoring, processes, and related technical infrastructure.
• Work with open-source tools and third-party vendors alike to stay current with technologies, identify solution gaps, and develop strategies to keep the platform's toolchain up-to-date at all times.
• Improve technical effectiveness by automating tasks and utilizing programming or scripting to perform support duties.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Strong programming and scripting skills in Python.
• Strong knowledge of (object) relational DB such as MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in Linux.
• Ability to read and write simple integration scripts, programs, and config files.
• Experience implementing and supporting a broad range of monitoring and alerting platforms (Telegraf, Prometheus and Alertmanager, Grafana, LNMS, Nagios, etc.).
• Experience working with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

Good to have

• Experience with virtualization platforms and containerization technologies (Docker, QEMU, KVM).
• Experience with CI/CD such as Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, etc.