DevOps Engineer,Rakuten Drive Solution Architect & Ops Section -Rakuten Drive Department (Internet Services Div)

Job Description:

JOB PURPOSE:

Internet Services Business Unit is an incredibly diverse and technologically advanced organization within Rakuten Symphony. We are proud to have members from over 10 countries, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Our team fosters an open and respectful culture that values diversity and encourages creativity.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Technical Operations team. The successful candidate will also be responsible for designing and implementing robust, scalable, and high-performance solutions on the cloud and edge devices. This role requires expertise in modern application development, a deep understanding of cloud platforms, development, monitoring and code management tools, and the ability to work as part of a strong team.

・Join an existing team of DevOps engineers and collaborate to develop and spread an advanced DevOps culture across different product development teams.

・Oversee and understands the needs of the development teams.

・Provide solutions to them in terms of Infrastructure design and implementation, CI/CD pipelines setups or improvements.

・Always think about scalability and availability for complex distributed systems.

・Design and set up Kubernetes clusters.

・Setup monitoring, logging and alerting systems.

・Develop tools/platforms that could solve common problems and support multiple teams.

・Be a highly motivated professional with inter-personal skills to ease communication with our global team.

・Enjoy working in a fast paced and engineering focused environment.

Internet Services Business Unit is an incredibly diverse and technologically advanced organization within Rakuten Symphony. We are proud to have members from over 10 countries, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Our team fosters an open and respectful culture that values diversity and encourages creativity.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Technical Operations team. The successful candidate will also be responsible for designing and implementing robust, scalable, and high-performance solutions on the cloud and edge devices. This role requires expertise in modern application development, a deep understanding of cloud platforms, development, monitoring and code management tools, and the ability to work as part of a strong team.

・Join an existing team of DevOps engineers and collaborate to develop and spread an advanced DevOps culture across different product development teams.
・Oversee and understands the needs of the development teams.
・Provide solutions to them in terms of Infrastructure design and implementation, CI/CD pipelines setups or improvements.
・Always think about scalability and availability for complex distributed systems.
・Design and set up Kubernetes clusters.
・Setup monitoring, logging and alerting systems.
・Develop tools/platforms that could solve common problems and support multiple teams.
・Be a highly motivated professional with inter-personal skills to ease communication with our global team.
・Enjoy working in a fast paced and engineering focused environment.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
・Work in an existing team of DevOps engineers and collaborate to develop and spread an advanced DevOps culture across different product development teams.
・Oversee and understands the needs of the development teams.

・ Provide solutions to them in terms of Infrastructure design and implementation, CI/CD pipelines setups or improvements.
・Always think about scalability and availability for complex distributed systems.
・Manage cloud infrastructure and services.

・ Design and set up Kubernetes clusters.
・ Setup monitoring, logging and alerting systems.
・Develop tools/platforms that could solve common problems and support multiple teams.
・Be a highly motivated professional with inter-personal skills to ease communication with our global team.
・Enjoy working in a fast paced and engineering focused environment.
 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

◆ESSENTIAL

・Bachelor / Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

・4+ years of software engineering experience.

・Demonstratable experience with automating cloud native technologies (AWS, Azure or GCP), deploying applications, and provisioning infrastructure.

・Experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology.

・Experience in container life cycle management in Docker.

・Experience with Infrastructure as Code, using CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible or other tools.

・Experienced with SCM tools such as GIT, Integrations tools such as GitHub, CircleCi, Gitlab and Jenkins.

・2+ years of hands-on programming experience using Python, Go or shell scripting.

・Experience with monitoring and log aggregating frameworks such as　Prometheus, Grafana, Logstash, Splunk, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.

・Knowledge of security frameworks (such as ISMS), IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewall.

・Firm grounding of Linux basics and system administration concepts.

◆ DESIRABLE

・​Clear understanding of Kubernetes core concept and hands on experience in deployments on Kubernetes platforms.

・Experience implementing and designing cloud native security concepts, DevSecOps, or MLOps.

・AWS Certification(s) such as Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Cloud Practitioner or equivalent certifications in other public clouds.

・Fair understanding of Kafka and/or Redis configuration and management.

・Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

・Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

・Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality software.

・Ability to work independently and lead technical discussions.

KEY INTERFACES FOR ROLE:

・Engineering team members: Integration, debugging issue together

・Project Manager: Providing the timely updates/raise concerns/flags for the QA topics that needs attention
 

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

・Finish development tasks in timely manner with good code quality.

・Providing expertise and experience in the team proactively.

・Ability to make good technical decisions.

・ Ability to analyze and diagnose issues in the early stages of SDLC. ​

Location:

Japan/India

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