Application Engineer

Company Description

Arηs is a fully independent group of companies specialized in managing complex IT projects and systems for large organisations, focusing on state-of-the-art software development, digital trust, cloud, data science, mobile development, machine learning and infrastructure services.

We are composed of 16 entities across 8 countries worldwide that are unified by the Arηs Group, with more than 2500 consultants. This corporate structure enables us to respond quickly to market changes and customer requests, and to communicate and make decisions without layers of bureaucracy.

Established in 2016, the Greek entity Arηs Developments Hellas aims to extend Arηs Group activities dedicated to the European market providing high-quality services in Software Development, covering the entire application development lifecycle.

Job Description

• Application installation, configuration and administration in production and non-production environments;
• Application monitoring, performance tuning and continuous improvement of the efficiency and quality of service;
• Performing applications support and maintenance activities such as incident, change, release and problem resolution;
• Writing and validating application procedures manuals, including troubleshooting guides, backup and restore plans;
• Automate administrative procedures for recurring system administration activities and provide installation and technical support documentation where required;
• Contributing to the structuring, maintenance and development of the technical knowledgebase supporting the ICT Infrastructure Operations activities;
• Reporting on application availability, performance, capacity and overall usage where required.

Qualifications

• More than 6 years working as an IT professional in mid/large IT infrastructure environments, including deployment, support and maintenance of applications.

• Presents excellent command of English, at least at C1 level.

• Knowledge of DevOps or automation scripting

• Knowledge of micro-services, container orchestration and container-based stacks such as Docker or Kubernetes.

• Knowledge of Elasticsearch

• Knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MS SQL, PostgreSQL) and how they interact with applications.

• Knowledge of shell scripting (linux and/or PowerShell), automation and deployment tools

• Knowledge of incident, change and release  management

      Desirable:

• Knowledge of programming or scripting (e.g. Python, .NET, Java).

• Knowledge of Helm charts

• Knowledge of Kong API Gateway

• Knowledge of Authorization and Authentication protocols and technologies (e.g. LDAP, Kerberos, SSL)

• Knowledge of Public or Hybrid Cloud services and solutions (AZURE or AWS).