Job Description

Agile Lab is a company founded in 2014 with the mission to create value for its customers in data-intensive environments through customisable solutions that establish performance-driven processes, sustainable architectures and automated platforms based on data governance best practices.

Having delivered over 100 successful Elite Data Engineering initiatives, we have used this experience to create Witboost: a modular, technology-agnostic platform that enables modern organisations to discover, value and produce their data in both traditional environments and fully compliant Data Mesh architectures.

With a highly skilled team of over 130 data engineers based in Europe, Agile Lab helps organisations with their data-driven transformation.

Take a look at our handbook to discover our core values and processes.

The opportunity:

We are looking to hire an experienced SRE to become a Services BU Leadwith great leadership capabilities. You will lead and organize the SRE practice in Agile Lab, managing multiple services with high-quality delivery in mind.

Salary: 45K - 67.5K

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes designs and implements complex infrastructures;

• Challenges the team processes, looking for ways to improve;

• Communicates with self-awareness;

• Sets direction for the delivery of multiple services;

• Identifies areas of strategic technical debt and provides cost/benefit analysis for eliminating it;

• Fully understands the business landscape and stakeholder expectations;

• Leads recruiting efforts and capacity planning;

• If needed jumps into a team to help with delivery;

• Produces quality metrics;

• Comfortable managing team members with different skill sets.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science;
• Previous experience as an SRE Engineer (4-10 years);
• Good knowledge of Cloudera cluster management;
• In-depth knowledge of programming languages such as Java/Scala, bash, python;
• In-depth knowledge of UNIX/Linux systems internals, TCP/IP networking, a solid understanding of security practices;
• In-depth knowledge of at least one cloud provider among Azure, AWS, and GCP;
• Expert in cloud-native technologies, IaC, Docker, and Kubernetes;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Proactivity;
• Team Player;
• Ability to solve complex networking, data, and software issues;
• Leadership attitude.

We offer:

• Full Remote or hybrid working in our offices: Milan, Turin, Padua, Bologna, Padua, Catania and Rende;

• Real work life balance;

• Training monthly budget (time and money);

• A structured career path with clear expectations and salary for each level;

• Support of a buddy, as a guide in choosing the most suitable experiences for your ambitions;

• Benefits and corporate welfare programs: company prizes and welcome pack with all the equipment you need to work;

• Agile Nomads experience: opportunity to work for 2 weeks abroad;

• Referral bonus, if you bring people as talented as you;

• The opportunity to attend one conference per year;

• Inclusive environment where you can be who you really are;

• Stimulating environment oriented to growth, both professional and personal.

How we work:

• We don't like hierarchies: we work as a team;

• We don't like bureaucracies, we prefer sense of responsibility;

• We like data, certainly, so anything that is measurable;

• We want to make a positive change in our industry;

• Empathy, humility, collaboration, and willingness to challenge ourselves are the basis of our work.

Please note:

• Italian language is mandatory for this role, only apply if you have this skill, otherwise look at the other open positions