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We build up a new next-gen SRE team in our state-of-the-art office in Budapest, Shanghai and Montreal to evolve our cloud platform capabilities and shape the industry. Site Reliability Engineering as part of the development organization, provides 24x7 deep technical coverage for Incident Management (Outages and other incidents with major customer impact) and builds automation for large-scale systems. We share a Live Site First culture and care for the business continuity of our customers running mission critical applications in the Cloud.

We are looking for motivated Site Reliability Engineers to take active role in driving DevOps and Reliability topics within the organization.

 

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

 

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will have the opportunity to operate and support business critical Cloud services. As part of your daily job, you will proactively monitor the service behavior and identify areas for improvement. You will participate in the development of tools for monitoring and troubleshooting cloud services built on latest open source and SAP technologies, following SRE principles.

 

What you will do

· Act as technical expert during Live Site incidents (downtimes of supported services in scope), investigate and solve incidents on a deep technical level.

· Drive root cause analysis and follow-up improvements to prevent issues from reoccurring.

· Perform in-depth troubleshooting and log analysis to identify and solve complex issues in accordance with internal and external SLAs.

· Build software-based solutions to address improvements in service stability and reliability.

· Enhance infrastructure and platform monitoring by gathering system metrics (4 Golden Signals) and implementing tools for recovery.

· Integrate and collaborate closely with development teams and work with them on outputs from Postmortems and product improvements.

· Learn new technologies and keep up to date with latest development increments.

· Define, advocate, apply SRE best practices

· Participate in the on-call rotation (follow the sun approach) to react to major incidents. On-call has a special compensation package.

 

If you are interested in software engineering based on cutting-edge technology, you will find an inspiring and professional environment for your learning and growth. You will be working in close collaboration with the development teams that build the services which are in your responsibility. We emphasize teamwork and a trust-based working model. Collaboration with other teams in an international environment will be a regular part of your work.

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

 

· Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience

· Good understanding of modern cloud architectures (experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP are a plus)

· Enthusiasm for automation - make the computers do the work for you

· Working efficiently in emergency situations. Affinity to quickly analyze and solve problems in a worldwide team setup

· Excellent team player, passionate about his/her work, self-motivated and driven

· Excellent communication skills - precise, based on facts

· Fluency in English

 

Professional experience in at least one of the following areas and good knowledge of the rest

§ Experience with one programming language (e.g. Java, C#, Python, Go) and troubleshooting.

§ Scripting and automation

§ Experience with Unix/Linux operating system and good understanding of Linux internals

§ Experience with modern monitoring, logging and alerting tools (Dynatrace, Grafana, Kibana)

§ Database (PostgreSQL) Administration and support

· Security best practices for application development and operations in Cloud Environment

 

Experience with any of the following is considered an advantage

· Network architecture, e.g., TCP/IP, MAC addresses, IP packets, DNS, OSI layers and load balancing

· Experience with REST APIs is a plus

· Cloud and container technologies such as Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Docker

· Git, GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Gradl

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. 

We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com. Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 

 

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

 

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

 

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Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.

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