Platform engineer

Location: Praha, Czechia

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales in the Czech Republic employs over 400 people from 45 different nationalities. A total of 15 teams work on projects for government agencies, banking, mobile services and the Internet Of Things (IoT) technology. At the core of our business is the development of software which we configure and embed in a multitude of different devices and form factors. These include many kinds of payment cards, SIM cards, travel passes, secure eBanking devices, authentication tokens, machine identification modules (MIM), and secure ID documents including ePassports, eID and eHealth cards, as well as eDriving licenses. Because of the international environment surrounding us every day, it comes as no surprise that English is our official corporate language.

As Platform Engineer you will be developing a new platform which enables users to transform their legacy deployments into a modern cloud native environment. The platform strives to solve the recurring problem of on-premises environments, where it is difficult to deploy scalable and highly available solutions. Our goal is to produce a platform where developers can easily create their new environment with all services configured automatically ready to deploy their applications. The platform itself has Kubernetes clusters at its core, where all managed services used for logging, monitoring, authenticating, etc. are deployed alongside product applications.

Development duties:

• Work on development and maintenance of the platform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines which will be used for automated deployment of our platform
• Integrate new services into the platform and interconnect it with existing services.
• Write and maintain product documentation.

Support duties:

• Support the engineering and delivery teams in the automated platform deployment.
• Communication with other teams to coordinate new feature development.
• Train people on usage of platform and services that it provides

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or master’s degree in computer science (or Information Technology related field)
• Work experience as a software engineer or DevOps engineer
• Experience in managing Kubernetes infrastructure
• Experience in Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab)
• Proficiency in various script languages (Bash, Python)
• Experience in provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool (Ansible, Docker, Infrastructure as Code)

Other:

• Problem-solving attitude
• Team spirit
• Experience with Agile methodology
• Willing to share knowledge and support
• Good communication skills
• English Level C1 or above on the CEFR
• Another language of the European Union B2 or above

• What we can offer:

  Friendly international environment, professional grow within Thales worldwide within friendly team always ready to support and provide assistance

Compensation:

• Competitive salary and Variable compensation part
• Lucrative employee referral program
• Stock Purchase program
• 100% Maternity leave cover of base salary during the first 15 weeks

How to stay connected:

• External display, extra charger and accessories
• Unlimited mobile data, unlimited calls and SMS in the Czech Republic
• Opportunity to change mobile device every 2 years

To support your well-being:

• 5 weeks of vacation, 3 sick days
• Free parking underground in Thales garage even for bicycles
• Benefit Plus Card in the amount 8. 000 czk
• Multisport card (50% contribution)
• Healthcare service through membership in Private Clinic
• Online Yoga classes and 50% discount in local sport center
• Sodexo Meal Card (55% contribution)
• Newcomer package/ Employee appreciation gifts throughout the year
• Relaxed work environment and Game corner, offices in Brumlovka Park
• Great coffee and refreshments in the kitchen

Professional growth:

• Personal & professional development (technical training and certification, language and soft skills courses, conference tickets, a well-stocked office library)
• Experienced team to support your professional growth
• Opportunity to grow and change position within Thales

Send us your CV and we will be happy to have a chat with you about opportunities whitin Thales !

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!