Junior DevOps Engineer (m/f/d)

Full-time, Vienna | Home office. Tapkey is a smart team with a mission to change smart access for good. Our technology transforms the smartphone into a secure key for doors, cars, boxes and more. We offer a globally unique technology platform with extensive integration capabilities via SDKs and Web APIs. By bundling our competencies with a global network of partners and integrators, we create solutions offering a unique user experience for various industries such as building access and automotive.

Due to the expansion of our product portfolio and business growth, we are strengthening our DevOps team. Are you passionate about developing and managing scalable, seamless cloud applications? We have an exciting opportunity for you:

We embrace the “You build it, you run it” philosophy. As a member of our DevOps team, you will contribute to the development and operation of cloud-based architectures and infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include supporting the identification of bottlenecks and assisting in the evaluation and definition of optimal architectures for running highly asynchronous and future-proof applications.

The kind of work you will be doing:

• 50% Design and Development: Design and develop scalable cloud components using up-to-date tech stacks and infrastructure as code. Ensure zero-downtime deployment.
• 25% Monitoring and Analysis: Monitor production systems and proactively analyse for bottlenecks and improvements to ensure stable and future-proof services.
• 10% CI/CD Pipelines: Maintain and support the creation of reproducible and stable build and deployment pipelines.
• 5% Internal Tooling: Develop internal tools to facilitate effective deployment and streamline internal processes.
• 10% Support: Collaborate closely with customer support to address issues and improve service delivery.

Several of the following properties apply to you:

• You have a background in building or running cloud-based applications on PaaS/IaaS.
• You possess strong problem-solving skills and take a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• You understand the need to follow security best practices.
• You enjoy carefully and responsibly defining, executing, and continuously improving robust deployment processes.
• You are familiar with CI/CD pipelines.
• You are smart, self-motivated, and thrive in an agile environment.
• You are driven to make impactful changes with outstanding and efficient solutions.
• You are willing to participate in on-call duty to ensure system reliability and availability.
• You are open-minded with a good sense of emerging tech trends and how to implement them.
• You are a team player who actively contributes and approaches issues in a solution-oriented manner.