Devops Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

As a DevOps Engineer, you will act as the liaison between cloud architects and regional and local IT teams as well as local business stakeholders. Based on the knowledge, you will help application teams modernize their applications to suit cloud-based deployment and modern authentication.

Based in Nantes, France; you will be part of a globally distributed team that supports and operates IT Infrastructure for two of our major programs (Appolo & eClinical IT Applications).

You will:

• Design and implement cloud-based solutions on Azure, AWS & OpenStack;
• Manage and optimize multiple Kubernetes clusters (AKS, EKS, Rancher);
• Implement and maintain the Terraform-based release solution;
• Idempotent configuration management using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC);
• Collaborate closely with the rest of the IT infrastructure and operations, architecture, application and security teams;
• Help various IT teams cover major incidents;
• Contact regional IT team, collect requirements and implement standard operating procedures;
• Deploy an application landing zone in your Azure or AWS environment using the Terraform and Azure Devops based framework;
• Resort to a GitOps approach to solving technical problems.;
• Advise application teams on Cloud Adoption patterns and advice;
• Serve as an escalation point for all IT teams to do support and troubleshooting;
• Provide quality documentation, enabling smooth day-to-day operations;
• Identify opportunities to innovate, automate, and simplify delivery by contributing Terraform code and developing modules based on common patterns.

Qualifications

You have:

• At least 3 years of proven hands-on experience in complex IT environments, IT Services and their relationships. Including:
• Microsoft Azure and/or Azure (operations and infrastructure) experience;
• Good Linux/Windows OS administration and scripting skills (PowerShell, or DSC preferred);
• Deep knowledge and experience with Kubernetes and similar products, e.g. AKS, EKS;
• Monitoring and alerting systems experience. E.g. DataDog, Icinga, Nagios;
• Experience with Security and Registration Tools;
• Identity and access management experience, using Azure AD;
• Automation and implementation experience (for e.g.: Terraform, DSC, Ansible, Helm or Azure DevOps);
• Cloud Native Firewall Management experience;
• CheckPoint Firewall Management experience;
• GitOps practical experience;
• Software distribution and software packaging experience;
• Solid networking knowledge;
• English language skills, at an advanced level;
• A positive attitude in the face of challenges.

You are:

• Able to learn and think out-of-the-box.
• Capable of performing code analysis and reverse engineering.

We offer the following:

• A competitive salary package including bonuses and benefits
• Extensive training and on-the-job training opportunities
• Challenges within a multicultural and cross-regional team as part of the international and fast-growing organization Eurofins
• A dynamic work environment with a good team spirit, where personal development and growth are highly encouraged