Data Engineer (Hybrid set up)

Brief Role Description
As a Software Engineer, you design, develop, and maintain software applications. You are proficient in one or more programming languages and use your expertise to write high-quality, maintainable, and efficient code. Working closely with developers and stakeholders such as project managers, designers, and QA testers, you ensure that the software meets business requirements and aligns with the overall IT strategy.

Possible Tasks within this Role
Qualification requirements

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle.

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong PostgreSQL experience to improve the reliability, automation, and evolution of our database platform and infrastructure ecosystem.

This role focuses on DevOps, platform engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), with PostgreSQL expertise as an important part of the broader platform landscape. You will support automation, infrastructure reliability, observability, CI/CD enablement, and operational excellence across mission-critical production environments.

You will work closely with infrastructure, application, cloud, and database engineering teams to design scalable operational solutions, improve platform resilience, and modernize operations through automation and engineering best practices.

What to do:

• Design, implement, and maintain automation for infrastructure and PostgreSQL platform operations using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Bash.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and operational tooling.
• Standardize and automate platform operations across environments, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and self-service.
• Own the reliability, availability, and operational stability of production platform services.
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions.
• Operate and optimize PostgreSQL environments, including high-availability, replication, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery setups.
• Improve observability, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, logging, metrics, and operational analytics using tools such as Grafana.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps, documentation, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and adoption of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering practices.

You check these boxes:

• At least 7 years of strong recent working experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Minimum of 5 year of recent hands-on experience operating production-critical environments.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Recent project experience with infrastructure automation and infrastructure as code, including Terraform and Ansible.
• Scripting experience with Python and Bash.
• Active strong PostgreSQL administration and production operations working experience, including high availability, replication, backup and recovery, and performance tuning.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, incident management, SLAs/SLOs, and reliability engineering practices.
• Fluent English; German, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, GitOps, Grafana, Zabbix, Patroni, open-source infrastructure, hybrid cloud, or large enterprise environments are preferred.

Professional Skills

• Builds reliable systems and thinks ahead about what can go wrong, making sure things keep working and improve over time.
• Takes ownership of work from start to finish and works closely with others to get the right outcome for the user.
• Keeps things simple, focuses on what matters, and removes unnecessary steps or complexity.
• Acts quickly on the most important work, adapts when needed, and learns from feedback.
• Supports others, leads by example, and helps create an environment where people can do their best work.
• Learns fast, adjusts easily to change, and keeps improving in a fast-moving environment.
• Delivers strong results and helps raise the level of the whole team.
• Contributes to a positive team culture by being open, respectful, and constructive, and by not tolerating toxic behavior.

Why you will like us:

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste
• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic
• Health Care – Taking care of your health is important. That’s why we contribute to your above standard medical examination and provide a helpline in case of hard lifetime situations. You also receive a salary compensation during sick leave
• Work-Life-Balance – Sabbatical, paternity leave, contribution to marriage & childbirth, 4 days of extra holiday per year, contribution to the 3rd pillar and MultiSport card. This is how we promote a balance between work, leisure, and family
• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital
• A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - we are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 2.900,- gross per month for this full time position. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations.

The way we are:

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.

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.

What You'll Build
Build Europe's sovereign cloud infrastructure through open source at SAP, with a focus on network automation. You'll contribute to the ApeiroRA Reference Architecture within the EU's IPCEI-CIS initiative, developing Kubernetes operators and controllers that automate network provisioning and orchestration across European cloud providers.

Your work involves building systems that bridge cloud-native platforms with physical and virtual network infrastructure. You'll automate network configuration, lifecycle management, and integration across multiple environments using technologies like Kubernetes operators, Go, and modern network APIs—solving problems that eliminate vendor lock-in and enable seamless workload portability.

Working within the Linux Foundation's NeoNephos ecosystem, you'll collaborate with engineers from major European tech companies and contribute to widely-adopted open source projects. At SAP, you'll grow your expertise in cloud-native technologies and network automation while building infrastructure that ensures European organizations control their digital destiny.

Working on systems that serve SAP's global customer base, you'll establish architectural patterns and design standards that enable organizations to run mission-critical applications with enterprise-grade performance and reliability. Your architectural decisions will shape how European organizations build and deploy cloud infrastructure, directly supporting their ability to maintain data sovereignty while accessing world-class cloud capabilities.

You will contribute to building a sovereign, privacy-first AI cloud for the European market that makes it easy to securely train, fine-tune, and deploy foundation and domain models with strict data residency and isolation.

What You Bring

• Technical Foundation: Hands-on experience with Go, Rust, Python, Java and deep understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native patterns
• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to align team goals with European cloud sovereignty objectives and drive architectural decisions for vendor lock-in elimination
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Experience working with product, design, and business stakeholders while managing team budgets and resource allocation
• People Development: Strong coaching skills with track record of developing talent in open source technologies and distributed systems
• Change Management: Success leading teams through technical transformations and communicating with executives and European partners
• Security and Compliance: Awareness of industry standards related to security and compliance and experience integrating regulatory requirements into architectural patterns
• Cultural Adaptability: Experience working across cultures and languages with strong communication skills for diverse, distributed teams
• Soft skills: Excellent presentation, communication and problem-solving skills, have a thorough way of working with accuracy, take proactive initiatives, self-dependent and structured mode of working, high level of commitment and reliability, ready to work in a constantly changing, floating environment, fun working in a multinational team

Where You Belong
You'll join PlusOne Central Engineering, where innovation meets collaboration. Our culture values engineering excellence, continuous learning, and diverse perspectives. We embrace modern practices, support career growth, and maintain work-life balance while building enterprise-scale solutions that drive digital transformation.

Salary starting from 3,753 EUR/month

#SAPORACareers, #SAPEUAICloudCareers

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

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.

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.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

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

Compensation Range Transparency
SAP believes pay transparency is essential for cultivating an honest, supportive, and inclusive culture, representing a significant step in our commitment to leading the way in achieving pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range, which includes both base salary and variable incentive targets for the career level of the posted role. The target range for this position is 56300 - 111400(EUR). The actual amount offered to successful candidates will fall within this range and will depend on factors such as education, skills, experience, and role scope, as determined during the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a target amount, with the actual payout depending on both company and individual performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements on SAP's Benefits and Rewards site.

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process
For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.

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

Requisition ID: 441242 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations:

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.

This is growth, not replacement. We’re not just offering a job, we’re inviting you to shape the future of
cloud-native infrastructure
at SAP and in all of Europe. Make your mark, invite others, and discover #SAPEUAICloudCareers. Let’s build what’s next, together.

IronCore Project
is SAP’s next generation Open Source Cloud Infrastructure based on Kubernetes. Within the IronCore team we manage physical servers, storage and network infrastructure with Kubernetes controllers – providing a modern Cloud infrastructure as a Service to SAP developers and customers. IronCore uses a modern Software Defined Everything approach as well as hardware offloading capabilities to provide a flexible, yet performant base layer for application deployments.

IronCore team
days are filled with design thinking, passionate discussions and coding around network, Linux, storage, Kubernetes and virtualization. Joining our team means being part of a dynamic, supportive environment where your never get bored.

We’re building
ApeiroRA
, an open-source reference architecture that strengthens Europe’s digital sovereignty. This initiative is part of a broader movement to ensure
security, sustainability, and compliance
for cloud-to-edge computing. By joining us, you’ll contribute to a project that’s not just technical, it’s strategic for Europe’s future.

What You'll Do

• Based on DC and Cloud Networking experience define, document and continuously evolve reference network architecture patterns for large-scale and edge IronCore cloud environments.
• Lead design and adoption of observability platforms (metrics, logs, traces, telemetry pipelines) for infrastructure and platform services.
• Shape and drive the technical roadmap and long-term direction of IronCore data-center networking and observability capabilities in collaboration with platform and product stakeholders.
• Evaluate new technologies and drive innovation initiatives across IronCore cloud networking and infrastructure operations.
• Translate complex infrastructure capabilities into clear product increments, milestones, and value propositions.
• Act as one of technical product owners in IronCore, aligning engineering execution with platform strategy and stakeholder requirements.
• Coordinate cross-team delivery across networking, compute, storage, and platform engineering domains.
• Explore and collaborate with SAP teams and external partners on platform internal and external adoption.

What We're Looking For

• University degree in computer science, networking, or engineering disciplines.
• Extensive experience in data-center networking or cloud provider infrastructure environments.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, distributed systems, and infrastructure reliability engineering.
• Background in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and modern infrastructure delivery models.
• Strong expertise in observability architectures and operational analytics at scale.
• Good understanding of Kubernetes, deep understanding of cloud native principles.
• Proven track record in product or portfolio management for technical infrastructure platforms.
• Experience bridging technical strategy and business outcomes, driving roadmap execution.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills in international environments.
• Proficiency in system programming language, preferably in Go or C.
• High proficiency in English, both written and verbal. Proficiency in German is beneficial.

Meet your team
We are a team of builders, innovators, and collaborators. Our culture is rooted in openness and trust. We believe the best ideas come from diverse perspectives, and we create space for every voice to be heard.

We thrive on curiosity and continuous learning. IronCore team is a place where you can make an impact that matters. Your work will influence not only SAP but also Europe’s digital future. We support each other, we push boundaries together, and we never stop exploring what’s next.

We are extremely proud of what we have built, and we would like you to be part of this journey. We’re not just another project; we are the backbone of SAP’s cloud-native infrastructure and a leading open-source solution trusted across industries.

We encourage everyone to apply and give us a chance to evaluate your skills and experience. We are all learning on the job, and although the listing above has been carefully compiled, we are also open-minded and interested to hear about the value you can bring to the role and SAP.

Salary starting from 3,753 EUR/month

#SAPORACareers, #SAPEUAICloudCareers

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

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.

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.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

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

Compensation Range Transparency
SAP believes pay transparency is essential for cultivating an honest, supportive, and inclusive culture, representing a significant step in our commitment to leading the way in achieving pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range, which includes both base salary and variable incentive targets for the career level of the posted role. The target range for this position is 56300 - 111400(EUR). The actual amount offered to successful candidates will fall within this range and will depend on factors such as education, skills, experience, and role scope, as determined during the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a target amount, with the actual payout depending on both company and individual performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements on SAP's Benefits and Rewards site.

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process
For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.

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

Requisition ID: 448832 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: