SRE- DevOps Technical Lead

Job Level: Professional

Location:

BARCELONA, B, ES, 08005

Area of Expertise: IT & Tech Engineering

Unit: Allianz Technology

Employing Entity: Allianz Technology SE Spain Branch

Job Type: Full-Time

Remote Job: Hybrid working

Employment Type: Permanent

ID: 78299

Position Cluster: Non-Executive

About the Job

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Lead for our Cloud DevOps operations team in Barcelona. As a Technical Lead, you will play a crucial role in guiding our team to develop high-availability, low-latency applications that empower our sales agents and brokers to manage and advise customers effectively. You will work closely with stakeholders from architecture, application development teams, testing teams, leadership, and OE representatives to understand challenges, expectations, and requirements of sales applications.

What you do

Guide and enhance the technical knowledge within the team, ensuring all members are up-to-date with the latest DevOps technologies and practices, particularly Kubernetes, Helm, Argo, and GitHub Actions.
Lead the DevOps strategy, defining best practices and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Facilitate the integration of our systems with technical dependencies, including APIGEE, Akamai, and other cloud services.
Work with cross-functional teams to define DevOps strategies and best practices.
Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering their professional growth.
Monitor and optimize the performance of our cloud infrastructure, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to ensure optimal efficiency and responsiveness.

What you bring

Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and manage complex projects.
Strong expertise in AWS services (RDS, EKS, Elasticache) and CI/CD tools, with a particular emphasis on Kubernetes, Helm, Argo, and GitHub Actions.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Terraform, with experience in Java development being a plus.
Familiarity with tools like APIGEE and Akamai, and experience in facilitating system integration.
Excellent troubleshooting and incident management skills.
Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are valued.
Minimum of 10 years in IT, with at least 5 years specifically in DevOps/Cloud/Operations.

What we offer

We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity and commits itself to creating an inclusive work environment for all.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.