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Wallet icon Coin icon Rate 7 600 € - 9 000 € / month info
Timer icon Form of cooperation Full-time
Briefcase icon Sector Cyber security
Location icon Location 100% Remote

info The reward is calculated upon delivery of 20 MD per month (1MD=8h)

Project duration 12 - 24 months with the possibility of extension
Period of cooperation 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2026
Start date 01.01.2026 - 15.03.2026
Technology
  • AWS Amazon Web Services
  • Apache Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Amazon S3 Glacier
  • Apache Flink
Languages
  • English flag English - active, B2/C1/C2
  • Slovak or Czech flag Slovak or Czech - native

Project description

  • cooperation on supporting the operation and reliability of a large-scale data platform built on AWS
  • cooperation on an international XDR project for a major client in the field of cybersecurity
  • tasks and responsibilities:
    • design and ownership of the end-to-end architecture of the AWS data and streaming platform
    • defining architectural standards, components and reference solutions
    • reviewing the existing architecture, identifying antipatterns and risks
    • setting up an observability strategy for streaming & data pipelines
    • design of HA/DR, fault tolerance and disaster recovery for streamed data
    • creating CI/CD, IaC and deployment standards
    • mentoring teams (SRE, DevOps, Data Engineering)
    • design of the long-term technology roadmap of the platform
    • cooperation with the security team on cloud security & IAM standards
    • architectural review, decision-making, documentation
  • possible long-term cooperation in an international agile team (SCRUM)
     
  • cooperation in REMOTE mode, however, it is necessary to expect occasional ON-SITE [ Bratislava ]

Project requirements

  • min. 8 years of experience with cloud architecture design
  • expert level in AWS cloud platform
  • expert experience with AWS streaming stack:
    • Amazon MSK (Kafka)
    • Apache Flink for real-time processing
    • EMR + Spark for batch processing
    • S3 + Iceberg as a data lake
  • experience with:
    • designing and operating Kubernetes/EKS workloads
    • defining SLO, SLA, error budgets
    • cloud security and IAM policies
    • CI/CD (GitLab) and IaC
  • advanced experience with distributed systems design
  • expert in observability (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, dashboards)
  • ability to lead decision-making across teams
  • advantage:
    • experience with large streaming systems (high-throughput, low-latency)
    • knowledge of OpenSearch and log pipelines
    • experience with data-governance & compliance
    • experience from FinTech/Telco/enterprise
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology or related fields
  • ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and effectively communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • strong analytical skills for interpreting large datasets and discovering actionable insights based on data
     
  • interest in long-term cooperation (12+ months)
  • active knowledge of English (spoken and written)
     
  • strong organizational, negotiation and analytical skills
  • open to new ideas and visions
  • ability to respond flexibly and adapt to change
  • proactive approach
     
  • Tech stack
    • Amazon MSK (Kafka)
    • Apache Flink
    • Amazon EMR (Spark)
    • Amazon EKS (Kubernetes)
    • Amazon S3 + Iceberg
    • OpenSearch
    • CloudWatch, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry
    • GitLab CI/CD
    • Terraform / CloudFormation
    • Distributed systems, streaming architectures, data lakehouse patterns
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