Senior Cloud and Middleware Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/d)

Your area of work:

Clearstream Funds Service (CFS) IT Department builds, maintains and operates a portfolio of 20 modern applications distributed across 3 physical locations worldwide, and 2 public Clouds. Those applications provide Clearstream customers state of the art solutions to standardise fund processing, and to increase efficiency and safety in the investment funds sector. Our global funds processing platform Vestima allows for reaching all types of funds, from mutual funds to ETFs and hedge funds.

Your responsibilities:

You will take responsibilities in a broad range of architecture, infrastructure and information security engineering activities, covering the entire CFS IT landscape. As such, you will be a key member of the Unit in charge of designing, delivering for, and supporting those areas. Your assignments will include:

• Designing, developing and delivering Web server, Application Server and other middleware and Web infrastructure components (RedHat JBoss A-MQ, Redis, Kafka, Matomo…) You will target both on-premises and public Cloud deployments, using IaaS and PaaS/cloud-native models

• Working in autonomy and acting as lead for the projects assigned to you; coordinating the work of a small team when required; reviewing the deliverables (code, documents) produced by the team members

• Assessing new infrastructure solutions and innovative technologies; delivering for new, critical applications

• Creating and documenting the architecture and security of CFS systems, including for Internet customer-facing applications; you will also be working on the applicable processes and standards

• Managing the relation with the development, project management, infrastructure and information security teams

• Maintaining and developing Java/JavaEE integration components such as security modules and Resource Adapters, including their documentation and test suites

• Maintaining and developing the related automation frameworks, scripts and DevOps connectors, including their documentation

• Working with the other Domain Experts of the Unit and reporting to the Head of Unit

• Participating in approx. 4 major production implementations each year (Saturday work)

• Interacting with the middleware/security software vendor’s support engineers

Your profile:

• Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in computer science

• At least 2 years experience in configuring, deploying, operating and supporting a Web application infrastructure, typically including an Apache httpd Web server and a Java application server on Linux

• Knowledge of the challenges posed by multi-tier, distributed Web resources, especially in the areas of high-availability, security and transaction management

• Practical knowledge of TLS (PKI), including its configuration in Web and middleware services; practical knowledge of certificate/key deployment

• Ability to take, justify and challenge technical architecture decisions

• Experience in application security design and vulnerability assessment, especially for Web Internet facing applications

• Ability to structure and document architecture and information security concepts; very good English technical writing skills

• Practical experience in the following technologies:

  • Linux OS

  • Single-Sign-On, preferably OpenIDConnect

  • Public Cloud architecture, resources and APIs, preferably Google Cloud Platform

  • Git

  • IntelliJ and/or Eclipse IDE

  • Apache Maven

Additional assets will be: experience with RedHat OpenShift, ActiveMQ, Kafka, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, RedHat EAP, JavaEE services and APIs.

• Proficiency in written and spoken English; French and German language skills will be an asset.