Site Reliability Engineer

Would you like to be part of building the most sought-after streaming service in the Nordics - with the ambition to become the European streaming champion? Launching our fantastic product in new markets is a NENT corporate strategy and a top priority.

Are you obsessed with observability and automating operations tasks? Would you like to be part of an exciting journey, to take Viaplay global? Are your dreams up in the cloud? Awesome, then we think you would love working here! We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join our TOC Engineering team here in Stockholm.  

The position  
You will join our TOC Engineering team that is responsible for bridging the gap between our Cloud Platform (AWS), Operations and Product Development by building scalable and highly reliable solutions that help reduce incidents and resolution time as well as proactive prevention across the platform. This includes everything from automating surveillance and alarms on an infrastructure and application stack level, to teaching developers how to instrument and monitor their services. Our platform is highly available, has low maintenance, is scalable and based on a dockerized microservice architecture. We are hosted in AWS and are 100% cloud native.

We are now looking for an expert in Site Reliability Engineering - and this is where you come in! With your knowledge and experience using industry best-practices you’ll help us bring our Observability and Monitoring solutions to the next level. Since we have a stellar selection of TV Series and Movies content and Sports rights such as Premier League, Champions League, NHL, UFC etc. you will be heavily involved in architecting and engineering solutions for handling high traffic events.

You will be responsible for providing observability, monitoring and automation to create a resilient infrastructure to keep up with the continued growth of streaming traffic. If you are all about Site Reliability Engineering - we have an offer you cannot refuse! 

The challenge ahead  
Since we are going global with Viaplay loads of new customers are coming in every day. With your experience you will help create a nice experience for Product Development, but also help them to move fast, stay compliant and to take end-to-end responsibility for their products and code in production. In addition, we’re all about data. With your contribution we will take our automated monitoring of our traffic to the next level, in turn preventing our service from going down. Some of your daily challenges will include: 

- Using a wide array of tools and services to monitor our web traffic. 
- Developing automation solutions for data collection
- Ensuring our platform is ready to support the scale of our business
- Using AWS solutions to monitor, identify and mitigate threats in our Cloud platform. 

What we are looking for  
We believe you are currently working as a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Developer or Site Reliability Engineer with relevant experience. You are an analytical problem solver at heart, quick to find solutions and with an active interest in tech. You should be a communicative individual that thrives in a collaborative team environment where knowledge sharing is the key to success. And last but not least: you love automation!

Candidates should have demonstrable experience in the following areas:    

- Data collection and aggregation using solutions such as ELK, Splunk or Datadog.
- Metrics collection, storage and visualisation using Prometheus, Grafana, etc. 
- Python programming.
- Implementation of Infrastructure as Code
- Docker and service containerization.
- Linux.
- AWS Cloud networking architecture, cloud operations, security, automation and orchestration.  
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.  

Bonus experiences that will make you stand out from the rest:  

- Python programming.
- Implementation of Infrastructure as Code
- Docker and service containerization.
- Linux.
- CDN integration.

We offer you
- Freedom to try out new things and independent decision-making by our autonomous teams.
- We build everything in-house with cutting edge technologies.
- We inspire others and share knowledge openly.
- A place to grow and learn from our mistakes. We have a learning and development focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training and regular internal technical talks.
- An innovative environment with hack days two times a year.
- An international and diverse environment with people from all over the world working here. We have 35+ different nationalities in the office coming from different backgrounds.
- An attractive offer with a beneficial occupational pension plan, insurance plan, health care, 30 days of paid vacation, flexible work hours and parental leave pay lift.

Our HQ is in Stockholm, but our market is the Nordics. You will become part of an amazing company with great people, content and culture. If this feels like your kind of challenge, please apply and attach your CV or LinkedIn profile. This is an ongoing recruitment and the position might be filled before the last apply date. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our recruiter Karl Saeter at [email protected].

Open to relocate? No problem! We offer relocation services.

We hope that you’re enjoying the Summer as much as we are! While we’re taking some time off, please note that the feedback on your application may take a little bit longer.

Nordic Entertainment Group AB (publ.) (NENT Group) (http://www.nentgroup.com/) is committed to equality and diversity and we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and marital status. We want to make sure your recruitment experience is the best it can be - so, if you’re selected for an interview, please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make that would be helpful for you.

Nordic Entertainment Group AB (publ.) (NENT Group) is the Nordic region’s leading entertainment provider. We entertain millions of people every day with our streaming services, TV channels and radio stations, and our production companies create content that is experienced around the world. We make life more entertaining by telling stories, touching lives and expanding worlds - from live sports, movies and series to music and original shows. Headquartered in Stockholm, NENT Group is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (‘NEN...