InfraOps Engineer

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is at our core and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

We are looking for a forward-thinking, hardworking, and multi-tasking Infrastructure Operations Engineer who is passionate about learning and delivering every single day. You will join KAYAK's Operations team in our Berlin office and play a key role in the day-to-day support of our development and production environments. If you are an outstanding teammate who loves to engage with colleagues at a professional and personal level, we'd love to hear from you!

This role requires commuting to the Berlin office 3 times per week.

In this role, you will:

• Process and triage inbound tickets from developers and business teams

• Audit the monitoring of our production hosting platform

• Coordinate the receipt and installation of server hardware in the data centers

• Provide Linux-based operating systems

• Work with the security team to execute security patching procedures

• Schedule and perform regular upgrades of production software and operating systems

• Provisioning of production resources in response to demand

• Be part of an on-call rotation

In this role, you will not:

• Perform IT tasks for users, like replacing mice, keyboards, etc.

• Manage logins, groups, and email accounts for internal users

• Designing and developing new services for the infrastructure

• Working with AWS or GCP on a regular basis 

Please apply if you have:

• A university degree in Information Technology or equivalent certification (CKA, CKAD)

• A strong understanding of Linux systems & knowledge of Linux shell scripting

• Handsome Experience in Deploying On-prem Kubernetes Infrastructure

• Good knowledge of end-to-end data center operations

• Hands-on experience in writing Ansible, Terraform and Puppet  

• Experience with the following:

  • Jira / Atlassian products or other ticket systems

  • Logic Monitor or other monitoring technologies

  • Kibana / Elasticsearch

  • Meaningful experience in a similar role

Benefits and Perks:

• 6 weeks of paid vacations

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

• Focus on mental health and well-being:

  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace

  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

  • No meeting Fridays

• Paid parental leave

• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday

• Paid volunteer time

• Focus on your career growth:

  • Development Dollars

  • Leadership development

  • Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• Free lunch 2 days per week

• Pension plan contributions

• Public transportation subsidies

• Bike leasing program

• Monthly social events, massages, Thursday happy hours, sports teams

• An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin

Inclusion

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table, so we're forming a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serve—and fostering a culture where everyone feels free to be themselves.

If you need adjustments during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please contact your recruiter to request any accommodations.

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