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Engineering Manager for Application Observability Team

We are looking for a motivated technical Engineering Manager to lead Application Observability team who has end to end responsibility of multiple toolsets (f.e. OpenTelemetry instrumentation, OTEL Collectors, Logstash, Grafana, etc.) and is responsible to ensure that we provide fit for use and fit for purpose Observability Services to critical Applications in Danske Bank. Application Observability team is one of 4 teams in SRO department which are working together towards shared vision to enhance digital services quality and user productivity.

In the Service Reliability and Observability (SRO) department, we develop and provide modern observability services and standardized practices to ensure IT systems are efficient and reliable, saving time for infrastructure and software engineers.

You are a good addition if you enjoy working with people, are eager to maintain your technical skills and have can-do and co-creation mindset when seeking for solutions on complex challenges.

You will have a chance to learn depth and breadth of different technological stacks ranging from infrastructure (Virtual Machines, Containerization, Networks, Databases, etc.), application runtime and modern Observability stack while making significant impact on critical IT system reliability improvements.

*Depending on your experience, you may be offered a different seniority of the role.

"We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation."

You will:

  • Act as HR manager and technical lead for your team members, being accountable for their growth – both on a professional and personal level
  • Run, build and evolve toolsets within Observability Services domain
  • Cooperate with Product Owners, SREs, Developers and critical stakeholders to ensure Observability toolsets create expected value
  • Drive strategic initiatives to deliver upon Danske Bank wide goals (f.e. Migration to AWS)

About you:

  • At least 5 years of experience working as a Software, Infrastructure Engineer or within SRE domain
  • Track record of growing and inspiring people (or strong motivation to grow your competence in people field and move on from a technical to a leadership role)
  • Experience managing systems in automated way on Private and/or Public Cloud infrastructure
  • Experience owning Observability and Monitoring tools (f.e. Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, Tracing , APM)
  • Experience with server-side technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, OpenShift, etc
  • .NET and/or Java application monitoring experience would be considered highly advantageous
  • Solid proven analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
  • High sense of ownership and can-do approach
  • Upper-intermediate skills in written and spoken English

We offer:

Monthly salary range from 5200 EUR to 7800 EUR gross (based on your competencies relevant for the job).

Additionally, each Danske Bank employee receives employee benefits package which includes:
    • Growth opportunities: professional & supportive team, e-learnings, numerous development programs; (incl. professional certificates); 100+ professions for internal mobility opportunities.
    • Health & Well-being: a diverse, inclusive, work & life balance work environment; additional health insurance; mental well-being practices; partial psychologist counselling compensation; silence and sleep zones at the office; game rooms.
    • Hybrid working conditions: Work from home up to two days a week; home office budget (after the probation period); modern Danske Campus workplace developed with anthropologist for the best employee experience.
    • Additional days of leave: for rest, health, volunteering, exams in higher education institutions, and other important activities. Moreover, for seniority with Danske Bank.
    • Monetary compensation package: accidents & critical diseases insurance; financial support in case of unfortunate events, travel insurance; IIIrd Pillar Pension Fund contribution.

Additional days of vacation

Canteen services and free fruits

Health insurance

Third pillar pension fund

See all the benefits HERE.

If you're interested in this role and joining my team, feel free to contact me via LinkedIn, and I will answer your questions!

Vilius Ellikas, Head Of Service Reliability and Observability at Danske Bank

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If you are interested, please send your CV in English no later than 12.06.2025. Confidentiality guaranteed.

Your title in job contract will be Leader of Team.