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Engineering Manager for Observability and Toolset Engineering Team

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated Engineering Manager to lead the Observability Toolset Engineering (OTE) team, which has end-to-end responsibility for multiple toolsets (e.g., Grafana, OTEL Collectors, Tempo, Fluentbit, etc.). The OTE team is one of four teams in the Service Reliability and Observability (SRO) department, working together towards our shared vision to enhance digital services quality and user productivity.

In the SRO department, we develop and provide modern observability services and standardised practices to ensure IT systems are efficient and reliable, saving time for infrastructure and software engineers.

You will be a valuable addition if you enjoy working with people, are keen on maintaining your technical skills, and have a forward-thinking and co-creation mindset when seeking solutions to complex situations.

You will have the chance to learn the depth and breadth of different technological stacks, ranging from infrastructure (virtual machines, containerisation, networks, databases, etc.) to application runtime and the modern observability stack, while contributing to critical IT system reliability improvements.

*Depending on your experience, you may be offered a different level of seniority in 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 on both a professional and personal level
  • Run, build, and evolve toolsets within the Observability Services domain
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, SREs, developers, and critical stakeholders to ensure observability toolsets create the expected value
  • Drive strategic initiatives to deliver on Danske Bank’s wide goals (e.g., migration to AWS)

About you:

  • At least 5 years of experience working as a Software or Infrastructure Engineer, or within the SRE domain
  • Experience managing systems in an automated way on private and/or public cloud infrastructure
  • Experience owning observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, tracing, APM, etc.)
  • Experience with server-side technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, OpenShift, etc
  • Cross-technical domain knowledge and willingness to expand the depth and breadth of expertise in infrastructure and application domains
  • Solid analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • A strong sense of ownership and a willingness to contribute
  • 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

Health insurance

Third pillar pension fund

Free parking & charging ports - cars, bicycles, e-scooters

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 20.02.2025. Confidentiality guaranteed.

Your title in job contract will be Leader of Team.