Company Description

Founded in 2015, VGS is the world's leader in payment tokenization and trusted credential management platform, depended on by Fortune 500 companies, merchants, fintechs, and banks alike. Our mission is to revolutionize the way sensitive data is stored and secured, enabling organizations to manage information across cards, bank accounts, and digital wallets with ease.

VGS stores sensitive data and tackles critical payment acceptance challenges such as multi-PSP management, card issuance, payment orchestration enablement, PCI compliance, and the protection of personally identifiable information (PII). We provide our clients with complete ownership, control and insights into their payment data, driving growth and enhancing user experiences across industries.

At VGS, we're not just securing payments—we're empowering businesses to unlock new possibilities in the ever-evolving payment landscape.

Role Description

This is a full-time hybrid role for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer located in Patras or in Athens, with some work-from-home flexibility. The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will be responsible for maintaining the reliability and performance of VGS's systems, troubleshooting complex issues, developing and enhancing software, managing system infrastructure, and ensuring optimal system administration.

Technologies We Use

• Languages: Java, Python
• Frameworks: Spring Framework, Apache Mina, Netty
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (MSK, S3, Aurora/PostgreSQL, ALB/NLB), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
• Monitoring & CI/CD: Grafana
• Proxies & Messaging: Envoy

Qualifications

• Proven experience in SRE or DevOps roles at a staff level, with a track record of managing production systems in complex, large-scale environments.
• Strong proficiency in AWS including infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture, Linux Systems, microservices, Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK), CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo), GitOps, Authentication and Authorization, APIs and API Gateway, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Kafka (MSK), Java, Spring Framework, Python, and AWS services.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a hybrid work environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Experience in the payment industry or with payment technologies is a plus,