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Why Are There So Many Databases?

Snowflakemight not be the cool kid forever, especially asBigQueryandRedshiftlearn a few tricks.DuckDBcan handle small tasks at home, but toss it big data and watch it sweat.Data Lakeswhisper about saving cash but then slap you with setup headaches.PostgreSQLis the MVP, effortlessly outdoingMySQLin m.. read more  

Why Are There So Many Databases?
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Google Study: 65% of Developer Time Wasted Without Platforms

Platform engineering rescues 65% of developer time usually tossed to the wind, activating productivity and shrinking expenses.No shocker,86% call it key to unlocking AI's potential, while a brisk71% of leaders sprint to market faster.Going it solo? Hardly—96% harness open source tools and 84% team u.. read more  

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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has been open-sourced, with its code now available on GitHub at Microsoft/WSL. WSL is made up of distribution components that run both within Windows and inside the WSL 2 virtual machine. This open-source release is part of the evolution of WSL, which has seen s.. read more  

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X (Twitter) was down — what happened during major outage that stretched into weekend

Xis still on the struggle bus. DMs? Still glitching, after a full day of chaos. Rumor has it, a fire at an Oregon data center might be the culprit. Oh, and two-factor authentication? Down for the count too... read more  

X (Twitter) was down — what happened during major outage that stretched into weekend
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How To Start Strong In Your First Week As An Engineering Manager

The first week as an engineering manager (EM) involves preparing for meetings with the team, other managers, and supervisors, as well as talking to one's own manager to understand expectations and priorities. It's crucial to reintroduce oneself to the team, even if promoted from within the company, .. read more  

How To Start Strong In Your First Week As An Engineering Manager
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Mountpoint for Amazon S3 now lets you automatically mount your S3 buckets using fstab

Mountpoint for Amazon S3now cracks the fstab problem. It auto-mounts S3 buckets when an EC2 instance comes online, securing those settings even after a reboot. Consider the convenience nailed... read more  

Mountpoint for Amazon S3 now lets you automatically mount your S3 buckets using fstab
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Improving EC2 boot time from 4s to 2.8s to accelerate builds

Revving upUbuntu 24.04for a speedier boot, we ditched dead weight likesnaps, AppArmor, andcloud-init—trimminguserspace boottime from 4 to2.8 seconds. BanishingIPv6address checks and pruningsystemdservices likejournaldshaved off more precious milliseconds. Next on the chopping block: kernel modules a.. read more  

Improving EC2 boot time from 4s to 2.8s to accelerate builds
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Shared Database Pattern in Microservices: When Rules Get Broken

Every shared access point is a potential failure point. The risks are real and can be catastrophic. Safe implementation includes strict data ownership, schema change protocol, data integrity protection, and auditing. Moving to a structured API layer and data separation can help mitigate risks and pl.. read more  

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DR 101: Assembling Your Incident Response Team

A disaster recovery plan relies on a coordinated incident response team. The speed and coordination of this team are crucial for minimizing downtime and keeping the organization running smoothly during a crisis. Key roles within the incident response team include incident commander, technical lead, .. read more  

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The 18-point secrets management checklist

By 2027, user blunders will cause a staggering 99% of cloud breaches, according to the experts who swear they know these things. Lock down secrets management by centralizing and automating with tools likeOktaorMicrosoft Entra ID. Don't skimp on IBAC and least-privileged access. Guard your cloud fort.. read more  

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It takes the brightest minds to be a technology leader. It takes imagination to create green energy for the generations to come. At Siemens Gamesa we make real what matters, join our global team.

Siemens Gamesa has a vision for renewable energy: we believe in the power of nature and technology. Help us to be ready to face the energy challenges of tomorrow and make a green footprint – join the team in creating a better future for us on our planet.

We focus on hiring the best people, wherever they may be in the world. We pride ourselves on the flexibility we offer to our employees and are committed to building a workforce that can grow with the company. Siemens Gamesa is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

In our culture of trust, we focus on empowerment, diversity and continuous learning. Valuing our people is what makes us one global team, with our colleagues’ safety at the heart of our organization.

Read stories from our employees, and get to know your future team: https://www.sebrochure.dk/Siemens_Gamesa_Renewable_Energy/WebView/

How to contribute to our vision

For our DevOps team within the Software Solutions division we are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our growing, and dedicated DevOps team. In the department, we are responsible for the SW test strategy, the enforcement of it, and the creation and maintenance of build- and test environments in which automated tests are executed. This involves both HIL setups and small to large virtual environments, thus handling both the hard real-time and large scalability requirements. We operate 2 data centers and 2 test labs.

The introduction of Continuous Delivery is a strategic goal of the department; our team has been given the responsibility of introducing it. You will join an inspiring and high performing multinational team.

As DevOps Engineer, your tasks and deliverables are mainly lead the development teams’ transformation to Continuous Delivery, i.e. implement their Chef based server stack, create the QA part of the Jenkins pipeline. The product and system level tests are run in either a VM environment or the physical HW. You will manage and optimize the utilization of these environments while reducing bottlenecks in the delivery pipelines.

Together with the rest of the DevOps team you develop state of the art SW tools and make the decision proposals. You implement these tools in the development projects for them to move faster. As member of the DevOps team you carry the operational responsibility of these tools.

You act as the technical expert across multiple development projects helping them in keeping their delivery pipeline running. The projects range from deeply embedded controllers over large SCADA server systems to central fleet management systems. Together with the rest of the DevOps team you ensure the operational side of our large HW and VMware test environment.

You will implement parts of our cybersecurity strategy by implementing relevant verifications in the pipelines and ensure a short lead time.

What you need to make a difference

Passion for renewable energy and a sense for the importance to lead the change.  We are looking for you, who wants to make real what matters and who wants to change the world towards renewable energy.

The ideal candidate holds an academic degree in IT, Computer Science or similar in combination with thorough practical experience with

Continuous Integration/Delivery and DevOps
Applying agile software development practices (e.g. SAFe & SCRUM)
GitLab, Gitflow, Artifactory, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes and Chef
You have strong DevOps understanding of the state of the art build and code level QA tolls for C#, C++ and web development.
You have basic knowledge of BDD, Cucumber - Ruby.
You are not afraid of asking questions and taking the lead in developing the team, methods and frameworks.

Most importantly is your passion for continuous delivery and smooth operations in larger organizations. You have a high professional competency and you have a desire to develop your skills. You have good collaboration skills and you can manage to act in different cultural contexts. To thrive in this position, you must have a strong result- and customer-oriented approach.

In return of your commitment we offer you…

Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come. We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organization. Siemens Gamesa offers a wide variety of benefits such as flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues, employer-funded pension, attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable) and local benefits such as subsidized lunch, employee discounts and much more.

Empowering our people

https://www.siemensgamesa.com/sustainability/employees

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How do you imagine the future?

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Our global team is on the front line of tackling the climate crisis, reducing carbon emissions – the greatest challenge we face.