Senior DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Documentation and adaptation of the system and application landscape.

• Responsible for the operation of highly available complex cloud native applications.

• Responsible for the evaluation, selection and introduction of new applications for the application lifecycle and the operation of distributed systems.

• Ensuring the operation and maintenance of the applications operated, taking into account additional aspects such as monitoring, logging and security.

• Responsible for establishing the DevOps concept in cross-functional teams.

• Support in adapting the data center operator's operational processes and establishing DevOps processes in compliance with the framework conditions.

• Management, conception, construction and configuration of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines.

• Ensuring fast and smooth deployments across all internal stages and pipelines as well as corresponding software deliveries to external customer data centers.

• Development of standardization and automation of build, test and deployment processes, taking into account the highest quality and strict data protection requirements.

• If necessary, implementation of tools to facilitate deployments.

• Support of the product owner in translating technical customer requirements into technical specifications.

• Management, consulting and support of activities within the framework of the containerization of modern web applications (microservices) and their operation.

• Concept development for the design of the build processes of web content management systems (GSB).

• License management as well as user and rights management.

• Process responsibility for third-level support.

Must-have Requirements

• Completed MINT degree or comparable qualification.

• Alternatively: completed IT/technical training (e.g. IT specialist system integration, IT specialist application development, etc.).

• Professional experience in the specified or comparable field of activity.

• Experience in the design and operation of systems with high availability and high security requirements.

• Experience in operating highly available hybrid cloud environments.

• Experience in implementing continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines as well as in deploying large software applications.

• In-depth knowledge of enterprise container platforms.

• Basic knowledge of an object-oriented programming language.

• Experience with microservices architectures and API design.

• Experience with logging, monitoring and alerting tools.

• Basic knowledge in the areas of project management and quality assurance.

• Basic understanding of network infrastructures (e.g. routing, load balancing, DNS, etc.).

• Very good communication skills at work, customer and management levels.

Nice-to-have Requirements