DevOps engineer

Simon-Kucher; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Wellbeing support

Extensive training programs

International office presence

Job summary

Simon-Kucher is building a central Data & AI function and seeking a senior DevOps/Platform Engineer. You will design and operate Azure infrastructure with Terraform, own production environments, and shape automation standards across teams.

The role requires deep Azure/AKS experience and strong SDLC governance. You will lead incident response, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable platform solutions across international

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps/Cloud/Platform Engineering with senior ownership.
• Proficient in Terraform across multi-prod environments and modules.
• Strong Azure and Azure DevOps expertise with CI/CD design.
• Solid Kubernetes (AKS) and Docker skills.
• Experience with SDLC, code quality, security scanning.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate Azure infra using Terraform.
• Own Terraform architecture across production environments.
• Define reusable IaC standards and automation.
• Build Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for builds, tests, releases.
• Maintain SDLC practices and use SonarQube.
• Design secure Azure networks, RBAC, Key Vault, private endpoints.
• Operate and optimize AKS, networking, observability and security.
• Lead production incident management and root-cause analysis.
• Communicate architectural decisions and trade-offs clearly.
• Take end-to-end ownership of platform initiatives.

Skills

Senior DevOps ownership

Independent work

English C1+

Terraform expert

Azure experience

Azure DevOps

SDLC knowledge

Kubernetes (AKS)

Docker

Incident management

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes (AKS)

Docker

SonarQube

GitHub Actions

Azure Policy

Defender for Cloud

Job description

Описание

Simon-Kucher is enabling its employees with generative AI based solutions to improve productivity. To support this endeavor, a central Data & AI function is being established. Together with our Data Analytics team Elevate and the Software Development team Engine, the demand for support of software development by IT is constantly increasing.

Задачи

• Design, build, and operate Azure infrastructure using Terraform as the primary Infrastructure as Code platform.
• Own Terraform architecture across multiple production environments, including modules, state, versioning, dependencies, and environment separation.
• Define reusable IaC standards, patterns, and automation that can be adopted across engineering teams.
• Build and improve Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines covering build, test, infrastructure deployment, application deployment, approvals, rollback, and release controls.
• Establish strong SDLC practices including code quality, security scanning, quality gates, and tools such as SonarQube.
• Design secure Azure environments using VNets, private endpoints, RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault, and least-privilege principles.
• Operate and improve AKS environments, including deployment, scaling, networking, observability, security, and troubleshooting.
• Lead production incident management, including investigation, prioritization, technical coordination, communication, resolution, and root-cause follow-up.
• Make and communicate architectural decisions, clearly explaining trade-offs, risks, operational impact, and maintainability.
• Take end-to-end ownership of platform initiatives while guiding engineers and communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Требования

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering with clear evidence of Senior-level ownership.
• Ability to work independently, make technical decisions, guide other engineers, and communicate clearly in English (C1+).
• Deep hands-on Terraform expertise is a core requirement, including personally designing, implementing, and operating production infrastructure at scale.
• Proven experience managing Terraform across multiple complex production environments, with strong knowledge of modules, state, lifecycle, imports, dependencies, and deployment strategies.
• Strong hands-on Azure experience, including secure networking, identity, access management, secrets management, and production operations.
• Strong Azure DevOps experience, particularly designing and maintaining enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines.
• Good understanding of the complete SDLC, including automated testing, code quality, security scanning, artifact management, approvals, and release governance.
• Solid Kubernetes experience, preferably with AKS, plus strong Docker and containerization knowledge.
• Proven experience leading complex production incidents and driving root-cause analysis and follow-up improvements.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain technical risks, trade-offs, incidents, and delivery challenges clearly.

Будет плюсом

• HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification or another relevant Terraform certification;
• Experience managing infrastructure across a large number of production environments;
• Experience with GitHub Actions;
• Experience with Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, or container/image security tooling;
• Experience with Azure AI / Foundry, ML platforms, or data-heavy workloads;
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, or similar AI orchestration, evaluation, and observability platforms

Условия

Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with a startup feel. Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by openness and integrity. Enjoy the opportunity to work from abroad (workation). Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit. Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning). Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback). Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace). Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided. See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party.