DevOps Engineer (H/U/M/A/N) with a focus on Kubernetes - hybrid working model (Düsseldorf, Germany)

freshcells systems engineering GmbH; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; Vertraulich; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A dynamic software service provider in Düsseldorf seeks a DevOps Engineer to implement best practices in automation and scalability for high-traffic applications. You will maintain customer infrastructure and support the adoption of DevOps and MLOps practices. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in Docker and Kubernetes, a firm grasp of CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms, along with fluency in English. This is a full-time hybrid role that offers flexible home office days and a variety of employee benefits.

Leistungen

Flexible home office days

Company pension scheme

Subsidy for public transport

Digital training courses

Shared activities (team events)

Qualifikationen

• Expertise with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and production workloads.
• Familiarity with Linux, shell scripting, and observability tools.

Aufgaben

• Implement best practices for automation and system reliability.
• Maintain customer infrastructure across Kubernetes upgrades.
• Participate in continuous improvement processes.

Kenntnisse

Containerization (Docker)

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform)

Fluency in English

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Helm

Linux

Python

Jobbeschreibung

freshcells systems engineering GmbH is a software service provider based in Düsseldorf with a dynamic team of over 50 creative experts from various fields.

We focus on authenticity, individual talent development and open communication.

We build on respect, trust and responsibility. As an innovation-driven company, we invest in new ideas. We know that the best results are achieved as a team. We make mistakes, but we learn from them. We are open and courageous for new ways.

Join us on our exciting journey in what is probably the most important and forward-looking area - software development - as a DevOps Engineer (H/U/M/A/N) in full-time hybrid.

What we offer you:

• Flex-time for early birds and night owls
• Flexible home office days
• Company pension scheme with employer contribution
• Subsidy for the Germany public transport ticket
• Subsidy for Urban Sports Club
• Benefits portal with offers from online shops and physical stores of various brands
• A secure, long‑term workplace
• Regular feedback sessions, team meetings & retrospectives
• Space for your own ideas and personal development
• Digital training courses, freely available to all employees
• Support with relocation processes, as well as free German courses for newcomers
• Shared activities such as summer and winter parties, monthly company breakfasts, etc.
• A dog-friendly work environment

Aufgaben

• Implementing best practices for automation, scalability, and system reliability on high‑traffic web applications hosted with kubernetes
• Supporting in maintaining customer infrastructure across Kubernetes upgrades and software supply chain changes
• Participating in continuous improvement processes, with a focus on supporting full‑stack developers managing complex deployments (in development environment)
• Supporting freshcells adopt and implement DevOps and MLOps best practices: In this position, you will have up to 25% of your working time for learning and experimenting, based on the needs and direction of freshcells

Qualifikation

• Expertise with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Expertise with helm, including writing and maintaining custom Helm charts
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform or similar)
• Experience running production workloads on Kubernetes
• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with GitOps and continuous delivery tools such as flux CD
• Solid understanding of infrastructure‑as‑code tools (ideally Terraform)
• Familiarity with linux, shell scripting and/or Python
• Experience with observability, understanding how to set up and use logging, metrics, tracing, alerting
• Experience with creating machine learning pipelines or willingness to learn it on the job
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Experience with on‑call duty
• Experience with data engineering, MLOps and training AI workloads, metaflow
• Experience with Argo CD, Argo workflows
• Experience with SQL databases and Redis

All people are welcome here, regardless of gender, age, sexual identity, origin, religion, ideology, with or without a disability. The main thing is that you fit in with us.

If you are interested in a wide‑ranging portfolio of projects, want to continuously develop yourself and enjoy working independently and responsibly, get in touch with us: recruiting((at)) freshcells(.)de. We look forward to hearing from you!