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

freshcells systems engineering GmbH; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 45.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A dynamic software service provider in Düsseldorf is seeking a DevOps Engineer to focus on Kubernetes within a hybrid model. This role involves implementing automation best practices and supporting customer infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and a solid understanding of cloud platforms. This entry-level position encourages continuous learning and offers a collaborative work environment.

Qualifikationen

• Expertise with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Linux and shell scripting.

Aufgaben

• Implement best practices for automation and reliability.
• Support customer infrastructure on Kubernetes.
• Participate in continuous improvement processes.
• Adopt DevOps and MLOps best practices.

Kenntnisse

Containerization (Docker)

Container orchestration (Kubernetes)

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform or similar)

Infrastructure as code (Terraform)

Linux, shell scripting, and/or Python

Observability tools

Fluency in English

Tools

Helm

GitOps tools (Flux CD)

SQL databases

Redis

Argo CD

Argo workflows

Jobbeschreibung

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

Join us on our exciting journey in what is probably the most important and forward‑looking area – software development – as a DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) in full‑time hybrid or remote.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 adopts and implements 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.

Qualifications

• 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!

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development