Engineering Team Lead (f/m/d) – DevOps & Platform

Zertificon Solutions GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Home office

Germany-wide transport ticket

Bike leasing

Meal subsidies

Urban Sports Club

Office perks

Pizza Fridays

Job summary

Zertificon Solutions in Berlin, a long‑standing IT security specialist, seeks an Engineering Team Lead – DevOps & Platform to steer a team of 4–6 engineers, uphold infrastructure health and security, and ensure smooth development across stages.

You will mentor the team, drive Kubernetes migration, manage CI/CD with Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform, review code, and communicate progress to stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable Zertificon platforms.

Qualifications

• Leadership and mentoring abilities with proven team guidance.
• Strong Kubernetes, Ansible and Terraform experience.
• Extensive Jenkins/Git experience and CI/CD leadership.
• Solid InfoSec understanding (TLS, certificates) and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes and mentor 4-6 engineers.
• Design, build and maintain automated on‑premise and cloud infra.
• Develop and extend CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform.
• Monitor, maintain and communicate updates to stakeholders for timely delivery.

Skills

Leadership experience

Mentoring abilities

Container technologies

Kubernetes management

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins CI/CD

Git

InfoSec principles

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

Zertificon Solutions – Software Manufacturer since 2004.

We are IT security specialists: our products encrypt business communications. More than 25% of the 100 highest-revenue companies in Germany, as well as hundreds of medium-sized enterprises across all industries, already use our Z1 encryption solutions. We have big plans and continue to grow steadily. Nearly 140 employees are already working with us in Neukölln. Join our professional, highly qualified team: take on challenges, share your knowledge, learn new things, and discover your potential!

The Engineering Team Lead – DevOps & Platform plays a pivotal role in managing Zertificon Operational Services (ZOS) platforms and environments where Zertificon products are developed, tested and run. The role ensures infrastructure health and security to guarantee smooth and uninterrupted development on our various stages. This role contributes to risk mitigation ensuring operational resilience and strengthening the company through:

• Support team in migration from docker swarm to kubernetes
• Mentor and lead team of 4-6 DevOps engineers

Infrastructure & Automation

• Lead design, building and maintenance of automated IT infrastructure (on-premise & cloud)
• Identify and solve internal customer needs with infrastructure, tooling and self-service
• Develop and extend CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform

Monitoring & Maintenance

• Manage monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana) and strategically plan alerting
• Plan and schedule maintenance of infrastructure with a regard to stakeholder needs

Containerization & Cloud

• Manage, troubleshoot and automate container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm)
• Experience with cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) is a plus
• Lead the team in building and troubleshooting orchestration platforms
• Lead the team in development, and improvement of their skills
• Regularly Review pull requests for code quality
• Communicate updates, progress and challenges to stakeholders, ensuring timely delivery

Your profile

• Leadership experience and mentoring abilities
• Broad experience with container technologies (images, registries, volumes, networks)
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and effectively communicate with stakeholders
• Proven experience with Kubernetes cluster configuration and management
• Strong understanding of Ansible and Terraform
• Strong understanding of Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Git
• Solid understanding of InfoSec principles (TLS, certificates)

Join us to shape, secure and scale Zertificon's platforms while leading a team into the future of DevOps and cloud.

We offer

• Flexible hours and home office options
• Mobility: free Germany-wide public transport ticket, bike leasing, or parking
• Subsidies for meals (e.g., delivery services) and home office internet
• Urban Sports Club membership for flexible fitness and wellness
• Office perks: rooftop terraces & green courtyard, organic fruit and drinks, personal packages accepted at the office
• Get-togethers: monthly Pizza Friday, regular team events, big summer party
• Responsible leadership: structured onboarding, regular feedback, clear goals
• Innovative without startup risk: profitable for 20+ years, self-funded innovation with strong global potential
• International team: 120+ colleagues from 30+ countries, open and collaborative culture

If that resonates with you, we'd love to hear from you.

Want to know more? Please have a look at our Work at Zertificon page: https://www.zertificon.com/en/it-jobs-berlin/work-at-zertificon