Lead DevOps Engineer

ZEISS Group; Dresden; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading technology firm in Dresden is seeking an experienced lead DevOps engineer to define and maintain their Kubernetes-based cloud environment. The ideal candidate holds a Master's degree and possesses over 5 years of relevant experience, with strong expertise in Azure and Kubernetes. Responsibilities include technical guidance for team members and implementation of cloud security measures. This role offers an opportunity for career growth in a collaborative agile team.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience in cloud operations and development.
• Experience with Azure and Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructures.

Aufgaben

• Define the architecture of Kubernetes based cloud environment.
• Technical guide and coach for DevOps team members.
• Implement security measures for cloud instances.

Kenntnisse

Azure expertise

Kubernetes expertise

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Infrastructure automation

Ausbildung

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

The Corporate Information Technology (CIT) is the central part of the company’s strategy, developing and implementing innovative security solutions to enhance efficiency and competitiveness in the Carl Zeiss Group. By working closely with various business units, CIT ensures that technological advancements and digital transformations are seamlessly integrated into business processes.

Responsibilities

• As a lead DevOps engineer, you will work side by side with your coworkers in an agile team in an environment which will allow you create the ideal conditions for your future career.
• You will work closely together with the product owner and take ownership of the following topics: technical architecture, infrastructure, monitoring and DevOps tasks. You will be responsible for defining the architecture and the operation of our Kubernetes based cloud environment.
• You will extend and define the architecture of our backend services and integrate additional external services.
• You will be responsible to technical guide, coach and develop other DevOps team members and by their main contact for any technical questions
• You will work closely together with security architects and engineers and be responsible to implement all required security checklists and other measures to ensure the cloud security and resilience of our cloud instances.
• You will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of three productive cloud systems which will be used by internal as well as external customers. You will be the main contact person for all technical requirements and issues regarding the cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in cloud operations and development, with strong expertise in Azure and Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructures, including CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps) and security tool integration.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible) and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Promtail).
• Strong background in backend development (REST APIs, ideally Python/Django or Go) and microservices architectures.
• Experience operating containerized SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (Redis) databases as well as hyperscale GPU infrastructures with large datasets.
• Excellent problem-solving skills in production cloud environments, combined with the ability to coach and technically guide DevOps and ML developers.
• Strong communication, presentation, and collaboration skills, with a structured, proactive, and independent working style.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Elhan Kolic