Lead DevOps Engineer

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

Zusammenfassung

A leading technology corporation in Germany is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to enhance cloud security and operations. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in cloud development, specifically with Azure and Kubernetes. This role involves guiding a team in maintaining scalable cloud infrastructures and implementing security measures. The position offers opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative environment.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience in cloud operations and development.
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructures.
• Hands-on with infrastructure automation and monitoring tools.

Aufgaben

• Lead an agile team in DevOps tasks and cloud infrastructure.
• Responsible for defining architecture and operation of cloud systems.
• Implement security measures for cloud environments.

Kenntnisse

Cloud operations expertise

Azure proficiency

Kubernetes knowledge

Infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible)

Backend development (REST APIs)

Problem-solving in cloud environments

Strong communication skills

Ausbildung

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

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.

Profile / 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