Senior DevOps Engineer

European Tech Recruit; München; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Consultant in Munich to drive the design and evolution of infrastructure in a fast-paced SaaS environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Kubernetes and AWS management, focusing on reliability and efficiency. Responsibilities include scaling microservices architecture and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. This role requires onsite presence in Berlin twice a month and is perfect for those who thrive in fast-growing tech settings.

Qualifikationen

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Proven experience in GitOps environments.
• Experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure.

Aufgaben

• Design and evolve infrastructure with GitOps and Kubernetes.
• Scale and support microservices on Kubernetes.
• Maintain and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure.

Kenntnisse

Kubernetes operational expertise

AWS cloud management

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipeline management

Incident response skills

Kafka experience

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Strimzi Kafka Operator

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Consultant | AI, Semiconductor, Embedded Systems, Software Engineering, C-Suite

Join a fast-growing SaaS environment focused on building and scaling next‑generation, AI‑powered products. This role is ideal for an experienced DevOps professional who thrives on ownership, reliability, and enabling engineering teams to move quickly and confidently.

Responsibilities

• Own, design, and evolve infrastructure using a GitOps‑driven, Kubernetes‑native approach.
• Operate, scale, and support microservices architectures running on Kubernetes.
• Provision, upgrade, and maintain Kubernetes clusters using tools such as kOps and Cluster API.
• Manage and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure using Crossplane and Terraform.
• Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Implement and improve observability, monitoring, tracing, and profiling across platforms.
• Lead incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and drive long‑term system improvements.
• Continuously enhance platform reliability, security, cost efficiency, and developer experience.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of hands‑on experience working with Kubernetes, including strong operational and troubleshooting expertise.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps‑driven environments.
• Solid experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure using tools such as Terraform and Crossplane.
• Strong background in operating microservices architectures in production environments.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, tracing, and profiling solutions.
• Experience leading incident response, root cause analysis, and driving platform reliability improvements.
• Ownership mindset with a strong focus on building reliable, scalable, and developer‑friendly platforms.
• Pragmatic engineering approach with emphasis on maintainability and clarity.
• Experience with Kafka in a microservices environment, ideally using the Strimzi Kafka Operator.
• Experience developing or maintaining Kubernetes controllers in Go.
• Availability for monthly onsite presence in Berlin (2x per month).

If this opportunity excites you and your experience aligns with the role, we’d love to hear from you, apply now or email [e-mail] to start the conversation.

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