Senior DevOps Engineer - Infrastructure & Platform (f/m/d)

IDnow; München, Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading digital identity company in Munich is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and operate their production infrastructure. Ensure reliable identity verification with a strong focus on automation and security. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in DevOps, are fluent in English, and possess experience with CI/CD, containerization, and AWS. This role allows hybrid working and offers numerous perks for professional growth.

Leistungen

Mental health platform access

Access to training on Udemy

Support for remote work equipment

Flexible working hours

Regular onsite gatherings

Paid special leave days

Workcation opportunities

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering or Platform Engineering.
• Strong experience with configuration management tools, preferably Ansible.
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipeline design and automation.
• Solid background in containerization and orchestration, ideally EKS.
• Hands-on AWS experience including EC2, S3, and RDS.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement, and operate CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and improve infrastructure-as-code.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage configuration and automation with Ansible.
• Implement monitoring and logging solutions.

Kenntnisse

DevOps practices

Automation

Infrastructure-as-Code

Security best practices

Fluent English

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Jobbeschreibung

IDnow is a leader in digital identity and fraud prevention in Europe with a mission to transform trust into the most powerful asset in the digital world, empowering enterprises with AI-driven, SaaS-based identity solutions that deliver scalable security, adaptive compliance, and real-time fraud prevention. Through its broad portfolio of digital identity and fraud prevention solutions, IDnow establishes, maintains and enriches trust throughout the customer journey, ensuring businesses can confidently and securely operate while leveraging digital identity to drive growth, security and scalability.

The company has offices in Germany, United Kingdom, Romania and France, and is backed by renowned institutional investors, including Corsair Capital and Seventure Partners. Its portfolio of international clients spans a wide range of end markets including financial services, telecommunications, travel & mobility, gaming, and other industries.

This position is based in Germany, preferably Munich / Berlin (Hybrid working available).

As a Senior DevOps Engineer — Infrastructure & Platform, you will design, build, and operate the backbone of IDnow’s production infrastructure. Working closely with product engineering and security teams, you’ll drive automation, scalability, and reliability across our platform — ensuring we can deliver identity verification at scale with confidence and speed.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, safe, and reliable delivery (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
• Build, maintain, and improve infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or similar tools.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS) and containerized applications (Docker).
• Manage configuration and automation using Ansible or equivalent configuration management systems.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Graylog, OpenSearch, or similar).
• Operate and secure AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, IAM, networking).
• Write scripts and automation tools (Bash, Python, or similar) to streamline operational workflows.
• Create and maintain operational runbooks; participate in on‑call rotations for incident response.
• Collaborate with security, compliance, and product teams to maintain best practices for reliability and security.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to evolving our DevOps and platform engineering culture.

Preferred Experience

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering.
• Strong experience with configuration management tools (Ansible preferred).
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipeline design and automation (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
• Solid background in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, ideally EKS).
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or equivalent).
• Hands‑on AWS experience (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, IAM).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Graylog, OpenSearch).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar).
• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• A pragmatic mindset with a passion for automation, observability, and operational excellence.
• Experience with security tooling, service meshes, or observability platforms at scale.
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows and tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
• Relevant certifications (AWS Certified, CKA/CKAD) or proven large‑scale production experience.
• Health & Wellbeing: Use your full access to the mental health platform nilo, including 1on1 sessions.
• We value personal and professional development: make full use of Udemy, our training platform with 24/7 access and unlimited content/course consumption incl. certification.
• We make your remote work comfy: we provide support on equipment and offer flexible working hours.
• We value collaboration & love to come together: regular onsite gatherings, internal initiatives and summer parties to connect outside of work.
• May your family require your attention or other reasons apply: use the benefit of our paid special leave days.
• Enjoy the possibility to combine work with a longer stay at your holiday destination or extend a weekend with our Workcation possibilities.
• In addition to the perks & benefits above, we offer specific benefits that differ between our locations.

IDnow applies the principles of non-discrimination and equality: We strive to establish, maintain, and promote an open and inclusive recruitment process and working environment by respecting the principles of equal opportunities. Including but not limited to: sex, race or ethnic origin, religion or convictions, gender identity, citizenship, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.