Senior DevOps Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

Colliers International EMEA; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 110.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Colliers International EMEA is seeking a Senior DevOps Platform Engineer for our Madrid Technology Hub. The role is hybrid (remote & onsite) and focuses on container technologies, cloud-native architecture and automation to empower engineering teams.

You will architect and scale enterprise Kubernetes platforms across GCP and Azure, build self-service tools, and drive secure, automated pipelines. Collaboration with global product, engineering and security teams is essential.

Qualifikationen

• 5-8+ years in DevOps, platform or cloud engineering with containers.
• Expertise with Kubernetes, Docker and enterprise-scale orchestration.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of GCP and Azure, including networking, IAM, storage and monitoring.
• Deep experience withInfrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and automation frameworks.
• Agile experience and collaboration across distributed teams.

Aufgaben

• Architect and maintain enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms (AKS, GKE).
• Define container lifecycle, pipelines, registries and runtime policies.
• Lead IaC initiatives (Terraform/OpenTofu) across clouds.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native services.
• Implement GitOps, advanced deployment strategies and self-service tooling.
• Establish security standards for containers and secrets management.
• Collaborate with global teams to align on standards and delivery.
• Contribute to observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Support incident resolution and platform modernization efforts.

Kenntnisse

DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

GCP

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Security

Tools

Kubernetes (AKS, GKE)

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Azure Monitor

Jobbeschreibung

Purpose of Position

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Senior DevOps Platform Engineer for our newly established Technology Hub in Madrid. This is a unique opportunity to become part of the founding team that helps shape the culture, practices, and technical direction. Working in a hybrid model (remote & onsite), you will enjoy significant freedom to innovate and influence the future of one of the world’s largest commercial real estate companies. With the leadership of the Global Technology Hub coming from a background of technology startups, you will benefit from a fast-paced learning environment, high visibility of your contributions and opportunities to shape processes, culture and technology strategies. At the same time, you take advantage of the stability, resources, and reach of a successful global company .

Guided by our global digital strategy, the Madrid Hub collaborates closely with international teams to deliver world-class technology solutions that power the future of commercial real estate.

As Senior DevOps Platform Engineer , you specialize in container technologies , cloud-native architecture and automation and will play a key role in designing, scaling, and evolving the platform that powers our engineering organization.

You will work across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure , enabling consistent, secure, and developer friendly environments for application teams. You will contribute to global products and platforms that serve both internal and external customers in Commercial Real Estate across multiple regions. Working closely with international Product, Engineering, DevOps, Data, QA and Architecture teams, you will ensure delivery excellence, engineering quality and great consumer experience.

You are a hands-on problem-solver with strong design principles, who thrives in a collaborative and agile environment. As a senior member of the DevOps function, you will set technical direction, drive best practices. and mentor junior engineers while building solutions with real business impact.

Essential Functions and Job Duties

Platform Architecture and Cloud Engineering

• Architect and maintain enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms (AKS, GKE) with a focus on scalability, multitenancy, and global reliability.
• Define and own container lifecycle practices, including building pipelines, registries, vulnerability scanning and runtime policies.
• Lead the implementation of Infrastructure-as-Code solutions (Terraform/OpenTofu), ensuring automation, repeatability, and compliance across cloud environments.

Automation and Continuous Delivery

• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support containerized workloads and cloud-native services.
• Be in charge of GitOps best practices and advanced deployment strategies.
• Build and maintain self-service tools to empower product and engineering teams while reducing operational overhead.

Security, Governance and Observability

• Establish security standards and policies for containerized environments (RBAC, secrets management, admission controllers, scanning)
• Partner with Information Security and Infrastructure teams to embed compliance controls into the platform.
• Implement advanced observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Datadog)
• Drive culture of test-first development with unit, integration and performance testing
• Support root cause analysis and resolution of production issues, ensuring high reliability and uptime
• Contribute to ongoing platform refactoring and modernization efforts.

Global Collaboration

• Act as a senior technical advisor to engineering leadership on platform and DevOps strategy
• Work closely with Engineering teams to optimize build pipelines, observability and deployment automation.
• Ensure compliance with global standards, information security policies and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate regularly with Infrastructure Teams, especially Cloud Engineering, to align on requirements, clarify priorities and deliver business value iteratively.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5-8+ years of experience in DevOps, platform or cloud engineering, with a focus on containers and distributed systems.
• Proven expertise with Kubernetes, Docker and enterprise-scale container orchestration.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of GCP and Azure, including networking. IAM, storage and monitoring.
• Deep experience with Infrastructure-as Code (Terraform) and automation frameworks.
• Track record of designing, operating and scaling development platform in distributed, multi-team settings.
• Excellent understanding of security and compliance in cloud and containerized environments.
• Agile Development experience (Scrum/Kanban), including story estimation, code reviews and pair programming.
• Experience working in distributed or remote teams and using tools such as Jira, GitHub, Miro and Azure DevOps.
• Solid understanding of performance optimization.
• Excellent interpersonal …