System Integrator (Information Technology/Software)

Black Pen Recruitment; Berlin; Remote; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Coverage

Flexible Working Hours

Top-of-the-Line Tools

Professional Development

Career Growth

Job summary

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a senior DevSecOps specialist for a full-time remote role based in Germany. The candidate will manage distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration while ensuring security and compliance across development, staging, and production environments.

You will work with Gitlab/Jenkins, Puppet/Ansible, Maven/NPM, and cloud technologies to implement scalable, geo-redundant architectures.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of distributed systems with many components.
• Experience with build and deployment automation (Gitlab, Jenkins).
• Knowledge of Puppet and Ansible configuration management.
• Version control and dependency management with Maven and NPM.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for Java and JavaScript/TypeScript components.
• Cloud technologies, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines using containers.
• DevSecOps knowledge.
• Experience with distributed systems including geo-redundancy.
• At least 3 years of demonstrable practical experience.
• Based in Germany; fluent German (C2) and English

Responsibilities

• Set up, further development and maintenance of development and build/deploy architecture.
• Regularly perform software builds with automation for builds and structures.
• Install software on development, test, and production environments.
• Apply updates and perform installations.
• Coordinate and perform QA of builds and deployments.
• Maintain code repositories and perform release branchings.
• Monitor production and functional/technical performance of the application.
• Anticipate and identify problems early and derive solutions.
• Communicate issues and effects to the client clearly and timely.
• Implement measures considering availability and QA requirements, and assume production responsibility.

Skills

Distributed systems

DevSecOps

Georedundancy

QA/automation mindset

English proficiency

Tools

Gitlab

Jenkins

Puppet

Ansible

Maven

NPM

Job description

Our client, a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operates internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). Our client is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

Job type: Full time/Permanent

Location: Germany

Workplace: Remote

Please note that we can consider only EU candidates for this position due to security clearance.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of distributed systems with a large number of components;
• In-depth knowledge of the application of build and deployment automation (e.g. Gitlab, Jenkins);
• In-depth knowledge of configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible);
• In-depth knowledge of version control systems and of dependency - management, with Maven and NPM or equivalent technologies;
• In-depth knowledge of setting up CI/CD pipelines for Java and JavaScript / TypeScript - components;
• In-depth knowledge of cloud technologies, in particular in configuration management, with software containers and their orchestration as well as the setting up of CI/CD - pipelines using containers;
• In-depth knowledge in the field of DevSecOps;
• In-depth knowledge of the set-up and handling of distributed systems (incl. geo-redundancy);
• At least 3 years of demonstrable practical experience;
• Based in Germany;
• Fluent command of oral and written German (level C2 required) and English at a sufficient level;

Responsibilities

• Set-up, further development and maintenance of the development as well as build and deployment architecture;
• Regular performance of software builds with adaptations, extensions and implementation of corresponding automation for the software builds and structures;
• Regular performance of software installations on the various development and test environments as well as on the production environment;
• Performance of software installations and application of updates;
• Coordination and performance of the quality assurance of builds and deployments;
• Maintenance of the code repositories and performance of release branchings;
• Functional and technical production monitoring of the application;
• Anticipation and early identification of problems;
• Derivation, formulation and implementation of problem-solving strategies;
• Target-group-appropriate communication and explanation of problems and their effects to the Client;
• Implementation of suitable measures taking into account functional and non-functional requirements (e.g. high availability of the system) as well as extensive quality assurance;
• Assumption of production responsibility;

Benefits

We believe in rewarding talent and dedication. Here's what you can expect as part of our client's team:

• Competitive full-time salary;
• Private Health Coverage on the Company's group program;
• Flexible Working Hours;
• Top-of-the-Line Tools;
• Professional Development: Benefit from language courses, specialized training, and continuous learning opportunities;
• Career Growth: Work with some of the most innovative and exciting specialists in the industry;
• Dynamic Work Environment: Thrive in a setting that offers challenging goals, autonomy, and mentoring, fostering both personal and company growth.