Senior Site Reliability Engineer (f/m/d) - Spain (remote)

Personio; Madrid; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model and remote work

30 days vacation sabbatical option

Hardware of your choice

Job summary

cplace is seeking a Senior SRE to run our Kubernetes-based Cloud 1.0 reliably and securely while shaping Cloud 2.0 architecture. You will collaborate with product teams, implement security, and apply AI in operations to enhance incident handling and automation.

You will design and operate Terraform modules, GitOps workflows, and self-service tools, ensuring cost efficiency and high availability across environments.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or a related STEM field, plus several years (ideally 5+) as an SRE/DevOps in production environments.
• Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production and at least one cloud provider (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Deep experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and GitOps workflows.
• Strong Linux skills, SQL databases (MariaDB), and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK).
• Go or Python and Bash scripting with a focus on maintainable, tested code.

Responsibilities

• Co-building the Kubernetes platform 2.0 and migrating Cloud 1.0 environments.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and GitOps repositories with tests and policy as code.
• Operate Cloud 1.0: Linux servers, containers, SQL DBs, Elasticsearch; resolve incidents and improve capacity.
• Improve monitoring, logging, backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Implement security/compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) and optimize costs.
• Drive AI in operations for incident/log analysis and runbooks.

Skills

Kubernetes in production

AWS/GCP/Azure

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

GitOps

Go/Python

Linux

SQL databases (MariaDB)

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Prometheus/Grafana

Bash scripting

Network security

German (C1) & English

Education

Degree in computer science or related STEM field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

n8n

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

Your tasks

cplace is the platform for project and portfolio management that leading companies use to steer their most complex initiatives – grown in the DACH region and, with our launch in the US, on its way to becoming an international provider. As a Senior SRE in our Cloud Operations team, you will run our existing cplace Cloud 1.0 reliably and securely for customers in automotive, life sciences, manufacturing and retail – and actively shape the architecture and operating model of our Kubernetes-based cplace Cloud 2.0. AI is in cplace’s DNA: we use it intensively across all our work and expect you to apply it productively and critically and to help us take it further.

• cplace Cloud 2.0: Co-building the Kubernetes platform – from cluster design, networking and storage to tenant isolation and scaling – plus planning and driving the migration of customer environments from Cloud 1.0
• Everything as code: Development of reusable Terraform modules, GitOps repositories and our own platform software (self-service portal, APIs, automation), including code reviews, automated tests and policy as code
• cplace Cloud 1.0: Operation and improvement of our environment of Linux servers, containers, SQL databases and Elasticsearch; lasting resolution of bugs, findings and capacity issues (incident and problem management, post-mortems); conversion of manual procedures into versioned, tested code (Ansible, Terraform, n8n)
• Improvement of monitoring, logging and alerting; ownership of backup & recovery, disaster recovery and business continuity, including regular testing
• Technical implementation of security and compliance requirements (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) and optimisation of cost and capacity
• Driving AI in operations, e.g. for incident and log analysis and agents for runbooks and routine tasks
• Close collaboration with product development for smooth releases, technical representation of the team in customer meetings, tenders and customer projects, and knowledge sharing through internal and external documentation and mentoring
• On-call duty in a fair rotation

What we expect

• Degree in computer science or a related STEM field, or comparable vocational training, plus several years (ideally 5+) of experience as an SRE, DevOps or platform engineer in business-critical production environments
• Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production (operations, upgrades, troubleshooting, storage, networking) and with at least one cloud provider – AWS, GCP, Azure and/or Hetzner Cloud a strong plus
• Deep experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD, GitOps and Git-based collaboration via pull requests and code reviews – with modular, tested code that stays maintainable for the team
• Strong Linux skills and experience with SQL databases (e.g. MariaDB), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and observability stacks (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK)
• Solid software engineering skills, ideally in Go or Python – tools and automation with tests and clean structure rather than one-off scripts; confident Bash scripting a given
• Good understanding of cloud security (e.g. network segmentation, secrets management, WAF)
• Hands-on experience with AI tools in everyday engineering and a good sense of their strengths and limits
• Customer-focused, structured way of working, ability to explain technical topics clearly, and fluent German (at least C1) and English

This is what we offer

• Flexible work model and remote work
• Room for creativity, co-designand further development
• Competitive salary, 30days vacation& sabbaticaloption
• Hardwareofyourchoice