DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes (hybrid working model - Düsseldorf, Germany) (M/E/N/[...]

DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes (hybrid working model - Düsseldorf, Germany) (M/E/N/S/C/H)

Join to apply for the DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes (hybrid working model - Düsseldorf, Germany) (M/E/N/S/C/H) role at freshcells systems engineering GmbH.

freshcells systems engineering GmbH is a software service provider based in Düsseldorf with a dynamic team of over 50 creative experts from various fields.

We focus on authenticity, individual talent development and open communication.

We build on respect, trust and responsibility.

As an innovation-driven company, we invest in new ideas.

We know that the best results are achieved as a team.

We make mistakes, but we learn from them.

We are open and courageous for new ways.

Join us on our exciting journey in what is probably the most important and forward-looking area - software development - as a DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) in full‑time hybrid or remote.

Responsibilities

• Implementing best practices for automation, scalability, and system reliability on high‑traffic web applications hosted with Kubernetes.
• Supporting in maintaining customer infrastructure across Kubernetes upgrades and software supply chain changes.
• Participating in continuous improvement processes, with a focus on supporting full‑stack developers managing complex deployments (in development environment).
• Supporting freshcells adopt and implement DevOps and MLOps best practices: In this position, you will have up to 25% of your working time for learning and experimenting, based on the needs and direction of freshcells.

Qualifications

• Expertise with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Expertise with Helm, including writing and maintaining custom Helm charts.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform or similar).
• Experience running production workloads on Kubernetes.
• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with GitOps and continuous delivery tools such as Flux CD.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure‑as‑code tools (ideally Terraform).
• Familiarity with Linux, shell scripting and/or Python.
• Experience with observability, understanding how to set up and use logging, metrics, tracing, alerting.
• Experience with creating machine learning pipelines or willingness to learn it on the job.
• Fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with on‑call duty.
• Experience with data engineering, MLOps and training AI workloads, Metaflow.
• Experience with Argo CD, Argo workflows.
• Experience with SQL databases and Redis.

All people are welcome here, regardless of gender, age, sexual identity, origin, religion, ideology, with or without a disability.

Important note

Please be advised that a valid work permit for Germany is required for non‑EU citizens. Unfortunately, applications without a valid work permit and sufficient German language skills may not be considered.