Remote DevOps Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes & CI/CD

FotoFinder Systems GmbH; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 102,762 - 159,853; Full time

Job summary

FotoFinder Systems GmbH is seeking a remote-first cloud engineer to design and maintain AWS-based infrastructure and manage an EKS Kubernetes platform. You will automate CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, improve reliability and observability, and optimize costs across multiple regions.

The role emphasizes collaboration in a remote, fast-paced environment with secure healthcare applications in scope. Strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and operating AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on Kubernetes and container orchestration experience (EKS).
• CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar tools.
• Strong monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with MongoDB Atlas and PostgreSQL databases.
• Knowledge of multi-region deployments and cloud cost optimization.
• Excellent problem solving and proactive mindset.
• Strong written and verbal communication for remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain AWS-based cloud infrastructure.
• Operate and improve Kubernetes platform (EKS).
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Improve reliability, scalability, observability and performance.
• Implement blue/green and canary deployment strategies.
• Manage infrastructure as code and automate tasks.
• Monitor production systems and resolve incidents proactively.
• Optimize cloud costs while ensuring high availability.
• Collaborate with developers to improve deployment processes.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

AWS (EKS, S3, Route53, CloudWatch)

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Docker

Monitoring & observability

MongoDB & PostgreSQL

Multi-region deployment

Cost optimization

Problem solving

Remote collaboration & communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

MongoDB Atlas

PostgreSQL

Terraform

Ansible

Jira/Confluence

Job description

FotoFinder Systems GmbH is seeking a remote-first cloud engineer to design and maintain AWS-based infrastructure and manage an EKS Kubernetes platform. You will automate CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, improve reliability and observability, and optimize costs across multiple regions.

The role emphasizes collaboration in a remote, fast-paced environment with secure healthcare applications in scope. Strong communication is essential.