Kubernetes Engineer

For a wide range of IT projects, we are looking for an experienced Kubernetes Engineer (f/m/d) to join us at the earliest opportunity, someone with a passion for designing, implementing and evolving stable, high-performance platforms for our customers. You can expect a diverse range of responsibilities with plenty of room to grow. And whatever you don’t know yet, your experienced colleagues will be happy to teach you.

Your tasks & topics

• Building and operating XaaS platforms for a wide variety of customers in our data centers and public clouds
• Supporting the design of modern platform architectures and the migration of existing customer systems
• Working closely with platform, infrastructure and security teams to optimize performance, reliability and security
• Building and operating applications and services in our customers’ automated DevOps environments
• Implementing customer-specific requirements and services (e.g. RabbitMQ, Redis Cluster, Kafka Broker, Keycloak)
• Evaluating new tools and technologies around containers, cloud and automation to continuously improve our platforms

• Experience with highly available cloud architectures and technologies (PaaS, CaaS & SaaS) in production, as well as with modern toolsets for cloud and container orchestration
• Deep understanding of the Kubernetes stack and container orchestration
• Confident use of IaC tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• Experience with GitOps workflows (e.g. ArgoCD) and CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI)
• Understanding of compliance, security & observability
• Enthusiasm for cloud-native technologies and enjoyment of complex customer environments
• German language skills at C1 level or above and English at B2 level, * Open communication and enjoying collaboration within a team
• High quality standards for your own work
• Passion for technological challenges
• The ability to analyze complex problems and develop solutions
• Enthusiasm for open source and for setups with the highest demands on security, availability and reliability

• Choose the working model that suits you best: flexitime, hybrid working, and/or part-time solutions
• Ergonomic work equipment
• Workation: option to work from another EU country for a certain period of time, subject to agreement
• Attractive salary model
• Intensive training phase with personal mentoring
• If overtime is required, it is compensated with time off
• Option of paid on-call duty
• Work in small teams with a maximum of 8 people
• Individual customer projects
• Latest technologies and proven solutions
• Numerous training opportunities: external & internal
• Heavily subsidized membership in Urban Sports Club, BAV & VWL
• Discounted Germany ticket
• Friday pizza, team and company events
• Colleagues and managers with a passion for IT
• Work in the heart of Cologne or from home
• And much more

Apply nowPlease understand that we can only consider applications that are submitted via our applicant system.

What we offer you

Workation …short-term change of scenery in another EU country possible Complimentary beverages Coffee, tea, mate, Afri, Fritz, Mio Mio, water, and milk for all intolerances Remote & Cologne city center Our office is located in the heart of Cologne, right on Friesenplatz with excellent transport connections. Company pension scheme We have our own DG-i pension fund. 30 days of vacation… …and Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve off Ergonomic workstations State-of-the-art hardware, electrically height-adjustable desks, and no open-plan office Urban Sports Club Cooperation with USC, including substantial financial support Flexible working hours Work-life balance and family-friendly working time models Deutschland Ticket Upon request, each employee receives a DeutschlandTicket subsidized with €40. Open Source Philosophy We support open source projects through sponsorship and commits.