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# Senior DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** SoftProject GmbH
- **Location:** Ettlingen, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, VMware VSphere, Zabbix, Data Logging, Scripting, Cloud Monitoring, CheckMK, System Availability, Grafana, Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Bitbucket, Terraform, Software Version Control, Serverless Computing, Docker
- **Published:** May 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4393e042ae07fae8

## About the Role

Do you have experience in vSphere?, * You have at least 5 years of professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles.

 * You have in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure, particularly services such as AKS, Azure Functions, App Services, VMs, VSphere, and VNETs or experience in other cloud vendors.
 * You are proficient in at least one scripting language such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
 * You have hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
 * Your knowledge of network architectures, cloud security, and best practices is up to date.
 * You are familiar with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, CheckMK or Zabbix.
 * You work confidently with version control systems (e.g. Git) and have practical experience with CI/CD platforms.
 * You bring a solution-oriented mindset, analytical thinking, and strong communication skills.
 * Azure certifications such as AZ-400, AZ-104, or equivalent are a plus.

## Description

* You design, implement, and maintain our cloud infrastructure, creating a future-proof technological foundation.
 * You develop and maintain modern CI/CD pipelines using tools such as BitBucket Pipelines or Azure DevOps to ensure a smooth software lifecycle.
 * By using Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, Ansible, …, you automate our infrastructure and increase its efficiency and repeatability.
 * You monitor system performance, ensure high availability, scalability, and security, and proactively respond to potential issues.
 * In close collaboration with our Development and QA teams, you continuously optimize our deployment processes.
 * You take responsibility in critical situations, from incident response and root cause analyses to post-mortems.
 * You regularly evaluate new technologies and tools to strategically advance our infrastructure.


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