Senior DevOps Engineer (f/m/d)

p nbsp; /p p strong Mission Brief /strong /p p span data-contrast= auto As a strong Senior DevOps Platform Engineer /strong , you will play a key role in building and evolving the Software Platform capabilities used across Ground Systems. You will enable engineering teams with scalable, secure, and efficient development workflows while continuously improving developer productivity and software delivery. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /p p span data-contrast= auto Specifically, this is a hands-on platform engineering role with a strong infrastructure core. Your mission is to own the runtime that Ground Systems software runs on both the on-premise Kubernetes clusters and the cloud services around them and the developer experience of getting software onto it. You will design cluster architecture, build the automation that provisions and maintains clusters across environments, and maintain the reusable delivery platform (GitLab CI/CD library, container toolchains, Helm charts, IaC modules) that product teams consume. /span nbsp; br nbsp; br strong Your role in our Space Mission... /strong /p ul li span data-contrast= auto span data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) Own and continuously evolve software platform capabilities enabling secure, reliable, and efficient software delivery /span /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:true, quot;134233118 quot;:true, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:1, quot;335551620 quot;:1, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Design and evolve the architecture of on-premise and cloud-hosted Kubernetes clusters and the surrounding platform: control-plane/worker topology, networking, storage, secrets management, and multi-environment promotion models. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Make and document architecture decisions as ADRs and standards that other teams build against, balancing reliability, operability, cost, and delivery speed. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Build and maintain automation that initialize, upgrades, and recovers clusters end to end as well as certificate lifecycle, node drains and upgrades, storage provisioning and incident management. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Provision the on-premise and cloud-hosted substrate with Terraform and configure it with Ansible: HAProxy load balancers, NFS shares, DNS/resolv, secondary disks, domain joins. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Manage workloads with Helm: author, version, and maintain charts for application services and stateful components (Kafka, ClickHouse, MQTT brokers, MSSQL), with automated semVer releases driven from merge requests. /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Practice GitOps with ArgoCD: installation, Azure Entra ID SSO and RBAC, and reconciliation troubleshooting across clusters. /span /li li span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} Own shared GitLab CI/CD library for jobs, templates, rules, semVer/release/changelog automation /span /li li span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} Operate developer-facing platform tooling and the container toolchain behind those pipelines including observability. /span /li /ul p strong What you´ll need to thrive... /strong /p ul li span data-contrast= auto 5+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Software Infrastructure or SRE-type roles. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Strong Linux proficiency, comfortable on the shell, troubleshooting systemd, networking, DNS, storage, permissions and file systems. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Deep Kubernetes experience beyond the managed-service basics: cluster bootstrapping, CNI, ingress/load balancing, storage classes, RBAC, upgrades, and cert management. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Strong hands-on GitLab CI/CD experience, including reusable components and pipeline-as-a-product maintenance. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Practical GitOps with ArgoCD /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Solid Microsoft Azure background: AKS, Container Registry, Key Vault, managed identity/service principals and least-privilege RBAC. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto IaC experience with Terraform and Ansible /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Comfortable with containerization: image building and hardening, Helm authoring and versioning. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Proven ability to design and document architecture, and to defend trade-offs to both engineers and stakeholders. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash and PowerShell. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Pragmatic support sensibility: you help teams debug a broken pipeline or pod the same day. /span /li /ul p strong Nice to have... /strong /p ul li span data-contrast= auto Data platform understanding for Kafka, ClickHouse, MQTT/streaming ingestion, MSSQL, Databricks or similar fit into an operational data pipeline /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Working knowledge of identity/networking at the edge: HAProxy, VLANs, multicast, corporate DNS and proxy constraints. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Experience with Agentic Engineering workflows and engineering productivity tooling. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Exposure to aerospace, mission-critical, or export-controlled/regulated environments. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li li span data-contrast= auto Familiarity with .NET build and release pipelines. /span span data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:false, quot;134233118 quot;:false, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:6, quot;335551620 quot;:6, quot;335559738 quot;:0, quot;335559739 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /li /ul p span class= TextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 lang= EN-US data-contrast= auto span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) br Join nbsp; /span span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) a team where platform engineering is recognized as a /span span class= NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) product, /span span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) developer experience is a priority, and automation is at the heart of everything we do. br /span /span span class= TextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 lang= EN-US data-contrast= auto span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) We´re looking for engineers who are excited by ownership, motivated by technical excellence, and driven to build scalable platfor /span span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) ms that others rely on every day. /span /span span lang= EN-US span class= TextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 lang= EN-US data-contrast= auto span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) Don´t worry if your experience /span span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) doesn´t match every single qualification. br If you´re excited about the opportunity /span span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) , we encourage you to apply. /span /span /span span lang= EN-US span class= TextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 lang= EN-US data-contrast= auto span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) We´d love to learn how your skills, ideas, and perspectives could help us continue to evolve /span span class= NormalTextRun SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-parastyle= Normal (Web) and innovate. /span /span /span strong span lang= EN-US span class= EOP Selected SCXW224169733 BCX0 data-ccp-props= { quot;134233117 quot;:true, quot;134233118 quot;:true, quot;201341983 quot;:0, quot;335551550 quot;:1, quot;335551620 quot;:1, quot;335559685 quot;:0, quot;335559737 quot;:0, quot;335559740 quot;:360} nbsp; /span /span /strong /p p nbsp; /p p strong span lang= EN-US Benefits nbsp; /span /strong /p ul li span lang= EN-US strong Employee Participation Program: /strong Share in our success through our virtual company share program /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong 30 days of vacation: /strong Enjoy the days off to relax and recharge /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong Company pension plan: /strong Secure your future with our company pension plan, featuring a 20% employer contribution after the probation period /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong Subsidised lunch: /strong Stay energised with delicious, subsidised lunches every day /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong Public transport ticket: /strong Commute with ease using a fully financed Deutschlandticket /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong Rental clothing with laundry service: /strong Enjoy hassle-free workwear with our convenient rental clothing and laundry service nbsp; /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong Sport Clubs membership: /strong Stay fit with our sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass) /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong Individual learning allowance: /strong Grow your skills with an individual learning budget granted after the probation period /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong Childcare allowance: /strong Receive a childcare allowance for your non-school-age children /span /li li span lang= EN-US strong And Much More! /strong Discover additional perks and benefits when you join our team. nbsp; 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