Key skills
AnsibleCloudFluxGrafanaKubernetesPostgresPrometheusTerraformAIPostgreSQLKeycloakOpenTelemetryKongGitOpsSAPCI/CD
About this role
Role Overview
- You act as the interface between development and cloud administration
- Your responsibility is to design our Kubernetes platform and deployment processes so developers can work efficiently, reproducibly, and with standardized workflows
- You work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to provide a reliable platform
- Enhance and operate our Kubernetes platform in on‑premise data centers, ensuring stability, scalability, and performance
- Build and optimize self‑service processes that enable developers to perform efficient, standardized deployments
- Optimize resource usage (CPU, RAM, storage, GPU) and develop fair workload strategies
- Operate and evolve our PostgreSQL platform, including high availability, backup/recovery, and performance tuning
- Automate infrastructure and deployment tasks using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
- Build and run modern CI/CD and GitOps processes (e.g., Argo CD, Flux)
- Define platform standards, templates, and best practices to ensure a consistent developer experience
- Integrate and operate authentication and authorization systems (Keycloak) as well as API gateways (Kong)
- Ensure multi‑tenancy, isolation, and compliance with security requirements
- Implement and operate monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
- Develop intelligent scaling mechanisms (e.g., HPA, custom metrics) beyond classical CPU/RAM metrics
- Support development teams in using the platform and continuously improve the developer experience
- Serve as the interface between development and cloud administration: gather requirements, improve workflows, and provide feedback
- Bring your interest in AI topics and explore automation and orchestration opportunities
Requirements
- 2–5 years of relevant professional experience operating or building Kubernetes or similar platforms
- Experience with automation / Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Knowledge of CI/CD processes and GitOps
- Interest in developer experience, process improvement, and new technologies
- Openness to AI applications in the platform context
- Exposure to observability/monitoring, auth systems, or databases (PostgreSQL)
- Fluent German and good English skills
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- Cloud
- Flux
- Grafana
- Kubernetes
- Postgres
- Prometheus
- Terraform
Benefits
- 100% remote position with a high degree of flexibility in working hours
- Attractive annual salary, plus automatic KPI-based salary increases and competitive annual bonuses
- 30+ days of annual leave
- Fully equipped premium home office setup
- Company (e)bike, supplementary employer health insurance, and other corporate benefits
- Work in an international environment at one of the world’s leading cloud providers in the SAP space