Job in Germany: Senior DevOps Engineer (m/w/d)

Sovendus GmbH
1 year ago
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Senior DevOps Engineer (m/f/d)

Work experience Senior Field of activity

IT and software development

Employment type Full-time Place of work

Remote or Karlsruhe

Strong network. Strong team.

Become part of one of the leading networks for checkout and digital marketing services in Europe! Over 2,300 partner stores rely on our first-class e-commerce solutions, which we are constantly developing with innovative approaches and artificial intelligence. This is where you come in: bring your ideas, energy and personality to actively shape our future!

Your job:

Operation and optimization of our data-intensive infrastructure

  • Through your close teamwork, you will foster a high-performance and collaborative work environment focused on continuous improvement.
  • In constant collaboration with the application and data teams, you ensure the smooth deployment and efficient operation of the applications.
  • You will develop and implement a highly automated infrastructure using IAC and GitOps practices to ensure high availability, scalability, cost efficiency and security.
  • You will perform infrastructure maintenance tasks, troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis.
  • You implement and manage logging and monitoring solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of the system as well as rapid problem resolution.
  • Analyze, plan and execute the migration phases of Sovendus on-premise applications to AWS, ensuring the right choice of AWS services and architecture.
  • Together with the team, you will take responsibility for the Sovendus platform
  • You will also mentor Junior DevOps Engineers and support them in their development.

Your profile:

Strong team player with in-depth DevOps engineering experience

  • You have several years of experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or in a similar role
  • AWS services (VPC, IAM, EKS, EC2, RDS, S3) and cloud-based network configurations are your daily business, including understanding AWS cloud network configuration in multi-account environments.
  • Your deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is evident in your knowledge of tools such as Terraform for provisioning and managing infrastructures.
  • You also have in-depth expertise in container technologies and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • You are familiar with continuous integration and deployment tools (GitLab CI) as well as monitoring and logging tools (AWS CloudWatch, Fluent Bit, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Your strong scripting skills in Bash and Python will help you automate and troubleshoot infrastructure issues.
  • In-depth knowledge of implementing cloud security practices (IAM policies, VPC configurations, data encryption, etc.) rounds out your technical expertise.
  • Fluency in English and excellent communication skills enable you to work effectively with your team
  • Additional experience with MySQL, Apache Kafka and Redis is a plus!


Our benefits


Flexible working hours

Workation (up to 110 days per year)

30 days vacation

Next-
education

Operational
retirement provision

Family
friendliness

JobRad

Remote Work

Buddy Program

Free drinks &
Team meal

Your chance: Apply directly via our careers website.

Your contact person:

Lea Engelmann
People & Culture Manager

+49-721-957846-141

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