Kubernetes Engineer (f/m/d)

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

What you bring to the table

• 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

What sets you apart

• 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

What to expect

• 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

What we offer you

Our application process

Your contact person

Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about DG-i, the application process, and our job openings:

Katrin Portmann

Human Resources

+49 221-12095203
career@dg-i.net

Technologies

A small excerpt from the technologies we use. We are always careful to choose the best tool for the task at hand, without being dogmatic. We are excited about new technologies and always evaluate them based on their specific benefits for us and our customers.