IT System Specialist – Platform Engineering & Operations (m/f/d)

Design, installation and automation of a highly available Kubernetes platform are one of your core tasks. You plan upgrades, implement backup and disaster recovery strategies and make sure that the system remains ready for use at any time. As a platform user, you can provide reliable PaaS and SaaS services to internal end-user teams, advise architecture and deploy strategies and proactively respond to their requirements. You continuously monitor compliance with the Service Level Agreements. You develop declarative IaC playbooks and use modern GitOps pipelines (Argo CD/Flux) so that infrastructure changes can be implemented and automatically rolled out. You create secure build pipelines, run a private container registry, and implement Runtime Security for Best Practices. You implement and operate a complete observability stack, set meaningful key figures and service level agreements (SLAs), process Alerts in real time and conduct deeper root-cause analyses. You document the results in comprehensive reports and runbooks to efficiently cope with future incidents. The lifecycle management of Linux hosts is your responsibility. You automate patch and hardening processes according to CIS benchmarks and ensure complete security compliance by proactive monitoring.

You have completed IT training or computer science studies as well as ideally CKA/CKAD or LFCS certifications and several years of professional experience with Kubernetes environments You plan, install and operate productive on-premise-cleannetes cluster – bare metal or virtualized – and perform smooth upgrades as well as reliable backup and disaster recovery strategies. You take project or product responsibility to build and operate internal PaaS/SaaS services, define SLAs and monitor the ongoing operation for end-user teams. You consistently use infrastructure as code tools and GitOps principles to ensure automated, traceable infrastructure. You build and operate Observability stacks, perform Incident Management (Alert Handling, Root-Cause Analysis, Run Book Creation) and use metrics for proactive service optimization. You have deep knowledge of Linux system administration (RHEL), container security, IT service management and customer-oriented communication to ensure platform quality. You work analytic and structured, recognize and solve complex infrastructure problems, eagerly flexible, resilient and self-initiative, and continuously opt the platform.

For us it is self-evident to provide optimal framework conditions. These include: Welcomeday and onboarding program Attractive tariff compensation Flexible and family-friendly working hours through sliding time/lifetime account and home office control 30 days of annual leave and special leave under collective agreement Excellent occupational pensions Exciting tasks on innovative products in a growing marine company Grant to the job ticket or Germany ticket Corporate fitness with nationwide partners Bike leasing Comprehensive additional services / attractive external offers Individual learning and development opportunities in presence and digital Comprehensive health management including prevention offers Close cooperation with executives and employees Collaborative cooperation and respect in dealing with each other – we have been offering this for over 185 years! We are pleased to receive online applications, specifying the salary presentation and the current notice period.

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We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/worldview, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity. .