DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes

DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes

DevOps Engineer with a focus on Kubernetes (hybrid working model - Düsseldorf, Germany)

freshcells systems engineering GmbH is a software service provider based in Düsseldorf with a dynamic team of over 50 creative experts from various fields.

At freshcells, authenticity, individual talent development , and open communication are at the core of everything we do. We rely on respect, trust , and responsibility . As an innovation-driven company, we invest in new ideas. We know that the best results come from teamwork. We make mistakes – but we learn from them. We are open-minded and bold when it comes to exploring new paths.

Our DNA is centered around creating sustainable solutions with a strong commitment to excellence . We thoroughly analyze our projects in advance. That’s why we deliver what we promise. Our consulting is honest and customer-oriented .

Join us on our exciting journey in perhaps the most significant and forward-looking field of all – software development – as a DevOps Engineer in full-time !

What do I need?

The freshcells spirit

• We always remain ourselves.
• We are creative nerds from a wide variety of fields.
• We communicate openly, honestly & fairly.
• We build on respect, trust & responsibility.
• We are innovation driven and willing to invest in ideas.
• We know that the best results can only be achieved as a team.
• We make mistakes, but we learn from them.
• We are open, we are courageous.

What we have to offer

• Flexible remote-work days
• Flex-time for early risers and night owls
• A dog-friendly working environment
• A secure and long-term job
• Company pension plan with employer subsidy possible
• Monthly Company Breakfast
• Room for own ideas and personal development
• Digital training courses, available to every employee at his or her own discretion
• Subsidy for Urban Sports Club membership
• Special offers on travel, technology and more
• Bike leasing via JobRad
• Support with relocating processes
• Free German courses for newcomers

Your Responsibilities

• Implementing best practices for automation, scalability, and system reliability on high-traffic web applications hosted with kubernetes
• Supporting in maintaining customer infrastructure across Kubernetes upgrades and software supply chain changes
• Participating in continuous improvement processes, with a focus on supporting full-stack developers managing complex deployments (in development environment)
• Supporting freshcells adopt and implement DevOps and MLOps best practices: In this position, you will have up to 25% of your working time for learning and experimenting, based on the needs and direction of freshcells

Your Qualifications

• Strong practical experience with Kubernetes
• Expertise with helm, including writing and maintaining custom Helm charts
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform or similar)
• Experience running production workloads on Kubernetes
• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with GitOps and continuous delivery tools such as flux CD
• Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code tools (ideally Terraform)
• Familiarity with linux, shell scripting and/or Python
• Experience with observability, understanding how to set up and use logging, metrics, tracing, alerting
• Experience with creating machine learning pipelines or willingness to learn it on the job
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Experience with on-call duty
• Experience with data engineering, MLOps and training AI workloads, metaflow
• Experience with Argo CD, Argo workflows
• Experience with SQL databases and Redis

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