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 !
If you're excited by a diverse range of projects , want to continuously grow , and enjoy working independently and with a strong sense of responsibility , get in touch with us: . We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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 home office 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
- 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
- Expertise with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (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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