Senior Platform Engineer (m/f/d) (Technical Lead)

Your mission

This role emerged from splitting a previous hybrid Director IT role into two focused positions. This split is done to distribute the workload, ensuring that neither high-level strategic planning nor complex technical execution is compromised by competing priorities. Whilst a Director IT handles leadership and strategy, you'll concentrate on technical architecture, hands-on implementation, and driving our infrastructure evolution. You'll work with an eight-person IT team, serving as technical mentor and lead implementer.

Key Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Architecture & Implementation

• Design and build scalable, resilient infrastructure for internal and customer-facing services
• Lead migration and modernisation of legacy systems to cloud-native architectures
• Implement infrastructure-as-code across all environments
• Architect hybrid cloud solutions balancing performance, cost, and reliability
• Make technical decisions on tooling, platforms, and architectural patterns

Automation & DevOps

• Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment
• Build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and internal services
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability across all systems
• Create self-service capabilities that empower teams whilst maintaining standards
• Reduce manual operational overhead through intelligent automation

Platform Services

• Own backend services including compute, storage, networking, and databases
• Manage virtual and container orchestration platforms
• Implement and maintain cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery capabilities
• Optimise infrastructure performance and cost efficiency

Security & Compliance Implementation

• Implement technical controls from the Information Security roadmap
• Build secure-by-default infrastructure and deployment patterns
• Manage identity, access management, and secrets handling
• Execute hardening, patching, and vulnerability management
• Implement compliance requirements at the infrastructure layer

Technical Leadership

• Serve as technical mentor and knowledge resource for IT team
• Guide engineers on best practices, patterns, and approaches
• Conduct technical reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Document architectural decisions, runbooks, and procedures
• Collaborate with Director IT on technical roadmap and priorities

Vendor & Technology Evaluation

• Research and evaluate emerging technologies and platforms
• Conduct proof-of-concepts for new tools and approaches
• Build business cases for technical investments
• Manage relationships with infrastructure vendors and service providers

Your profile

Essential Experience

• 5+ years as a platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineer in production environments
• Deep hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Strong background in Linux/Unix system administration and networking
• Proven track record building automation with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and compliance fundamentals

Technical Skills

• Expert-level Linux administration and shell scripting
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Ruby)
• Strong networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPNs, firewalls
• Experience with configuration management and orchestration tools
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability platforms
• Understanding of CI/CD practices and tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Familiarity with virtualisation technologies (VMware, KVM, Hyper‑V)

Security & Operations

• Experience implementing security controls and hardening systems
• Knowledge of identity management and zero‑trust principles
• Understanding of compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR)
• Strong troubleshooting and incident response capabilities
• Experience with disaster recovery planning and execution

Working Style

• Self‑directed engineer comfortable working with high autonomy
• Pragmatic approach balancing technical excellence with business needs
• Clear communicator able to explain complex technical concepts
• Collaborative mindset, working effectively across teams
• Continuous learner staying current with infrastructure trends

Bonus Points

• Experience in B2B SaaS or monitoring/observability companies
• Contributions to open source infrastructure projects
• Certifications in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or security
• Knowledge of Checkmk or similar monitoring platforms

Why us?

• The chance to make a decisive impact and shape the future of a dynamic, fast growing tech company while growing with your tasks and responsibilities
• Flexible and family-friendly working conditions in a stable environment
• With the wide range of sports and wellness offers from Wellpass, you can choose from over 9,000 sports and wellness offers
• An agile team that embodies autonomy and fast decision making within flat hierarchies
• A unique corporate culture where we emphasize equality, diversity and inclusion
• A wide range of education and training opportunities
• High flexibility between mobile work and an office in one of the most beautiful, central district of Munich
• An attractive salary
• Regular onsite events of all sorts (Company Outings, Team events, Checkmk Conference, Conference After Party and more) in a familiar atmosphere

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