(Senior) Cloud Engineer Core Platform - STACKIT (m/f/d)
Location:Heilbronn, DE
Department:IT - Cloud Services
Level:Experienced professionals
Reference number:45459
You want to take the cloud world by storm with us STACKITEERs and shape the future of Europe with us? That's great! Then STACKIT is the right place for you. Our vision is ambitious: An independent Europe - digital, leading. As a cloud and colocation provider, we are building the secure infrastructure for this. With our server locations exclusively in Germany and Austria, we offer both the Schwarz Group, to which we belong, and external customers a European alternative to international cloud providers and support our customers holistically with individual solutions.
As a dedicated STACKITEER, you are part of the STACKIT Products division. This is where our products and services are developed, tested and improved.
As a dedicated STACKITEER, you are part of the STACKIT Products division. This is where our products and services are developed, tested and improved.
Your responsibilities
- You are responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of our multi-tenant Kubernetes cluster. Isolation, security, and performance are paramount
- You develop internal tools to automate the deployment of our infrastructure, thereby contributing to the optimization of our processes
- As part of our team, you are responsible for the implementation and maintenance of monitoring systems that ensure high availability and optimal performance of our products
- You work closely with development teams to understand their requirements and support them in optimally deploying their applications on Kubernetes
- You always stay up-to-date on Kubernetes technologies and trends
- You actively contribute to our Security Best Practices and compliance efforts
Your profile
- You have at least 3 years of professional experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering role
- You bring passion and conviction for new technologies and topics related to Kubernetes, Linux, and virtualization
- You have a solid understanding of the Kubernetes architecture
- You have advanced programming experience, preferably in Go
- You have already gained basic experience with the Kubernetes Operator Pattern, Software-Defined Networking (e.g., Istio, Calico), and CI/CD tooling (e.g., Git, Concourse, Flux)
- You are well-versed in templating (e.g., Helm, Kustomize) and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) technologies
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills distinguish you
- Your English, ideally paired with German, is the basis for successful communication in international, agile teams
Benefits
An independent Europe - digital, leading. If this vision inspires you as much as we do, let's build the sovereign cloud for it together.
You will become part of Europe's leading retail group, the Schwarz Group. As a STACKITEER, you will be part of the IT and digital division, Schwarz Digits. You benefit from the dynamism of a young company and the strength of the established group of companies behind Lidl and Kaufland.
We like to hear your ideas - at all levels: Duz culture and open doors make the work varied and productive. In doing so, we encourage thinking outside the box and working together in agile structures in order to jointly develop innovative solutions.
You will become part of an international team, because our STACKITEERs come from all over the world and form a real unit. We love and live the cloud. Everyone contributes their own strengths, and together we continuously improve our portfolio.
Our cloud solutions are based on open source technologies, which means we promote open standards in cloud development. With us, you can rely on innovative approaches, a supportive community and modern IT equipment.