Lead DevOps Engineer with German
$135–$190 year
HybridKatowice, Silesia, Poland
Job Summary
Design, develop, and operate cloud-based microservices for highly available, business-critical applications using Azure Kubernetes Service, OpenShift, and Docker. Build automated CI/CD pipelines with DevSecOps tools while implementing "secure by design" principles, including OAuth2 and OIDC flows. Integrate REST/SOAP APIs, relational and non-relational databases, and cloud storage services. Analyze and optimize application and infrastructure performance for redundancy and scalability within an agile Scrum team. Collaborate across the full software development life cycle to modernize central applications in a containerized microservice architecture. Requires EU citizenship and fluency in English and German.
Required Qualifications
- EU citizenship
- Fluent English: B2/C1
- Fluent German: B2/C1
- Being open to occasional business trips abroad and visits in our office in Katowice
- Hands-on use of established technologies in software development such as Windows, Linux, Docker, SQL databases, cloud platforms, synchronous APIs, storage solutions, and others
- Experience in the use and application of cloud-based products and cloud-native development practices
- Experience with microservice architectures as well as containerization and container orchestration technologies
- Very good knowledge of version control using SVN, Git, or comparable tools
- Extensive practical experience in working with Kubernetes, Docker, AKS, OpenShift, or comparable container platforms
- Consideration of IT security measures and access security (secure by design) including IAM
- Knowledge of implementing OAuth2 / OIDC security flows
- Very good knowledge in the use of SOAP or RESTful web services, including API management
- Practical experience in the development of highly available systems and solid understanding of the associated concepts (e.g., redundancy)
- Practical experience in projects involving cloud technologies (public/private/hybrid), particularly in Azure environments
Desired Qualifications
- Practical experience with relational (e.g., SQL, PL-SQL, T-SQL), non-relational (e.g., Redis, Cassandra) databases as well as database management systems (e.g., MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle)
- Experience in working with cloud storage (e.g., Azure Blob Storage), data provision (e.g., WebDAV)
- Practical experience in networking, computer networks, and the development of solutions with client-server architectures
- Practical experience in distributed systems
- Experience in analyzing and optimizing application and infrastructure performance
- Very good knowledge of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
- Practical experience in the design, setup, and operation of automated CI/CD pipelines as well as in working with DevSecOps tools
- Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) and cloud portability concepts
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