Platform & DevOps Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Scaling needs a foundation that grows with it. Every day, our platform runs interactions for more than 25,000 Talents across 70+ countries, and with our growth target of €500M revenue by 2030, the bar for our cloud platform, deployment processes, and cost efficiency keeps rising.

As Platform & DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) in a hybrid setup at one of our locations in Munich, Berlin, or Halle (Saale), you own our cloud platform, primarily on Microsoft Azure. You decide how we design, operate, and optimize infrastructure, with a clear focus on scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. At the same time, you keep evolving our CI/CD platform and self-service tools, enabling our engineering teams to deploy faster and more securely.

🎯 The Role

You'll be responsible for owning our cloud platform, primarily on Microsoft Azure, and deciding how we design, operate, and optimize infrastructure. You'll focus on scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency while evolving our CI/CD platform and self-service tools to enable faster and more secure deployments for our engineering teams.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Azure Platform Ownership: Design, operate, and evolve our cloud infrastructure from compute and networking to identity and governance.
• Infrastructure as Code: Develop and maintain IaC with Terraform, provide reusable modules, and automate manual processes.
• Evolving CI/CD platform: Automate deployments across the software lifecycle and build self-service platforms for dev teams.
• Platform Reliability: Monitor performance, availability, and stability, and proactively address infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Security by design: Build security controls directly into the platform and CI/CD processes.
• Cost efficiency: Optimize infrastructure and deployment platforms for scalability, performance, and cost.
• FinOps in practice: Build cloud cost monitoring, budgeting, and forecasting, and deliver recommendations for cost optimization.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Cloud Platform: Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure across compute, networking, storage, identity, and governance, plus an understanding of cloud architecture principles.
• Automation: Skilled with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, with CI/CD pipelines built and run in production using GitLab CI/CD or comparable tools.
• Containers & Scripting: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/Nomad or Azure ACA/ACI, plus solid scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Observability & Security: Monitoring, logging, and alerting as part of daily work, applied understanding of IAM, RBAC, Zero Trust, and Privileged Identity Management, and hands-on experience with GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or PCI DSS.
• FinOps: Cloud usage analysis, resource optimization, and cost-efficient architectures built into your design from the start.
• Working Style: Analytical, solution-oriented thinking, ownership in a cross-functional environment, clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders, fluent English, and a healthy sense of humor.

🎁 Benefits

• Our Values: Open, authentic culture and a strong, good-humored team.
• Your Footprint: Role in a profitable company where your infrastructure decisions have a direct impact on scaling and cost.
• Your Chance: Opportunity to take ownership, drive innovation, and grow with a team of experts.
• Your Benefits: Beyond 30 days of vacation, we offer a "Joblunch" allowance (€69/month), a "Givve" card (topped up with €50/month) or alternatively a subsidized "Wellpass" membership, discounts via "Corporate Benefits," the option of "JobRad" leasing, contributions to retirement savings (bAV & VL), and great team and company events.
• Your Workplace: Flexible, hybrid setup from one of our dog-friendly, modern offices, plus the option of 2 weeks of workation per year within the EU (*applies only to employees with an EU passport).

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

No specific visa or eligibility information provided.