Senior Site Reliability Engineer

📋 Job Overview

cplace is the platform for project and portfolio management that leading companies use to steer their most complex initiatives – grown in the DACH region and, with our launch in the US, on its way to becoming an international provider. As a Senior SRE in our Cloud Operations team, you will run our existing cplace Cloud 1.0 reliably and securely for customers in automotive, life sciences, manufacturing and retail – and actively shape the architecture and operating model of our Kubernetes-based cplace Cloud 2.0. AI is in cplace’s DNA: we use it intensively across all our work and expect you to apply it productively and critically and to help us take it further.

🏢 About collaboration Factory GmbH

cplace is a collaboration platform that helps companies manage their most complex initiatives. We are on our way to becoming an international provider, with our platform used by leading companies in various industries.

🎯 The Role

As a Senior SRE in our Cloud Operations team, you will be responsible for running and improving our cloud infrastructure, including cplace Cloud 1.0 and actively shaping the architecture of cplace Cloud 2.0. You will work with technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and various cloud platforms.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Co-building the Kubernetes platform for cplace Cloud 2.0, including cluster design, networking, storage, tenant isolation, and scaling
• Development of reusable Terraform modules, GitOps repositories, and platform software
• Operation and improvement of our environment of Linux servers, containers, SQL databases, and Elasticsearch
• Improvement of monitoring, logging, and alerting; ownership of backup & recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Technical implementation of security and compliance requirements
• Driving AI in operations, e.g. for incident and log analysis
• Close collaboration with product development for smooth releases
• On-call duty in a fair rotation

📌 Required Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or a related STEM field, or comparable vocational training, plus several years (ideally 5+) of experience as an SRE, DevOps or platform engineer
• Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production and with at least one cloud provider
• Deep experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD, GitOps, and Git-based collaboration
• Strong Linux skills and experience with SQL databases, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, and observability stacks
• Solid software engineering skills, ideally in Go or Python
• Good understanding of cloud security
• Hands-on experience with AI tools
• Customer-focused, structured way of working, ability to explain technical topics clearly, and fluent German and English

🎁 Benefits

• The chance to shape a new cloud platform from the start, with real influence on architecture and technology
• An experienced, collaborative team spanning SRE, Support, Escalation Engineering and Technical Account Management
• Exciting enterprise customers and varied technical challenges
• A working environment where modern AI tools are readily available and actively developed further

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Hiring in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania or Slovakia via EOR or staffing partner. cplace has no local entity in these countries. We therefore hire exclusively through an Employer of Record (EOR) or staffing partner. You are employed locally by our partner and work as a fully integrated member of our Cloud Operations team.