Kubernetes Platform Engineer 100% (f/m/d)

Job description

Kubernetes Platform Engineer 100% (m/f/d) (contract through our external payroll partner with immediate start until 31.12.2026 with possible extension)

Tasks

• Contribution to architectural decisions, disaster recovery planning, capacity management and cost optimization
• Staying up to date on new trends in cloud-native technologies and bringing innovative but practical solutions to real-world challenges

Requirements

• Experience as a Kubernetes engineer or platform operator in enterprise-scale environments
• Strong technical knowledge of Kubernetes, including deep understanding of control plane components, network (CNI), storage (CSI), service mesh concepts and operators
• Experience with managing Kubernetes with open source distributions or managed offerings such as AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) or vSphere
• Solid scripting and automation skills in languages such as Bash, Python and Go, along with knowledge of configuration formats such as YAML/JSON
• Operational experience with Linux systems, container runtimes (Container, CRI-O) and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
• Experience with Kubernetes operators / crossplane provider development in Golang is an advantage
• Security mindset - previous work implementing CIS benchmarks, runtime protection, image scanning or achieving compliance is desirable
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification holders are strongly preferred; Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) is considered a significant advantage
• Fluency in German and English (oral/written)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to mentor engineers across multiple teams in a matrixed organization

We offer

No explicit benefits mentioned.