Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer

Project overview

For a leading, Europe-wide operating retail company, we are looking for a skilled Cloud & DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) to independently drive the conception, construction, and modernization of complex cloud and container infrastructures.

• Conception and automated setup of new cloud infrastructures in Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure using Terraform
• Refactoring, optimization, and scaling of existing Google and Azure infrastructures
• Setup, modernization, and expansion of Kubernetes environments in a hybrid environment (on-premises as well as in Google Cloud and Azure)
• Holistic implementation of technical requirements from architecture planning to rollout
• Preparation and execution of practical training sessions as well as continuous knowledge transfer to internal teams

Project details

Skills

What we offer

Attractive opportunities to shorten your personal payment term No more time-consuming invoicing needed Fast, reliable fee payment Project contracts via electronic signature

• Start Date: 09.11.2026
• Currently planned project duration: until 30.04.2027 (approx. 6 months)
• Utilization: 3–4 days per week (Total contingent: 770 hours)
• Remote possible: 100% remote
• Many years of professional experience (> 5 years) in an enterprise environment with a focus on Cloud Engineering and DevOps
• Sound hyperscaler experience (min. 4 years) with a focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Microsoft Azure (AWS, Hetzner or StackIT are an advantage)
• Excellent knowledge (> 5 years) in container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker (on-premises and cloud)
• In-depth expertise (> 5 years) in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and version control with Git
• Sound practical experience (> 5 years) in Linux environments and modern GitOps workflows (Argo CD, Flux)
• Several years of routine (3–5 years) in setting up and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure Pipelines)
• Solid user knowledge (3–5 years) in Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki), Network & Service Mesh (Cilium, Calico, Istio) and Kubernetes Manifest Management
• Practical experience (3–5 years) in Secrets Management & PKI (HashiCorp Vault, External Secrets, cert-manager) and Policy as Code (Kyverno, OPA)
• Desirable: Knowledge of relevant security standards (NIS2, BSI IT-Grundschutz), automation with Ansible, and database and messaging technologies (RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Strong communication skills and enjoyment of knowledge transfer within team training
• Start: 09.11.2026
• Duration: 30.04.2027
• Remote: remote
• Location: 76879 Essingen, DE
• Languages: German