DevOps Engineer with Public Sector Experience

Project overview

For our client in the public sector, we are currently looking for a DevOps Engineer with experience in the public sector.

Responsibilities

Knowledge:

We look forward to receiving your CV, including your hourly rate and possible start date.

We are of course available for any questions you may have.

• Development and standardization of reusable GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Helm deployment templates
• Automation of onboarding for business applications, including GitLab projects, Kubernetes namespaces, permissions, and registry connections
• Implementation of reproducible infrastructure processes with Terraform as well as Bash and/or Python
• Administration and further development of Kubernetes environments as well as support in operating Rancher/RKE2
• Integration of security checks for container images, vulnerability scans, and release processes
• Implementation of tenant separation, least privilege principles, and secure handling of secrets and technical identities
• Analysis and resolution of complex errors in CI/CD pipelines, GitLab Runners, Agents, and network components
• Ensuring monitoring, rollback, and recovery processes as well as creation of runbooks and technical documentation
• Collaboration with architecture, operations, and IT security to ensure stable and secure platform operation
• Very good practical knowledge of Kubernetes, especially namespaces, deployments, RBAC, quotas, probes, and security contexts
• Experience with Helm charts and standardization of deployment processes
• Profound knowledge of GitLab CI/CD, pipelines, Git, and GitLab Runners
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform, as well as Bash and/or Python
• Confident handling of Linux, Docker/OCI containers, and network technologies such as DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and TLS
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, Secrets Management, technical identities, and least privilege concepts
• Experience with logging, monitoring, systematic troubleshooting, and rollback and recovery procedures
• Good German language skills and the ability to document technical solutions comprehensibly
• Experience with Rancher/RKE2, Harbor, Trivy, Cosign, SBOM, Kyverno, Prometheus/Grafana, and Argo CD
• Experience in Platform Engineering, with automated tenant onboarding, and in the regulated public sector

Project details

Immediately

Until 12/31/2027 with an option to extend

90% remote, 10% on-site in the Brandenburg region

Full-time

Goal:

Standardization and further development of an existing container platform as well as automation of deployment and onboarding processes. The focus is on building reusable CI/CD pipelines, the secure deployment of business applications, and the transfer of existing concepts into production-ready, maintainable solutions.

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 12 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Brandenburg, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German