Senior Cloud / Kubernetes Platform Engineer (w/m/d)
Westernacher Solutions GmbH3 months ago
Remote, Germany or Berlin, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Operate, stabilize, and strategically develop the Kubernetes platform.
- Scale and maintain a multi-tenant architecture for customer environments.
- Design, introduce, and optimize GitOps processes using ArgoCD.
- Develop and maintain complex Helm chart structures and deployment processes.
- Build and continuously improve observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and logging solutions.
- Automate infrastructure, operations, and deployment processes with GitLab CI/CD, Bash, and Python.
- Design and implement Kubernetes security, compliance, and secret-management concepts.
- Conduct technical reviews and contribute to architectural decisions.
- Document platform components, operational processes, and architecture decisions.
- Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and infrastructure specialists in an international environment.
Requirements
- At least five years of professional experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or DevOps engineering.
- Several years of experience operating production Kubernetes environments with direct cluster responsibility.
- Strong Kubernetes knowledge covering workloads, networking, RBAC, and multi-namespace architectures.
- Very strong Helm knowledge, including complex chart structures and deployment strategies.
- Practical experience with ArgoCD and GitOps-based operating models.
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and monitoring, alerting, and observability concepts.
- Very strong knowledge of GitLab CI/CD and automated deployment processes.
- Solid experience with Docker and container technologies.
- Good Linux administration skills and experience managing production systems.
- Experience with managed Kubernetes platforms such as EKS, AKS, GKE, or Hetzner.
- Knowledge of secret management, such as HashiCorp Vault or OpenBao.
- Experience using Bash and/or Python to automate operational processes.
- Practical experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or comparable environments.
- Very good English proficiency at least at C1 level.
- Preferred: SRE experience, SLI/SLO/SLA knowledge, incident and problem management experience, Loki, FluentBit, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Terraform, Ansible, software development with Java or Python, and interest in AI, ML, and modern LLM platforms.
- German proficiency at least at B1 level, ideally C1.
Benefits
- Full-time role with a 40-hour work week.
- Significant responsibility and room to shape the platform rather than a conventional ticket-based role.
- Influence over architecture and technology decisions for a modern cloud platform.
- Experienced engineering team, short decision paths, and high autonomy.
- Modern technologies and an environment supporting technical excellence.
- Individual training and professional development opportunities.
- Employee participation, team events, and additional benefits.
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About Westernacher Solutions GmbH
Westernacher Solutions GmbH builds software and provides IT consulting for eJustice and eGovernment, including solutions for courts, ministries, notaries, church organizations, and other public-sector bodies. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Berlin, it develops and operates secure, privacy-focused systems such as notary and legal-tech platforms. The company is part of the Dr. Westernacher & Partner group, which supports clients across Europe and internationally.