Job
- Level
- Senior
- Location
- Essen
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Part Time/Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this role, you will operate and improve the Kubernetes platform on Amazon EKS, monitor operations, develop automated solutions, and collaborate closely with development teams.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes Platform, you will be part of the team responsible for operating Kubernetes centrally across RWEST and continuously improving the platform experience for development teams.
- You will help establish the central Kubernetes platform service and support the transition of platform ownership and operational responsibility into the dedicated Cross-Functional / SRE team.
- Operate and improve RWEST's central Amazon EKS platform, including day-2 operations, lifecycle management, upgrades and platform support.
- Help provide a secure, self-service Kubernetes platform with automated guardrails so development teams can deploy and ship applications without managing the underlying infrastructure.
- Contribute to consistent platform standards across cluster configuration, monitoring, networking, security controls, and lifecycle management.
- Support a sustainable 24x7 operational model for Kubernetes and related platform services in scope, including Kubernetes, GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps, JFrog, and Elastic.
- Build and maintain automation, Infrastructure as Code and reusable platform patterns that reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
- Improve platform observability by supporting monitoring, logging, alerting and operational visibility across shared Kubernetes services.
- Help drive stronger security and compliance through consistent guardrails, governance and automated controls.
- Work closely with development squads to support onboarding, platform adoption and day-to-day usage of the central platform.
- Contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of platform reliability and support quality.
- Share knowledge, document standards and help establish the central SRE Platform Team as the accountable owner for shared platform services in scope.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You are comfortable taking ownership, making technical decisions and improving systems through engineering, automation and standardisation.
- You enjoy building long-term solutions that are secure, maintainable and easy to operate.
- Starkes Verständnis von cloud-nativen Architekturen, verteilten Systemen und moderner Infrastruktur.
- Starkes Verständnis der Kubernetes-Architektur, Netzwerke, Speicher, Sicherheit und Workload-Planung.
- Starkes Automatisierungsdenken mit Infrastructure as Code und Konfiguration als Code.
Experience
- We are looking for experienced engineers who enjoy building reliable systems, solving complex technical problems and creating services that enable other engineering teams to succeed.
- Umfangreiche Erfahrung in der Gestaltung, dem Betrieb und der Fehlerbehebung von Kubernetes in Produktionsumgebungen.
- Experience operating Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes-based platforms at scale.
- Experience designing secure, resilient and highly available production environments.
- Experience managing platform lifecycle activities including upgrades, maintenance and operational readiness.
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What we offer
- To start as soon as possible, full time / part time, permanent.
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Benefits
Work-Life-Integration
- 🏠Home Office
- 🅿️Employee Parking Space
- 🚌Excellent Traffic Connections
- ⏰Flexible Working Hours
- 🍼Day Care for Kids
Higher Take-Home Pay
Health, Fitness & Fun
Food & Drink
Topics You Will Work On
Job Locations
About Your Employer
RWE AG
RWE AG is an essential part of the European energy system, ensuring security of supply for Europe. With its three operating segments - lignite & nuclear power, European electricity generation from gas, coal, hydropower and biomass, and energy trading - it is one of the leading European energy companies.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Power Sector, Economy
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- Location
- Essen
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
