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In this role, you will be responsible for the operation and optimization of our Kubernetes platform and Kafka infrastructure, ensuring system integrity through continuous maintenance and updates.
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Your role in the team
- You are responsible for the operation of our Kubernetes platform and Kafka infrastructure in one role. You oversee the systems from commissioning to ongoing maintenance and work closely with architecture, development, and our admin team.
- Setup and operation of Kubernetes clusters with RKE2, Rancher, and Cilium.
- Design of ingress, storage, and cluster network in close coordination with our network team.
- Operation of databases within the cluster, primarily PostgreSQL, as well as OpenSearch or ElasticSearch as search platforms.
- Updates without downtime, backup and recovery strategies with regular restore tests.
- Development of monitoring, logging, and access control concepts (RBAC, secrets, certificates).
- Setup, maintenance, and configuration of our Kafka environment with Strimzi.
- Rolling out updates, topic changes, and version switches without operational interruptions.
- Operation of the Schema Registry for JSON Schema specifications.
- Security through authentication, ACLs, and encryption, as well as monitoring of consumer lag and performance.
Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed degree in Computer Science or a comparable program, or an equivalent qualification through professional experience.
Qualifications
- Practical experience in operating Kubernetes clusters, ideally with RKE2 or Rancher, and a profound understanding of how they work.
- Proficient handling of Kafka, from configuration to version updates.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and security concepts such as RBAC, TLS, and SASL for Kubernetes and Kafka.
- Good language skills in German (C1 or higher).
- Familiarity with GitOps and Infrastructure as Code, e.g., with Helm, Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, or Flux.
- Operation of self-hosted Kubernetes clusters (On-Premises).
- GPU workloads in Kubernetes for AI applications.
- System contexts are your element, and you keep an overview of distributed platforms.
- Carefulness characterizes you, especially when it comes to updates and changes during ongoing operations.
- Clear communication with developers, architects, and business units is important to you.
- Structured, clean documentation is a matter of course for you.
What we offer
- Working on a modern, service-oriented architecture with microservices and Kafka on proprietary infrastructure.
- Creative freedom in your role: Your ideas are welcome, and we look forward to suggestions and new impulses from the team.
- family-friendly flexible and part-time models, partial home office possible.
- Fixed salary depending on qualifications (salary expectations to be specified).
- individually available training budget.
- Modern hardware equipment with local administrative rights.
- The position is initially limited to two years for a strategically important transformation project.
- We are making sustainable investments in our digital infrastructure - if there is mutual fit and the project progresses successfully, we explicitly aim for a long-term, permanent collaboration.
- We offer you an intensive onboarding process tailored to the existing individual procedures, predictable working hours, industry-standard compensation, and a family-like working atmosphere.
- We are also happy to give career changers who have relevant prior knowledge and a willingness to change a chance.
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About your employer
ONESTY Direct GmbH is a digitally focused provider within a financial and insurance group, specializing in the provision of financial and insurance services. The family-run company is based in Cottbus and continuously works on modernizing its IT and work environment.
- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Banking, Finance, Insurance
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