Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Salary
- 60.000 to 68.000€ Gross/Year
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you develop and maintain internal tools and services, optimize our cloud infrastructure, and support development teams in using platform tools and CI/CD pipelines.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Our Platform Team develops and operates internal tools, services, and infrastructure that enable our project teams to build and run scalable and reliable cloud-native applications.
- As a Platform Engineer, you contribute your expertise to take our platform to the next level.
- You play a crucial role in the design and further development of our platform services—with a clear focus on reliability and security.
- In this role, you will drive technical enablement, operational excellence, and the implementation of development-centric tools that enable rapid and high-quality software development.
- Contributing to platform strategy and implementation: Work closely with Senior Software Engineers and leadership to execute technical roadmaps.
- Actively participate in team discussions, identify potential system improvements, and assist in eliminating existing Technical Debt.
- Building and maintaining the platform infrastructure: Develop and maintain internal tools and platform services that optimize the workflows of software developers.
- Manage and update our Infrastructure-as-Code setups (Terraform, ArgoCD, Kustomize, Helm) as well as ensure the daily reliability, monitoring, and scaling of our Kubernetes clusters.
- Support, Documentation, and Enablement: Create and maintain clear and up-to-date technical documentation and runbooks.
- Provide hands-on support to our product development teams, assist them with onboarding to platform tools, troubleshoot deployment pipelines, and ensure successful utilization of self-service features.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You possess excellent knowledge in cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (Kubernetes), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), GitOps (ArgoCD, Helm, Kustomize), CI/CD systems, and observability stacks.
- You feel confident working with at least one relevant programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Java).
- Additionally, you have a good understanding of Linux system administration and network principles.
- You view internal platforms from a customer-oriented perspective, focusing on understanding the needs of developers and providing valuable, user-friendly solutions.
- You are able to communicate technical concepts clearly and understandably to different target groups and work effectively across teams.
- You are excited about the idea of digitizing public administration and want to apply your knowledge to the requirements of the administration.
- You speak fluent English (C1) and ideally have German language skills, as we use both languages in our daily work.
Experience
- You bring solid hands-on experience in the field of Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE.
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What we offer
- The salary for this position ranges between €60,000 and €68,000 gross per year.
- For your individual classification within our salary bands and levels, we consider the scope of responsibilities of the position, the complexity of the tasks, and your assessed skills from the introductory interviews.
- Work in a way that suits you best: You can organize your working hours flexibly, take advantage of our mobile working options at any time, and choose your preferred operating system.
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DigitalService GmbH des Bundes
DigitalService GmbH des Bundes is a fully state-owned company based in Berlin, directly subordinate to the Federal Chancellery. It collaborates with various federal ministries and authorities to promote digital transformation and develop user-friendly digital solutions. Founded in 2020, the company focuses on enhancing the interaction between citizens and the state.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Platform Engineer
- Salary
- 60.000 to 68.000€ Gross/Year
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
