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Junior DevOps Engineer

Job

  • Level
    Junior
  • Location
    Cologne
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Field
    Web, IT, DevOps, Back End
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment

Job Summary

In this role, you operate and maintain IT systems, develop backend functionalities using PHP/Symfony, scale Linux-based infrastructure, and collaborate closely with various teams.

Job Technologies

Your role in the team

  • System operation and maintenance: You perform updates, security optimizations, and regular maintenance tasks to ensure a stable and secure system operation.
  • Backend development: The design, development, and ongoing enhancement of backend functionalities with PHP and Symfony are your responsibilities.
  • Take end-to-end responsibility: You operate our mobile communications-specific IT systems (e.g., booking platforms) and are responsible for them throughout their lifecycle.
  • Scaling systems: You are responsible for the development and continuous improvement of our Linux-based infrastructure - from server setup and automation to CI/CD processes, as well as ensuring stability and performance through monitoring, logging, and ongoing optimizations.
  • Working in a team: Close collaboration with product management, frontend development, and other specialist departments within an IT task force in the mobile communications sector - with a focus on backend, DevOps, as well as scaling and further developing the systems, characterizes your daily work.

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Our expectations of you

Education

  • Qualification: You have a very good degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics, Physics, or a comparable field.

Qualifications

  • Understanding of web architecture: Basic knowledge of web technologies and communication standards such as HTTP, RESTful APIs, as well as frontend/backend communication, are familiar to you.
  • Database knowledge: You regularly use relational databases such as MySQL in your daily development work.
  • Fullstack readiness: You are interested in implementing features also in the backend and want to further develop in this area.
  • Working style: A structured, independent way of working as well as enjoyment of teamwork characterize you.
  • Language skills: Negotiation-level proficiency in German and English at least at C1 level complete your profile.

Experience

  • Practical experience: You have excellent knowledge of CI/CD processes, Docker-based environments, as well as monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., Grafana). Additionally, you are interested in programming languages such as Go, PHP, or Python, and enjoy developing clean and scalable code.
  • Tech Stack: You have extensive practical experience in the Linux environment as well as with configuration and deployment tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, or Chef). Additionally, you possess knowledge of web and infrastructure technologies such as Docker, Nginx, PHP-FPM, NodeJS, MySQL (including backup/replication), and a basic understanding of networks (firewall, routing, VLAN).

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What we offer

  • Modern work: Up to 40 days of paid vacation. You will receive 30 days of vacation and can choose whether to work from home on Fridays, accumulate up to 10 additional vacation days per year, or opt for a salary increase instead.
  • Personal Growth: Individual development and training opportunities through further education, regular feedback sessions, and a personal training budget to identify and develop your strengths and potentials.
  • We appreciate your commitment: permanent contracts with an attractive and performance-oriented salary package including annual bonuses. Vouchers for numerous CHECK24 products, subsidized company pension schemes, fitness collaborations (Urban Sports Club & EGYM Wellpass), as well as daycare partnerships (Fröbel and pme Familienservice).
  • On the right track: Our central location in Cologne offers convenient access by public transport or bicycle – for this, we provide you with a 100% free Germany ticket & promote your company bike leasing.
  • Here you can feel comfortable: modern office with a wide range of beverages, a muesli and nut bar, fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as free office lunches three times a week from regional caterers and monthly team lunches.
  • Your ideas are implemented quickly: autonomous, agile work in small teams with a strong team spirit. Short decision-making paths are a matter of course for us.
  • We will equip you: An ergonomic workplace with modern equipment (such as a MacBook and two additional monitors) and height-adjustable desks will be provided from your first day of work.
  • We are also a great team outside of work: numerous drink-outs and events for celebrating and networking, as well as legendary summer and Christmas parties.

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Benefits

Work-Life-Integration

Health, Fitness & Fun

Food & Drink

Higher Take-Home Pay

Topics You Will Work On

Job Locations

  • Location Cologne

    Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Germany

About Your Employer

CHECK24 Gruppe

CHECK24 Gruppe

CHECK24 is one of Germany's leading online companies and the country's largest comparison portal. And we're growing - with you. If you want to move something, you've come to the right place. Experience the dynamics of e-commerce, agile processes, flat hierarchies and steep development curves.

Description

  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Banking, Finance, Insurance, Internet, IT, Telecommunication

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Junior DevOps Engineer

Location
Cologne
Working Model
Hybrid, Onsite
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Open for all genders

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