Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer (fmd)

Join us and help shape the future of pharmaceutical data!

At ACCURIDS were building the data backbone behind life-science innovation a system that identifies links and standardizes critical enterprise data in compliance with global standards such as ISO IDMP. We help global life-science companies launch products faster more safely and with better patient outcomes.

At ACCURIDS youll join a collaborative growth-driven environment where your work makes a real impact from day one.

• You set up maintain and troubleshoot customer installations managing both high-standard SaaS environments and restrictive customer on-premise deployments.
• You operate and scale our core AWS infrastructure managing multi-account environments EKS RDS S3 networking and IAM.
• You support our development team with product operations maintaining and extending GitLab CI/CD pipelines driving declarative GitOps workflows (ArgoCD/Kargo) and managing incident response.
• You develop the Accurids SaaS platform stack focusing on enhancing platform automation Infrastructure as Code (IaC) identity management and advanced observability.
• You drive our security operations building out our compliance posture through log reviews vulnerability scanning active monitoring alerting and supporting ISO 27001 requirements.
• You ensure operational resilience and continuity working as a key senior pillar to transition our infrastructure from a single-point-of-failure risk to a robust well-documented architecture.

• Adaptability & Continuous Learning: A strong engineering mindset with a proven ability to pick up new tools architectures and methodologies rapidly as our ecosystem evolves.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Foundation: 35 years of experience in DevOps Cloud Engineering or Platform Engineering with production exposure to a major cloud provider (we use AWS but Azure or GCP experience is just as welcome).
• Containerization Concepts: Solid foundational knowledge of the Kubernetes ecosystem Docker containerization and configuring CI/CD pipelines (such as GitLab CI).
• Modern Operations (Our Stack): Familiarity withor a strong desire to learnInfrastructure as Code (Terraform) and declarative GitOps workflows (ArgoCD/Kargo).
• Observability & Security Awareness: Observability & Security: Familiarity with cloud security tooling and monitoring/observability (e.g. Prometheus Grafana Elasticsearch). Experience building a security posture is a strong plus.
• Core Competencies: Business fluency in English and an openness to integrating AI-assisted tools (like Cursor Copilot or ChatGPT) into your daily scripting and debugging workflows. (Its a nice-to-have bonus if you have prior experience with Elasticsearch Keycloak Spring Boot PostgreSQL or compliance frameworks like ISO 27001!)

• Hybrid work model: Work from our Cologne office with flexible hybrid arrangements.
• 30 days of paid vacation for a healthy work-life balance.
• Competitive salary package aligned with your experience and impact.
• Personal growth and development: Access a flexible budget for training conferences or other learning opportunities that support your individual development goals.
• Choose your perk: Enjoy either a subsidized Urban Sports Club membership or a City Plus Card with a 50 monthly allowance.
• Empowerment and ownership: Take responsibility and shape your role as we grow together.
• Modern work setup: Select your preferred system and hardware Windows Linux or Mac.
• Collaborative culture: Be part of a dynamic start-up-like environment that values flexibility trust and innovation.

We encourage you to apply anyway! We know great talent doesnt always follow a checklist and we care more about your potential curiosity and motivation to learn.

At ACCURIDS were committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We especially encourage women and people from underrepresented backgrounds in tech science and data to apply.