Lead DevOps Engineer with German

We are looking for Lead DevOps Engineer to join Sopra Steria Polska and one of our innovative international squads.

As a Development Expert with a focus on Cloud Engineering you design build and operate highly available secure cloud services as part of an integrated DevSecOps delivery team.

As part of a multi-year transformation program our team is modernizing central business-critical applications and operating them on a cloud-based containerised microservice architecture within an Azure Landing Zone. Delivery follows an agile (Scrum) near model in close coordination with the client. The environment combines a modern Azure-based cloud and DevSecOps tech stack with the high standards of IT security availability and regulatory compliance that apply to a central bank offering broad exposure to complex distributed systems and the full software development life cycle in a DevSecOps context including operations and monitoring with a focus on portability and avoidance of vendor lock-in.

Note that we can only offer cooperation to people who are located in Poland and have EU citizenship.

Responsibilities:

• Design develop and operate cloud-based microservices for highly available business-critical applications
• Build and maintain containerised solutions on Kubernetes in particular Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) OpenShift and Docker
• Design implement and operate automated CI/CD pipelines using DevSecOps tools
• Apply secure by design principles IT security and identity and access management (IAM) (incl. OAuth2 / OIDC flows)
• Develop and integrate APIs (REST / SOAP) including API management
• Integrate relational and non-relational databases as well as cloud storage and data-provision services
• Analyse and optimise application and infrastructure performance (availability redundancy scalability)
• Contribute to monitoring observability and operational stability of applications within the DevSecOps team
• Collaborate within an agile (Scrum) team across the full SDLC in close coordination with the client

Tech stack on the project:

• Cloud: Microsoft Azure (incl. Azure Landing Zone public / private / hybrid)
• Containers & orchestration: Docker Kubernetes OpenShift (incl. AKS)
• CI/CD & DevSecOps: automated pipelines using DevSecOps tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps Git-based workflows)
• Version control: Git SVN
• APIs & security: REST SOAP API management OAuth2 / OIDC
• Databases: SQL / PL-SQL / T-SQL MS SQL Server MySQL Oracle; Redis Cassandra
• Storage: Azure Blob Storage WebDAV
• Operating systems: Windows Linux

Qualifications :

Must have requirements:

• Hands-on use of established technologies in software development such as Windows Linux Docker SQL databases cloud platforms synchronous APIs storage solutions and others
• Experience in the use and application of cloud-based products and cloud-native development practices
• Experience with microservice architectures as well as containerization and container orchestration technologies
• Very good knowledge of version control using SVN Git or comparable tools
• Extensive practical experience in working with Kubernetes Docker AKS OpenShift or comparable container platforms
• Consideration of IT security measures and access security (secure by design) including IAM
• Knowledge of implementing OAuth2 / OIDC security flows
• Very good knowledge in the use of SOAP or RESTful web services including API management
• Practical experience in the development of highly available systems and solid understanding of the associated concepts (e.g. redundancy)
• Practical experience in projects involving cloud technologies (public/private/hybrid) particularly in Azure environments
• EU citizenship
• Fluent English: B2/C1.
• Fluent German: B2/C1.
• Being open to occasional business trips abroad and visits in our office in Katowice

Nice to have requirements:

• Practical experience with relational (e.g. SQL PL-SQL T-SQL) non-relational (e.g. Redis Cassandra) databases as well as database management systems (e.g. MS SQL Server MySQL Oracle)
• Experience in working with cloud storage (e.g. Azure Blob Storage) data provision (e.g. WebDAV)
• Practical experience in networking computer networks and the development of solutions with client-server architectures
• Practical experience in distributed systems
• Experience in analyzing and optimizing application and infrastructure performance
• Very good knowledge of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
• Practical experience in the design setup and operation of automated CI/CD pipelines as well as in working with DevSecOps tools
• Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform) and cloud portability concepts is an advantage
• Clearance

Additional Information :

What we offer:

• BENEFITS (UoP): Luxmed Medicover Sport Worksmile educational platforms languages learning platform referral bonus life insurance certifications (paid by the company) conferences Tech Lunches possibility to join our Communities (Project Management Architecture Security Process Management Leadership AI and Cloud) local kindergarten. 

• DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES (B2B): Tech Lunches Worksmile possibility to join our Communities (Project Management Architecture Security Process Management Leadership AI and Cloud). 

• ADDITION: free parking fresh fruits workation. 

In case of questions please contact the HR team. 

The recruitment process for this position consists of 3stages:

a short phone call with a recruiter (30 min max)
one-hour long interview on Teams (with both general and technical questions)
clients interview on Teams 

Salary range:

UOP: 18 000-22 000 PLN gross/month.
B2B: 135 -190 PLN net/h

All information about salary range and its additional components will be provided during the 1st stage of recruitment process.

At our organization we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time