DevOps Engineer (m/f/d)

Job Description

Project Description

Responsible for operations, monitoring (e.g., using Zabbix), documentation, deployments, and troubleshooting of the platform and related services. Collaborate closely with stakeholders and teams across laboratory and production environments, ensuring seamless operational readiness. Coordinate technical activities and service delivery with the external vendor HCL. Participate in on-call support and incident response activities; night shifts are required only on rare occasions. Apply expertise in TCP/IP networking, system tracing, root cause analysis, and Linux-based environments. Experience with scripting and automation is considered an advantage, but is not mandatory.

Activity Description

Manage designated IT applications and systems, serving as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders and key users. Gather, define, and implement requirements for the enhancement of system modules, including interface integration and optimization. Analyze systems and develop measures to ensure stability, availability, performance, and security. Provide functional leadership and coordination of internal and external IT service providers, including development and hosting partners. Contribute to IT budget planning, forecasting, and cost control activities. Lead projects for the implementation of new solutions and the enhancement of existing systems and services.

Qualifications

Skills requirements

• Technical Core & Stability: Hands-on expertise with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), and Linux/Windows systems to keep applications stable and scalable.

• Integrations & CI/CD: Proficiency in API management and deployment automation (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) for seamless module enhancements and system integrations.

• Observability & DevSecOps: Mastery of monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and security practices (IAM, vulnerability scanning) to ensure system performance and data safety.

• Stakeholder & Project Leadership: Strong communication skills to gather business requirements, translate them into technical plans, and run projects using Agile or Scrum methods.

• Vendor & SLA Management: Experience coordinating internal teams and external IT service providers (hosting/dev partners) while ensuring Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are met.

• IT Operations & FinOps: Understanding of ITIL principles (change/incident management) and cloud cost-optimization techniques to help direct IT budgeting and forecasting.

Additional Information

What do we offer you?

Work environment & flexibility

• International, dynamic and collaborative environment.

• T-Social: social initiatives (sports, community, health, ...).

• Hybrid work model (remote/on-site).

• Flexible working hours.

Growth & development

• Customized training: access to Coursera to learn whatever you want, whenever you want.

• Weekly language classes (English & German).

• International Mentoring Sessions & Experience Days.

Compensation & benefits

• Flexible compensation plan (health insurance, meal vouchers, childcare, transport).

• Telemedicine.

• Life and accident insurance.

• Social fund.

Wellbeing & time off

• 26+ working days of vacation per year.

• Free access to specialist services (medical, legal, wellness).

• 100% salary coverage during medical leave.

And many more advantages of being part of T-Systems! If you are looking for a new challenge, do not hesitate to send us your CV! Please send CV in English. Join our team! T-Systems Iberia will only process the CVs of candidates who meet the requirements specified for each offer.

Your Task

This role is responsible for operations, monitoring (e.g., using Zabbix), documentation, deployments, and troubleshooting of the platform and related services. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders and teams across laboratory and production environments, ensuring seamless operational readiness. You will coordinate technical activities and service delivery with the external vendor HCL. You will participate in on-call support and incident response activities; night shifts are required only on rare occasions.

In this position, you will manage designated IT applications and systems, serving as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders and key users.

Responsibilities

• Perform operations, monitoring, documentation, deployments, and troubleshooting of the platform and related services

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and teams across laboratory and production environments to ensure seamless operational readiness

• Coordinate technical activities and service delivery with the external vendor HCL

• Participate in on-call support and incident response activities

• Apply expertise in TCP/IP networking, system tracing, root cause analysis, and Linux-based environments

• Manage designated IT applications and systems as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders and key users

• Gather, define, and implement requirements for the enhancement of system modules, including interface integration and optimization

• Analyze systems and develop measures to ensure stability, availability, performance, and security

• Provide functional leadership and coordination of internal and external IT service providers, including development and hosting partners

• Contribute to IT budget planning, forecasting, and cost control activities

• Lead projects for the implementation of new solutions and the enhancement of existing systems and services

Your Profile

We are seeking a DevOps/Platform Engineer with strong expertise in cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and system operations. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with major cloud providers, CI/CD pipelines, security practices, and stakeholder management, along with the ability to lead technical projects and coordinate with internal and external IT service providers.

Must Have Skills

• Hands-on expertise with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible)

• Strong knowledge of Linux systems

• Strong knowledge of Windows systems

• Proficiency in API management

• Experience with deployment automation tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)

• Mastery of monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)

• Knowledge of security practices including IAM and vulnerability scanning

• Strong communication skills to gather business requirements and translate them into technical plans

• Experience running projects using Agile or Scrum methodologies

• Experience coordinating internal teams and external IT service providers

• Experience with hosting and development partners

• Experience ensuring Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are met

• Understanding of ITIL principles including change management and incident management

• Knowledge of cloud cost-optimization techniques

• Experience with IT budgeting and forecasting

• Experience with operations and monitoring (e.g., using Zabbix)

• Experience with platform deployments and troubleshooting

• Expertise in TCP/IP networking

• Experience with system tracing and root cause analysis

• Experience with Linux-based environments

• Ability to participate in on-call support and incident response activities

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with scripting and automation