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DevOps Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or SRE in web-based systems
  • Strong expertise in Docker: image building, maintenance, registries, Docker Compose
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes: deployments, networking, ingress, secrets/configs, troubleshooting
  • CI/CD expertise with GitLab CI, including deployment automation (Helm or Kustomize)

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate closely with architects, developers, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth and reliable environment operations
  • Own and operate containerized application platforms based on Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational excellence
  • Design and deliver dynamic test environments at scale, including multiple parallel, per-merge request deployments
  • Build, maintain, and standardize CI/CD pipelines by creating reusable templates and components in GitLab CI

About the company

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blau direkt Poland

Computer Software / SaaS

We develop the future in the finance and insurance industry! With our international team, we develop software for intermediary companies in the German-speaking insurance and finance industry. We are just opening a new R&D centre in Krakow, where we build engineering teams to support the most crucial blau direkt products and are looking for new talents who want to move things forward together with our international team. Ready to join our team?

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryComputer Software / SaaS
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Das erwartet dich

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate closely with architects, developers, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth and reliable environment operations.

  • Work in close partnership with the platform team, based on shared ownership, knowledge exchange, and mutual support.

  • Own and operate containerized application platforms based on Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

  • Design and deliver dynamic test environments at scale, including multiple parallel, per–merge request (branch-based) deployments.

  • Build, maintain, and standardize CI/CD pipelines by creating reusable templates and components in GitLab CI.

  • Drive deployment automation and GitOps practices

  • Identify operational bottlenecks and implement automation to reduce manual effort and improve delivery speed.

  • Embed security-by-design across the SDLC, including pipeline hardening and automated security checks.

  • Build and operate observability platforms: monitoring, logging, and diagnostics (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK/Loki, etc.).

  • Participate in on-call and incident response, including troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and post-mortems.

  • Take end-to-end ownership of the solutions you build (“you build it, you run it”).

Das bringst du mit

Requirements (Must-have)

  • 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or SRE in web-based systems.

  • Strong expertise in Docker: image building, maintenance, registries, Docker Compose.

  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes: deployments, networking, ingress, secrets/configs, troubleshooting.

  • CI/CD expertise with GitLab CI, including deployment automation (Helm or Kustomize).

  • Experience with branch-based / ephemeral environments, or the ability to design and deliver such a solution in practice.

  • Observability know-how: metrics, logs, and tracing with Grafana and related tooling.

  • Ingress / reverse proxy experience (e.g. Traefik or similar): TLS, Let’s Encrypt, routing, mTLS.

  • Security and IAM knowledge: OAuth2 / OIDC, SSO, token and permission management.

  • Excellent communication skills, strong collaboration mindset, and willingness to help others.

  • Fluent English.

Nice to have

Nice-to-have:

  • Production experience with ArgoCD / GitOps.

  • Infrastructure as Code and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible (or equivalents).

  • Backend stack exposure: primarily PHP, Go.

  • Datastores and messaging: MariaDB (backup/restore, basic HA), RabbitMQ (monitoring, tuning).

  • Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

  • Mobile CI/CD experience (bonus only): Fastlane, CodeMagic, Firebase App Distribution.

  • German language skills.

Our stack

Our Tech & QA Stack:

  • Languages / Frameworks:
    PHP 8+ (Symfony 6+, Laravel 9+), JavaScript / TypeScript, Go, PHPUnit, Codeception, Flutter/Dart

  • Databases & Messaging:
    MySQL, MariaDB, RabbitMQ, Kafka 

  • Infrastructure & Cloud:
    UNIX/Linux, Kubernetes, Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)

  • CI/CD & Delivery:
    GitLab CI, ArgoCD, CodeMagic, Fastlane

  • Containerization & Deployment:
    Docker, Helm, Kustomize

  • Testing & QA:
    Playwright, Python, Dart, Postman

  • Observability & Reliability:
    Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry 

  • Security & IAM:
    OAuth2 / OIDC, SSO, Secrets & Access Management, TLS / Let’s Encrypt

  • AI & Developer Tools:
    JetBrains AI, Cursor, RAG, Google Workspace (G Suite - ecosystem)

  • Collaboration & Productivity:
    Jira, Requirements & Test Management for Jira, Confluence, Slack, IDE (freedom of choice), Google Workspace (G Suite)

Engineering practices

Engineering Culture:

  • Agile Scrum + XP elements, Kanban

  • OOP, TDD, DDD, SOLID, Clean Code

  • Code reviews, pull requests, automation mindset

  • QA as part of cross-functional team

Benefits & Perks

Benefits and Perks:

  • Private healthcare

  • Cafeteria system 

  • Training budget €800 per year

  • Integration meetings (internal training, hackathon, integration trips and meetings)

  • Referral Bonus

  • Startup atmosphere

  • No dress code

  • Flexible hours and  working format - remote or hybrid 

  • Modern office, Chillout zone, Standing desk, parking for bicycles, and a cloakroom with showers

  • Regular office lunches and integration meetings

  • Some international travels included

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