DevOps Engineer

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”).

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:

• 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 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 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 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

Die blau direkt GmbH gehört zu den führenden Technologieanbietern für die unabhängige Vermittlung von Versicherungen und Finanzanlagen. Seit über 25 Jahren setzen wir Standards in Digitalisierung und Prozessoptimierung – mit einer Plattform, die zu den leistungsstärksten der Branche zählt und Maklerunternehmen deutlich schneller wachsen lässt als den Marktdurchschnitt.

Wir sind überzeugt: Versicherungen und Finanzen müssen nicht trocken und altbacken sein. Deshalb arbeiten unsere rund 300 Mitarbeiter agil, denken quer, unterstützen sich gegenseitig und treiben Innovationen voran. 
Wer Lust hat, echte Veränderung in einer traditionsreichen Branche mitzugestalten, ist bei uns genau richtig.