DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & Cloud Automation

About the role

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to lead the onboarding of telecom and OSS applications onto our Kubernetes‑based platforms. You will work in an agile, international team delivering scalable, reliable digital services for Deutsche Telekom customers across Europe.

Key responsibilities

• Organise and execute technical onboarding of TelCo and OSS applications to Kubernetes environments.
• Automate operational tasks and develop enhancements to improve performance, scalability and reliability.
• Analyse logs and metrics, resolve bugs and conduct root‑cause analysis for incidents.
• Implement preventive measures, manage change‑control processes and oversee system lifecycle activities.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to support standby operations.

Required profile

• Strong teamwork and communication abilities.
• Continuous learning mindset with willingness to share knowledge.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, customer‑obsessed environment.

Required skills

• Kubernetes and containerisation concepts.
• Experience with OpenStack or other private‑cloud technologies.
• Linux system administration and TCP/IP fundamentals (DNS, routing, load balancing).
• GitOps tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting/automation using Python, Bash and Ansible.
• Monitoring and observability tools such as Kibana, Grafana and Prometheus.
• Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Helm).
• Understanding of cloud‑native security and compliance.