Sovereign Cloud Engineer (m/w/d)

For our growing team, we are looking for an experienced Sovereign Cloud / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the secure, reliable, and continuous operation of modern cloud-native and Kubernetes platforms. You will work with an experienced DevOps/SRE team on highly secure, business-critical platforms, taking responsibility for platform operations, automation, monitoring, incident management, security, and continuous improvement. The role focuses particularly on Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, logging, and operational excellence within a highly available Unified Observability Platform in a 24x7 operational environment. Mandatory Requirements – Please Read Before Applying Citizenship You must hold valid citizenship in a country that is a full member of both the European Union (EU) and NATO . If you hold multiple citizenships, all citizenships must be from countries that are members of both the EU and NATO. Employment in Germany You must: • Be employed directly by a legal entity registered in Germany. • Hold a German employment contract. • Be subject exclusively to German labor law. • Comply with all applicable German tax, social-security, and employment regulations. • Reside in Germany. **Employment through non-German entities, including foreign subcontractors or affiliates, does not meet this requirement. ** Security Clearance – Ü2 You must hold a valid and verifiable Ü2 security clearance in accordance with the German Security Clearance Act ( Sicherheitsüberprüfungsgesetz – SÜG ) and applicable preventive personnel sabotage-protection requirements. Tasks Kubernetes & Platform Operations • Operate and maintain Kubernetes clusters with Gardener, including workloads, deployments, Helm charts and platform components. • Troubleshoot availability, performance and deployment issues. • Ensure secure, scalable, resilient and highly available platforms. CI/CD & Automation • Operate and optimize Jenkins and ArgoCD pipelines for automated deployments. • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Git-based deployment workflows. • Develop automation and operational tools using Python, Go and/or Bash. • Automate provisioning, health and compliance checks, alerting and reporting. Monitoring & Observability • Manage Prometheus, Thanos and OpenTelemetry environments, including scrape jobs, alert rules and PromQL. • Develop and maintain Grafana dashboards. • Continuously improve monitoring and alerting capabilities. Logging & Log Management • Operate and optimize Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Logstash and Kibana. • Monitor log ingestion, storage, performance and reliability. • Support centralized troubleshooting, anomaly detection, security and compliance. Integration & Operations • Integrate observability and logging platforms with ServiceNow, PagerDuty and other enterprise tools via secure APIs. • Handle operational requests. • Participate in Scrum, DevOps and service-improvement activities. • Collaborate with internal teams, SAP, suppliers and stakeholders. Incident & Problem Management • Participate in a 24/7 on-call and shift rotation, including weekends and public holidays. • Respond to platform, monitoring, logging and deployment incidents. • Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA). • Support Major Incident Management (MIM). • Implement sustainable corrective actions. • Continuously improve platform stability, resilience and operational processes. Requirements Key Technologies Kubernetes | Gardener | Helm | Jenkins | ArgoCD | Git | IaC | Python | Go | Bash | Prometheus | PromQL | Thanos | OpenTelemetry | Grafana | Elasticsearch | OpenSearch | Logstash | Kibana | ServiceNow | PagerDuty | REST APIs Technical Skills & Experience • Proven experience as a Sovereign Cloud Engineer and/or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) . • Strong experience operating and maintaining Kubernetes clusters , ideally with Gardener. • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes workloads, deployments, Helm charts and platform components . • Experience troubleshooting availability, performance and deployment issues . • Experience with Jenkins and ArgoCD for automated CI/CD deployments. • Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Git-based deployment workflows. • Programming or scripting experience with Python, Go and/or Bash . • Experience with automation of provisioning, health checks, compliance checks, alerting and reporting . • Hands-on experience with Prometheus, PromQL, Thanos and OpenTelemetry . • Experience developing and maintaining Grafana dashboards and monitoring/alerting solutions. • Experience with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Logstash and Kibana . • Understanding of log ingestion, storage, performance and reliability . • Experience supporting centralized troubleshooting, anomaly detection, security and compliance . • Experience integrating platforms with ServiceNow, PagerDuty and other enterprise tools via secure REST APIs . • Experience with incident management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Major Incident Management (MIM) . • Experience working in 24/7 operational environments , including on-call and shift rotations. • Strong understanding of platform security, scalability, resilience, reliability and high availability . • Experience working in Scrum and DevOps environments . • Strong collaboration skills and experience working with internal teams, SAP, suppliers and other stakeholders . Languages • English: Required • German: A plus Benefits What You Can Expect • A technically challenging role within a highly secure and business-critical cloud environment . • The opportunity to work with modern cloud-native, Kubernetes and observability technologies . • An international working environment with teams and stakeholders across different locations. • The opportunity to contribute to automation, platform reliability and continuous improvement . • Remote / hybrid working possibilities within Germany. We Look Forward to Hearing from You Are you ready to bring your expertise to a challenging cloud engineering environment? We look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you. Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow