Senior DevOps Engineer

We are supporting a key player in the aerospace industry, based in the Rhein-Main metropolitan area. Providing IT services, infrastructure solutions and project management services within aerospace for over 40 years, they are a household name globally for supporting space projects.


They are now seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong knowledge of Kubernetes to join their System Engineering team for client satellite launch projects.





What You'll Be Doing:

Responsibilities

The Engineer will provide support to the ICT Engineering Team in the delivery of ICT engineering services to multiple clients;

The work shall include analysis of the requirements; design, integration, validation and documentation of ICT solutions; handover to operations;

Level 3 support for incidents and problems;

Technical IT Coordination between IT and other client teams;

Project Management services to client.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

Requirements

University degree or equivalent education in Computer Science (or equivalent);

At least 5 years’ experience as IT Systems Engineer, in a customer facing role;

The successful candidate will have strong results-oriented and planning capabilities, coupled with very good problem-solving skills and a pronounced customer focus;

Applicants should have good communication and negotiation skills, be able to work in a diverse team environment and accomplish goals in line with team objectives;

Experience operating critical IT infrastructure environments, working in mixed operating system and database environments, managing technical service transition, creation and maintenance of support documentation;

Strong curiosity for modern technologies and the motivation to master them

Essential Skills

Expert knowledge and significant work experience of Linux OS (RHEL, SLES and derivatives), system administration and customization;

Good knowledge of automation technologies and tools such as Chef, Puppet and/or Ansible;

Excellent knowledge and working experience with Docker and Kubernetes;

Supporting solutions running in Cloud Services;

Demonstrated ability to have completed multiple, complex technical projects on critical IT infrastructure;

Experience in package management and related tools (rpmbuild, yast, yum)

An advanced-level command of English and an ability to present output in a clear, concise and understandable way, both orally and in writing;

Proactive approach and lead on the technical response to problems;

Requirements analysis and ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks concurrently;

Good communication, team oriented and mediation skills

Your Benefits:

Work in a truly unique niche and build the future with your skills

Role is based locally to Frankfurt with easy S-Bahn access and no travel outside of the area required

Work in a diverse, motivated, welcoming team who are united by their passion for technology

Flexible working hours

Competitive salary

Excellent pension and holiday offer

Immediate start with a one-stage interview process- the company are fully set up to onboard you during lockdown and welcome you to the team as soon as next month