DevOps Platform

Brief description of the position/Range of responsibility：

• This position is responsible for conceptional designs, building and maintaining the devops platforms; maintaining the tools that support the entire software development life-cycle, from code integration to deployment and continuous monitoring. Ensuring that the development and deployment processes are automated, efficient, and reliable, fostering a culture of continuous delivery and improvement.

Key tasks:

• Plan, review and optimzie the DevOps Tool sets with focus on continuous integration, overall platform concept including technology selection, deployment, integration and training of end users
• Manage centralized CI/CD incl. QA/Testing/Performance Review/ Capacity and making recommendations for improvement or upgrades.
• Implement and optimize process and policies (strategy, design, transition, capacity testing, ops) in DevOps area and support with related contracts and their SLA tracking and reporting
• Support cloud based projects with performance test, monitoring, integration of the DevOps platform workflow.
• Implement the DevOps Toolchain automation process, ensure the compatibility and interoperability of different tools within the DevOps ecosystem
• Continuously optimize pipeline performance and reliability, reducing build and deployment times while ensuring the quality of the delivered software.
• Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures, implementing corrective actions and preventive measures.
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principle and tools to define and manage the infrastructure required for DevOps platform and application deployments
• Set up alerts and notifications to proactively identify and address issues before they impact end-users.
• Undertake other tasks assigned by direct supervisor.

Qualification and skills:

• Bachelor or Master in computer science or equivalent (or a comparable degree)
• Additional master in business administration or business science would be an advantage
• Min 3 years in IT Services Management, Code Mgmt preferred
• Min 3 years knowledge in IT project management preferably automotive industry
• At least 5 years experience in Cloud environments
• Expert knowledge in Cloud and infrastructure technologies especially Terraform/Ansible
• Experience with CI/CD Tool-Chain Setup and Operations, Code Quality Tools and Metrics
• Ability to learn and stay abreast of fast developing technology stacks
• IT Security Concepts and methodologies
• Basics of IT Architecture and Code Design/Development principles
• Cloud technology related certification
• English fluent, German would be an advantage
• PMP or equivalent certification
• Intercultural competence