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Cloud Engineer (m/w/d) – Public & Defence Sector

Saltrock · Home Office, Deutschland
Home Office, DeutschlandExp: 2+ yrsRemote
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Home Office, Deutschland
Visa sponsorship
Not specified

Job summary

As a Cloud Engineer, you will develop and operate scalable, secure cloud architectures for demanding customer environments. You will combine automation, platform thinking, and security-by-design to ensure stable, performant, and future-proof infrastructures.

Benefits

Top-level work equipmentLatest MacBooks or Windows SurfacesIPhone or Pixel including unlimited mobile contract (also for private use)Modern software stack: ChatGPT, Personio, HubSpotCompany credit card including expense toolEdenred City Card (50 € monthly)30 vacation daysTrust-based working hoursHome office optionModern offices in Münster, Cologne, and LeverkusenProfessional certificationsLeadership and soft skill trainingAccess to platforms like LinkedIn Learning or Udemy

Qualifications

  • Several years of practical experience with at least one leading cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), from architecture to operations
  • Good knowledge of Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation; infrastructure as an automated, versioned standard
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in productive environments
  • Experience in building and operating modern delivery pipelines and automating deployments
  • Experience with logging, monitoring, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
  • Understanding of central cloud security principles such as Least Privilege, network segmentation, and secrets management
  • Very good German language skills, written and spoken
  • Experience with identity concepts (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, SCIM) or willingness to learn modern IAM architectures
  • Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Professional Cloud Architect)
  • Experience with regulatory requirements or frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, BSI, NIST)
  • Practical experience in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, or Java) for automation and tooling development
  • Experience with cost optimization and budget controlling in cloud environments

Responsibilities

  • Develop and operate scalable, secure cloud architectures for demanding customer environments
  • Combine automation, platform thinking, and security-by-design
  • Ensure stable, performant, and future-proof infrastructures
  • Build and further develop CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and Infrastructure- and Configuration-as-Code
  • Integrate and orchestrate platform components via defined interfaces, including implementing Policy-as-Code approaches
  • Contribute to production-ready use cases (e.g., Workload Identities, Break-Glass concepts, Migration & Automation)
  • Develop traceable, robust operating concepts, secure by default
  • Document technical results and present them in demos and reviews, precisely and stakeholder-friendly

Skills

AWSAzureAzure DevOpsCloudFormationDockerGCPGitHubGitHub ActionsGitLabGitLab CIGoGrafanaIAMJavaKubernetesPrometheusPulumiPythonTerraformWindows

Certifications

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Professional Cloud Architect

Languages

German

Industry

IT-Beratungs- und Engineering-UnternehmenDefence- und Public-Sektor

Relocation

No