Principal DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) for Industrial AI Cloud
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Job ID: 744000153476315 Principal DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) for Industrial AI Cloud A Coruña, Bilbao, Gijón, Granada, Madrid, Reus, Seville, Valencia Professional Regular T-Systems Iberia Your Task NVIDIA and Deutsche Telekom are jointly developing industrial AI cloud for Europe. This AI factory in Germany will host 10,000 GPUs across NVIDIA DGX B200 systems and RTX Pro Servers. As DevOps Engineer Principal you will guide enterprise customers through onboarding, training, and early adoption of the AI platform. Your responsibility includes understanding customer requirements, supporting solution design, executing Proofs of Concept (PoCs), and ensuring smooth integration of customer workloads (LLMs, GPU compute, AI pipelines). You act as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers efficiently use their GPU clusters and AI toolchains. We are looking for a DevOps Engineer Principal who will play a key role in helping our enterprise customers successfully adopt and scale our AI platform. In this position you will guide clients through onboarding, training, and early-stage implementation of cutting-edge AI solutions. You'll work closely with them to understand their technical and business needs, support the design of tailored architectures, and lead Proofs of Concept that validate real-world value. You will ensure smooth integration of complex workloads — from LLM deployment and GPU compute optimization to building end-to-end AI/ML pipelines. As a trusted technical advisor, you will empower customers to use their GPU clusters and AI toolchains efficiently, troubleshoot challenges, and adopt best practices that accelerate their AI journey. Responsibilities Consult customers on all technical aspects related to GPU infrastructure and platform usage Lead onboarding and training, mentoring customer specialists on optimal usage of their GPU clusters and AI environments Design and implement PoCs, including environment setup, data processing pipelines, and deployment workflows Conduct requirement engineering, translating business needs into technical specifications Assist customers with performance optimization, troubleshooting, fine-tuning, and validation of delivered solutions Act as the key technical point of contact, coordinating cross-functional teams across infrastructure, networking, automation, security, and AI services Propose and develop automation concepts to improve services, processes, and operating models Ensure best practices in reliability, scalability, and security are applied across the customer lifecycle Support monitoring, observability, and capacity planning for AI workloads and GPU utilization Your Profile We are looking for a DevOps Engineer Principal with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure, GPU-based systems, Kubernetes, and automation tools. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in container technologies, CI/CD pipelines, scripting, and monitoring, along with excellent communication and leadership abilities. Must Have Skills 3+ years of experience in the design and delivery of systems based on IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Experience with GPU based infrastructure Solid knowledge of Kubernetes container-based technologies Expert knowledge of scripting languages (Python/Bash) Expert knowledge of Automation tools and automation deployments (Ansible/Salt-Stack/Terraform/Helm) Expert knowledge of CI/CD in a Kubernetes environment and repository management Expert in automation with Git (GitHub, GitLab) and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD Strong experience with Linux OS Experience with monitoring and visualization tools (Grafana, Prometheus) English language proficiency at B2 level Good communication skills Analytical thinking Team cooperation skills Presentation skills Negotiation skills Basic Project Management skills Basic Leadership skills Intermediate Quality management skills Nice to Have Skills German language proficiency About Us T-Systems is part of the Deutsche Telekom Group, with around 30,000 employees worldwide. We create technology with purpose to generate a positive impact on society. We are looking for curious talent, eager to learn, take on challenges, and contribute ideas that transform our customers' experience. We trust people: we offer autonomy, continuous support, and a collaborative environment where you can grow without limits. We are one global team, guided by respect, integrity, and a passion for doing better every day. Benefits Work environment & flexibility International, dynamic and collaborative environment T-Social: social initiatives (sports, community, health, ...) Hybrid work model (remote/on-site) Flexible working hours Growth & development Customized training: access to Coursera to learn whatever you want, whenever you want Weekly language classes (English, Spanish & German) International Mentoring Sessions & Experience Days Compensation & benefits Flexible compensation plan (health insurance, meal vouchers, childcare, transport) Telemedicine Life and accident insurance Social fund Wellbeing & time off 26+ working days of vacation per year Free access to specialist services (medical, legal, wellness) 100% salary coverage during medical leave Application Information If you are looking for a new challenge, do not hesitate to send us your CV! Please send CV in English. T-Systems Iberia will only process the CVs of candidates who meet the requirements specified for each offer. Job Benefits Financial Flexible compensation plan (meal vouchers, childcare, transport) 100% salary coverage during medical leave Social fund Work-Life Balance Hybrid work model (remote/on-site) Flexible working hours 26+ working days of vacation per year Professional Development Customized training: access to Coursera to learn whatever you want, whenever you want Weekly language classes (English, Spanish & German) International Mentoring Sessions & Experience Days Lifestyle & Wellness T-Social: social initiatives (sports, community, health) Free access to specialist services (medical, legal, wellness) Health & Insurance Flexible compensation plan (health insurance) Life and accident insurance Telemedicine