Platform Engineer – Kubernetes & DevOps (all genders)

You build platforms on which development teams can deliver applications reliably. Kubernetes, CI/CD and GitOps are tools for clearly defined processes. You design shared standards without placing unnecessary barriers between teams and their actual product work.

A deployment must respond in a controlled manner to misconfiguration or missing dependencies. You develop standards for resource limits, health checks, secrets and network access. GitOps documents desired states but does not replace an upgrade and rollback strategy. Development teams receive clear paths for new applications and exceptions. Monitoring should help distinguish platform problems from errors within an application.

• Develop Kubernetes environments and reusable deployment patterns for different applications.
• Automate build, test and deployment pipelines and manage secrets and artefacts in a controlled manner.
• Integrate observability, access concepts and secure default configurations into the platform.
• Support development teams during adoption and troubleshooting and safeguard platform changes with upgrade and rollback plans.
• Create deployment patterns with readiness, liveness, resource limits and controlled secrets.
• Test cluster upgrades and rollbacks with ingress, storage and policy dependencies.

What matters is demonstrable experience that is relevant to the role. It may come from appropriate vocational training, a degree, professional practice or a well-founded career change. We will align the specific level of responsibility with your knowledge and experience.

• Practical experience with Linux, containers and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, version control and infrastructure automation.
• Understanding of networking, resource planning and the operational requirements of distributed applications.

This knowledge is helpful, but you do not need to have all of it at once. In your application, describe where you have already gained practical experience and which areas you would like to explore in greater depth.

• Experience with GitOps, Helm, policy enforcement or internal developer platforms.
• Knowledge of software supply-chain security or site reliability engineering.

You reduce the effort required for secure, repeatable releases. The platform must be understandable for development teams to use and provide operations teams with transparent states and error patterns.

This role can be based in Cologne or performed remotely. We will agree the specific form of collaboration, project requirements and any necessary customer appointments before you start.

This role is offered as permanent employment on a full-time or part-time basis. We will agree the responsibilities, working hours, start date and compensation to suit the role and your level of experience.

Show us in your application which experience or interests you bring to this role. A CV and relevant project examples, certificates or work samples will help us assess your professional background. Please do not send confidential customer data, credentials or protected source code.

Tell us your preferred working model, your possible start date and whether you would like to work full-time or part-time.

If you have questions about the role, contact our recruitment team at hr@otoko.com. Inclusion in the applicant pool is voluntary and takes place only with separate consent; it is not a prerequisite for reviewing your application.