DevOps engineer

Simon-Kucher is enabling its employees with generative AI based solutions to improve productivity. To support this endeavor, a central Data & AI function is being established. Together with our Data Analytics team Elevate and the Software Development team Engine, the demand for support of software development by IT is constantly increasing.

• Design, build, and operate Azure infrastructure using Terraform as the primary Infrastructure as Code platform.
• Own Terraform architecture across multiple production environments, including modules, state, versioning, dependencies, and environment separation.
• Define reusable IaC standards, patterns, and automation that can be adopted across engineering teams.
• Build and improve Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines covering build, test, infrastructure deployment, application deployment, approvals, rollback, and release controls.
• Establish strong SDLC practices including code quality, security scanning, quality gates, and tools such as SonarQube.
• Design secure Azure environments using VNets, private endpoints, RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault, and least-privilege principles.
• Operate and improve AKS environments, including deployment, scaling, networking, observability, security, and troubleshooting.
• Lead production incident management, including investigation, prioritization, technical coordination, communication, resolution, and root-cause follow-up.
• Make and communicate architectural decisions, clearly explaining trade-offs, risks, operational impact, and maintainability.
• Take end-to-end ownership of platform initiatives while guiding engineers and communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering with clear evidence of Senior-level ownership.
• Ability to work independently, make technical decisions, guide other engineers, and communicate clearly in English (C1+).
• Deep hands-on Terraform expertise is a core requirement, including personally designing, implementing, and operating production infrastructure at scale.
• Proven experience managing Terraform across multiple complex production environments, with strong knowledge of modules, state, lifecycle, imports, dependencies, and deployment strategies.
• Strong hands-on Azure experience, including secure networking, identity, access management, secrets management, and production operations.
• Strong Azure DevOps experience, particularly designing and maintaining enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines.
• Good understanding of the complete SDLC, including automated testing, code quality, security scanning, artifact management, approvals, and release governance.
• Solid Kubernetes experience, preferably with AKS, plus strong Docker and containerization knowledge.
• Proven experience leading complex production incidents and driving root-cause analysis and follow-up improvements.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain technical risks, trade-offs, incidents, and delivery challenges clearly.
• Будет плюсом: HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification or another relevant Terraform certification; Experience managing infrastructure across a large number of production environments; Experience with GitHub Actions; Experience with Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, or container/image security tooling; Experience with Azure AI / Foundry, ML platforms, or data-heavy workloads; Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, or similar AI orchestration, evaluation, and observability platforms

• Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with a startup feel.
• Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by openness and integrity.
• Enjoy the opportunity to work from abroad (workation).
• Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit.
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning).
• Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback).
• Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices
• Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace).
• Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided.
• See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party.