75% remote: self-managed Kubernetes (mk8s) Operations Expert (f/m/d)

For our client we are looking for two mk8s Operations Experts (f/m/d)

• Start: 01.07.2026
• Duration: 31.12.2026++
• Capacity: 100%
• Location: 75% Remote, 25% Frankfurt (occasionally, sometimes Berlin)
• 1 week Frankfurt / 3 weeks remote in rotation, up to 50% onsite in peak times
• Language: English is a must (C1), German is a must (C1)

Budget

• 3+ years self managed Kubernetes experience: remote: 80,00 EUR remote, 92,25 EUR onsite (level: middle)
• 5+ years self managed Kubernetes experience: remote: 90,00 EUR remote, 102,25 EUR onsite (level: senior)

Team

The local operations team for Germany is responsible for running a production platform in Germany which will host all productive business applications for Germany.

The contractor must be a middle/ senior level professional with proven experience in operations management of private cloud solutions, proficiency in managing Kubernetes operations on the platform. Proven ability to structure operational topics including CI/CD processes, GitOps, quality assurance, and incident, problem and change management.

Tasks

• Monitoring, Incident, Problem and Change Management in the specific context of providing managed kubernetes
• CI/CD Support and Operational Readiness
• Automation of operations critical standard processes following established software development lifecyles
• Security and Compliance Enforcement

Skills (must-have)

• At least of 3 (level: middle) / 5 (level: senior) years of operational experience with self-managed Kubernetes clusters, self-managed services providing Kubernetes clusters and productive applications or systems in on premise environments on kubernetes
• Deep understanding of networking concepts, including protocols, load balancing, and security.
• Profound knowledge and implementation experience with CI/CD processes, tooling (e.g. GitLab, Jenkins, Tekton, Argo Workflows, and Argo CD), concepts and associated quality and security assurance for software delivery
• Fundamental understanding of core operations processes (incident management, change management, problem management, IT Service Management) as well as SRE concepts
• Experience in gathering operational insights from monitoring or observability including SLI/SLA/SLO management and tracking.
• Hand-on experience in documenting procedures properly and enforcing clear runbooks or playbooks.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Mimir, Loki).