{"id":86928,"title":"DevOps Engineer (f/m/x)","company":"Zeissgroup","city":"Jena","region":"Thüringen","location":"Jena","work_model":"unknown","employment_type":"full_time","employment":["full_time"],"roles":["devops"],"visa":"not_mentioned","relocation":"not_mentioned","posted_at":"2026-10-13T00:52:50.708868+00:00","tools":["FluxCD","Argo CD","Puppet","Chef","Ansible","Microservices","Docker","Kubernetes"],"seniority":"mid","years_experience_min":3,"german_requirement":"required","german_level":"C1","english_requirement":"required","english_level":"C1","team_language":"unknown","confidence":0.9,"method":"rules","language_badge":"German required (C1)","language_evidence":"Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (C1) (German Level C1)","requirements_snippet":"Educational Background: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field Experience: At least 3 years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on DevOps practices, …","url":"https://zeissgroup.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Jena/DevOps-Engineer--f-m-x-_JR_1053162","source":"workday","agency":null,"description_text":"ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology​\n​\nEnabler for smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips​\n​\nWorking for tomorrow today. ​\nAround 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are produced using ZEISS technologies. As the centerpiece of every electronically controlled system, they have become an integral part of our everyday lives – whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, increasingly powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips, and thus plays a pivotal role in the age of micro- and nanoelectronics.\n\nYour Role\nKey Responsibilities\n• Infrastructure Development: Develop and deploy scalable and secure infrastructure solutions using Kubernetes in various environments, including bare-metal and air-gapped setups\n• GitOps Implementation: Implement GitOps practices to manage infrastructure and platform configurations efficiently\n• CI/CD Pipeline Design: Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes for diverse applications and environments\n• Environment Promotion: Establish best practices for environment promotion for release artifacts and ensure adherence to security standards\n• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with agile and cross-functional teams, including product management, development, operations, and software architects, to ensure seamless integration and deployment of solutions\n• Best Practices Advocacy: Advocate for and implement best practices in DevOps, automated testing, and infrastructure management\n• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of DevOps processes and workflows to ensure clarity and consistency\n• Technology Trends: Stay current with the latest technology trends and advancements in DevOps, cloud computing, and automated testing\n• Knowledge Sharing: Share insights and knowledge with the team and stakeholders to foster innovation and drive continuous improvement in the software development lifecycle\n\nYour Profile\n• Educational Background: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field\n• Experience: At least 3 years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on DevOps practices, tools (e.g., FluxCD, ArgoCD, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, HELM) and automated testing\n• Microservices and Container Orchestration: Extensive experience with microservices architecture and container orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker and Kubernetes)\n• Operating Systems: good knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems; ability to write and use shell scripts to automate recurring tasks; knowledge in monitoring and optimizing system performance\n• CI/CD and Automation: Proven track record of implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and infrastructure management tools, knowledge in version control with Git and handling branching strategies\n• Monitoring and Logging: Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack; ability to diagnose and resolve issues in Kubernetes clusters\n• Security: Knowledge in Kubernetes security practices, understanding of Kubernetes Secrets and ConfigMaps for secure management of sensitive information\n• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (C1) (German Level C1)\n• Teamwork and Collaboration: Strong teamwork mentality, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders\n• Industry Knowledge: Demonstrated ability to stay up to date with industry trends and technologies and apply them to improve development and deployment processes\n• Agile Software Development: Experience in agile software development methodologies\n• Programming Skills: Proficiency in at least one higher level programming language (e.g. C#.Net, GoLang, Python) for software development tasks\n\nYour ZEISS Recruiting Team:\nJanina Kalmbach","responsibilities_text":"• Infrastructure Development: Develop and deploy scalable and secure infrastructure solutions using Kubernetes in various environments, including bare-metal and air-gapped setups\n• GitOps Implementation: Implement GitOps practices to manage infrastructure and platform configurations efficiently\n• CI/CD Pipeline Design: Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes for diverse applications and environments\n• Environment Promotion: Establish best practices for environment promotion for release artifacts and ensure adherence to security standards\n• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with agile and cross-functional teams, including product management, development, operations, and software architects, to ensure seamless integration and deployment of solutions\n• Best Practices Advocacy: Advocate for and implement best practices in DevOps, automated testing, and infrastructure management\n• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of DevOps processes and workflows to ensure clarity and consistency\n• Technology Trends: Stay current with the latest technology trends and advancements in DevOps, cloud computing, and automated testing\n• Knowledge Sharing: Share insights and knowledge with the team and stakeholders to foster innovation and drive continuous improvement in the software development lifecycle","requirements_text":"• Educational Background: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field\n• Experience: At least 3 years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on DevOps practices, tools (e.g., FluxCD, ArgoCD, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, HELM) and automated testing\n• Microservices and Container Orchestration: Extensive experience with microservices architecture and container orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker and Kubernetes)\n• Operating Systems: good knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems; 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