Engineering Team Lead (w/m/d) – DevOps & Platform

**Zertificon Solutions – Software Manufacturer since 2004.** We are IT security specialists: our products encrypt business communications. More than 25% of the 100 highest-revenue companies in Germany, as well as hundreds of medium-sized enterprises across all industries, already use our Z1 encryption solutions. We have big plans and continue to grow steadily. Nearly 130 employees are already working with us in Neukölln. Join our professional, highly qualified team: take on challenges, share your knowledge, learn new things, and discover your potential! The **Engineering Team Lead – DevOps & Platform** plays a pivotal role in managing Zertificon Operational Services (ZOS) platforms and environments where Zertificon products are developed, tested and run. The role ensures infrastructure health and security to guarantee smooth and uninterrupted development on our various stages. This role contributes to risk mitigation ensuring operational resilience and strengthening the company through: - Support team in migration from docker swarm to kubernetes - Mentor and lead team of 4-6 DevOps engineers ### Your tasks **Infrastructure & Automation** - Lead design, building and maintenance of automated IT infrastructure (on-premise & cloud) - Identify and solve internal customer needs with infrastructure, tooling and self-service - Develop and extend CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform **Monitoring & Maintenance** - Manage monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana) and strategically plan alerting - Plan and schedule maintenance of infrastructure with a regard to stakeholder needs **Containerization & Cloud** - Manage, troubleshoot and automate container clusters (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, hypervisors) - Experience with cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) is a plus **Leadership & Collaboration** - Lead the team in building and troubleshooting orchestration platforms - Lead the team in development, and improvement of their skills - Regularly Review pull requests for code quality - Communicate updates, progress and challenges to stakeholders, ensuring timely delivery ### **Your profile** - Leadership experience and mentoring abilities - Broad experience with container technologies (images, registries, volumes, networks) - Ability to manage multiple priorities and effectively communicate with stakeholders - Proven experience with Kubernetes cluster configuration and management - Strong understanding of Ansible and Terraform - Strong understanding of Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Git - Solid understanding of InfoSec principles (TLS, certificates) - Excellent English language skills (C1-Level) 👉 **Join us to shape, secure and scale Zertificon’s platforms while leading a team into the future of DevOps and cloud.** ### We offer: - **Flexible hours** and **home office** options - **Mobility:** free Germany-wide public transport ticket, bike leasing, or parking - **Subsidies for meals:** (e.g., delivery services) and home office internet - **Urban Sports Club membership** for flexible fitness and wellness - **Office perks:** rooftop terraces & green courtyard, organic fruit and drinks, personal packages accepted at the office - **Get-togethers:** monthly Pizza Friday, regular team events, big summer party - **Responsible leadership:** structured onboarding, regular feedback, clear goals - **Innovative without startup risk:** profitable for 20+ years, self-funded innovation with strong global potential - **International team:** 120+ colleagues from 30+ countries, open and collaborative culture **If that resonates with you, we’d love to hear from you.** Want to know more? Please have a look at our Work at Zertificon page: [https://www.zertificon.com/en/it-jobs-berlin/work-at-zertificon](https://www.zertificon.com/en/it-jobs-berlin/work-at-zertificon) **Questions?** You can reach our HR team at [jobs@zertificon.com](https://mailto:jobs@zertificon.com)