Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer (m/w/d) (Ref.Nr.: 47602)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential client in the critical infrastructure sector seeking a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer for a long-term engagement in Stuttgart, Germany. This is a technically demanding role focused on building, advancing, and operating a Kubernetes-based platform on bare-metal infrastructure for business-critical applications.

The position combines platform automation, cloud-native integration, security, observability, and operational responsibility in a highly regulated environment. You'll work closely with platform architects and cross-functional teams to deliver a production-grade, largely automated infrastructure.

Start Date: October 2026
Location: Stuttgart (approximately 90% remote, with occasional on-site days)
Employment Type: Long-term contract engagement
Language Requirements: Native-level German and business-fluent English required

Responsibilities

• Translate platform requirements into actionable technical solutions in coordination with domain architects and stakeholder teams
• Build and advance a largely automated, reproducible Kubernetes-based platform on bare-metal infrastructure through to operational readiness and go-live
• Implement reusable platform functions for provisioning, configuration, and evolution of Kubernetes clusters, servers, and infrastructure components
• Develop, implement, test, and integrate Kubernetes controllers and operators for cluster and application deployment, server and network configuration, and applications without native GitOps capabilities
• Advance automated bare-metal and Kubernetes provisioning including hardware and OS lifecycle, cluster provisioning, and BMC interface integration
• Enhance GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code automation solutions with comprehensive testing and integration procedures to reduce manual intervention
• Integrate external systems and infrastructure components via APIs, declarative interfaces, and controller-based mechanisms
• Design and implement observability for platform and applications including metrics, logs, traces, and alerting with cluster-internal and cross-cluster views and appropriate access separation
• Design and implement automated backup, restore, and recovery procedures for platform components, persistent volumes, and databases including external backup targets, verifiable restoration procedures, and concrete failure scenarios
• Design and implement high-availability measures and defined system behavior during failures to improve stability, recoverability, traceability, and security across cluster and security zone boundaries
• Design and technically implement security requirements through admission control, policy-based validation and mutation of resources, and additional hardening and threat-detection measures
• Plan and execute technological advancement of existing platform components to realize new platform requirements
• Analyze complex failure patterns across multiple technical layers and conduct or support restart and functional testing
• Support stable and secure platform operations including incident and fault resolution, restoration of regular operations, operational changes and adjustments, operational backup/restore/recovery procedures, go-live and hypercare phases, and technical usability during ongoing operations
• Perform upgrades, releases, patches, and other operational lifecycle measures as well as maintenance and adjustment of existing configurations
• Create and handover technical and operational documentation and conduct knowledge transfer and operational support

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 6 years of relevant operational experience in a Senior Platform Engineering role for Kubernetes-based platforms
• Experience in designing, technically implementing, integrating, and substantially advancing Kubernetes-based platforms
• Practical experience with automated and reproducible provisioning and lifecycle management of bare-metal systems, servers, and Kubernetes clusters
• Experience with bare-metal and Kubernetes automation as well as GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and declarative or controller-based automation mechanisms
• Comprehensive practical experience in developing or substantially advancing Kubernetes controllers and/or operators that have been deployed to production
• Minimum 3 years of experience with Kubernetes Day-2 operations, lifecycle management, upgrades, and analysis and resolution of complex technical failures
• Experience designing and technically implementing observability for platforms and applications including metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, and cluster-internal and cross-cluster views
• Experience designing, automating, and practically verifying high-availability, backup, restore, and recovery procedures including defined failure scenarios and restoration testing
• Experience designing and technically implementing Kubernetes security, policy enforcement, admission control, policy-based validation and mutation of resources, and additional hardening and threat-detection measures
• Experience integrating external systems and technical interfaces via APIs, declarative interfaces, and comparable mechanisms
• Broad technical experience base and ability to independently work on complex and incompletely specified tasks across multiple technical layers to a production-ready solution and take ownership of results
• Experience in the energy sector, critical infrastructure, or a comparable regulated or security-critical environment
• Native-level German and business-fluent English (written and spoken)
• Completed degree in computer science, engineering, or comparable qualification
• Willingness to undergo security clearance procedures and pre-screening
• At least one personal reference in the DACH region and at least one personal reference related to platform engineering for a production Kubernetes-based infrastructure
• Availability from October or November 2026
• Willingness to use Atlassian Confluence and Jira as specified collaboration and documentation tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing Kubernetes controllers and/or operators using the Go programming language
• Ability to present technical content in a structured, understandable, and convincing manner
• Strong communication skills and ability to clearly convey complex technical matters
• Strong ability to collaborate and interact constructively in technical teams

How We Work With You

Get A Job.ai specializes in connecting exceptional technical talent with leading organizations. When you apply through our platform, here's what happens:

• You submit your application directly on getajob.ai
• One of our experienced recruiters will screen your profile and discuss the opportunity with you in detail
• If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client on your behalf
• We facilitate the interview process and provide guidance throughout
• Please do not contact the client directly—all communication should go through Get A Job.ai to ensure a professional and coordinated process

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on your experience and qualifications.

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