
Cloud-Native Engineer – Managed SaaS Services
Labtagon GmbH
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Mönchengladbach • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDockerFluxGrafanaITSMKubernetesPostgresPrometheusPythonSQLTerraformTypeScript
About the role
- As the central point of contact for the stable operation and evolution of our cloud-native environment, you will play a key role with the following focuses:
- You will develop, automate, and operate our cloud-native stack.
- You will bring services into production, monitor them, and ensure stability, security, and efficiency.
- You will reduce operational toil through automation and improve cost structures.
- You will support the development of new products and services and advise internally on cloud-native topics.
- You will have a varied set of responsibilities: design, build & operation of SaaS workloads on Kubernetes.
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/OpenTofu and Helm.
- GitOps with Argo CD.
- Build & maintain CI/CD pipelines, including artifact and image management.
- Observability: logs, metrics, traces, alerting, SLOs.
- Security basics: secrets, policies, supply-chain hardening.
- Backup & restore, DR strategies and regular testing.
- Incident & change handling, runbooks, postmortems.
- Implementation and maintenance of platform patterns & best practices.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience operating or developing production systems (Dev or Ops perspective).
- Solid knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker/OCI, Helm, Git and CI/CD.
- Terraform or OpenTofu already used in production environments.
- Knowledge of at least one programming language: C#, TypeScript, PowerShell or Python.
- Experience with monitoring/logging stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana or Loki.
- Basic networking and security knowledge and strong troubleshooting skills.
- Working style: independent, responsible, and able to prioritize clearly.
- Nice to have: GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
- Experience with public cloud (AWS, Azure or equivalent).
- Knowledge of database operations (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server).
- Windows experience.
- ITSM/ESM experience.
Benefits
- Room to shape your role: you take ownership and have direct impact on our cloud-native services.
- Own SaaS products: not abstract platforms, but real services in daily use.
- Modern tech environment: Kubernetes, GitOps, IaC – we use current technologies and best practices.
- Professional development: support for certifications, training, and time to learn new skills.
- Team culture: flat hierarchies, open exchange, short decision paths.
- Flexibility: flexible working hours and remote options.
- Comprehensive pension and health benefits.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
KubernetesDockerHelmTerraformOpenTofuGitCI/CDC#TypeScriptPython
Soft skills
independentresponsibleprioritizationtroubleshooting