Location: remote in Germany
Language requirements: English fluent
Experience requirements: working experience as a DevOps Engineer or a similar position
Employment type: Full Time employment
The Role: For DF Deutsche Fiskal GmbH part of the fiskaly group we are seeking a DevOps Team Lead who ensures reliable operation of our cloud product while guiding a skilled team of DevOps engineers. Your role bridges leadership architecture operations and agile delivery practices. Were looking for a hands-on technical leader with a strong engineering background and a passion for agile DevOps culture for our subsidiary DF Deutsche Fiskal GmbH.
Your Responsibilities
- You lead and develop an international DevOps engineering team aligning team goals with product and business strategy while fostering a culture of collaboration automation and continuous improvement.
- You mentor and support your team members through coaching performance development and by guiding recruitment capacity planning and onboarding of new engineers.
- You take technical ownership of our cloud operations (preferably in MS Azure) ensuring high system reliability scalability and performance in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
- You drive the evolution of our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture and are responsible for robust CI/CD processes and modern DevOps practices.
- You automate and optimize deployment monitoring and maintenance workflows using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform Opentofu and GitLab CI/CD.
- You ensure operational excellence by managing incident problem and change processes and by designing and optimizing our development test and production environments.
Required Qualifications
- You successfully completed technical studies or equivalent IT training
- You have a proactive mindset team spirit and worked in a cross-functional international setting
- You have proven experience in leading international development or DevOps or Operations teams and you have the ability to manage priorities effectively
- You have hands-on experience with: Docker Kubernetes Helm
- Infrastructure as Code is not new to you: Terraform Opentofu
- You worked with CI/CD Tools like GitLab and your preferred Operating Systems are SLES RedHat CoreOS Ubuntu
- You worked with Cloud Platforms preferably with MS Azure
- You have experience Bash Golang Python (Java e.g. Spring Boot Liberty is a plus)
- For Observability & Monitoring you worked with: Elastic Search fluentD Kibana Grafana Prometheus
- You worked in an agile setting: Practical knowledge of Scrum and Kanban
- You worked with Databases like MongoDB Redis (or comparable systems)
- You have experience in Application Management DevOps Operations Networking & Cloud Infrastructure Administration
- You preferred Atlassian Tools are JIRA Confluence
- Analytical thinking structured problem-solving and a high sense of responsibility
- You have a passion for learning sharing knowledge and applying new practices
What we can offer
- Strategic leadership role in a high-impact innovation-driven environment
- Full technical ownership and influence over architecture and operations
- Dynamic agile and cross-functional team setup
- Modern DevOps toolchain and cloud-native infrastructure
- Flexible working conditions and remote/hybrid collaboration
- Open and feedback-oriented company culture
- Emphasis on automation quality and operational excellence
- Moderate travel requirements (1020% for workshops or team events)