DevOps Engineer (x/f/m)

About the Position

Welcome to DKB AG. We’re excited to share that our hiring process is now led by Code Factory (CoFa), DKB’s sister tech company, bringing a more agile and collaborative approach to building our cross-functional teams. While you’ll go through the hiring journey with CoFa, your employment will be with DKB, combining the stability of a leading bank with the speed and innovation of a tech-driven environment. Join us to be part of a team where collaboration and impact come first.

Technology is a key driver of our continued growth. With modern architecture, a high-performance cloud infrastructure, and a robust data and AI foundation, we are constantly evolving our platform-serving as the foundation for new digital products and services. Our standards are high: security, reliability, and the responsible use of AI are integral components of every solution from the very beginning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate our AWS-based cloud platform with a focus on stability, scalability, and security
• Operate and optimize our Kubernetes/EKS environment, including namespaces, RBAC, ResourceQuotas, and NetworkPolicies
• Build and maintain reusable CI/CD components, especially with GitLab CI/CD
• Design GitOps-based deployment processes using Flux, Helm, and Kustomize
• Automate infrastructure and AWS resources with Terraform and Crossplane
• Manage secrets and sensitive configuration securely, for example with SOPS and AWS KMS
• Improve monitoring, alerting, and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenSearch
• Analyze and resolve issues across CI/CD, Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud environments
• Enable development and project teams to manage deployments, platform usage, and CI/CD processes independently

Requirements

• Experience in DevOps, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or SRE
• Good hands-on knowledge of AWS, especially EKS, IAM/IRSA, S3, KMS, RDS/Aurora, and networking
• Production experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD, ideally GitLab CI/CD, and reusable pipeline templates
• Understanding of GitOps principles and tools such as Flux, Helm, or Kustomize
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform and/or Crossplane
• Good understanding of monitoring, observability, alerting, and performance optimization
• Enjoyment of creating standards, sharing knowledge, and enabling product teams
• Structured, independent, and solution-oriented working style
• Confident communication in German and English, ideally at C1 level or above

Nice to Have

• Experience in regulated environments, audit requirements, or controlled release processes
• Experience with on-call, incident response, runbooks, or post-incident improvements
• Certifications such as CKA, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, or comparable credentials

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a tech-driven environment with a leading bank
• Collaborative and innovative team culture
• Professional growth and development opportunities

About the Company

At DKB, every person matters. We embrace fairness and diversity-no matter where you’re from, how old you are, or your sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or religion, whether you have a disability or not-we genuinely look forward to every application!