Lead DevOps Engineer with German

Sopra Steria is one of the largest players in the tech industry in Europe, known for consulting, digital services, and software development. The Polish branch operates in Katowice since 2007 as a Global Delivery Center with around 1,000 specialists. The Digital Platform Services department specializes in cloud, operating systems, virtualization, databases, backup, storage, networking, and security. The Application Services department handles software development, data engineering, testing, CRM, ITSM, ERP platform integrations, and application management for customers in Scandinavia, Benelux, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK.

• Hands-on experience with Windows, Linux, Docker, SQL databases, cloud platforms, synchronous APIs, and storage solutions
• Experience with cloud-native development practices and cloud-based products
• Experience with microservice architectures, containerization, and container orchestration technologies
• Very good knowledge of version control using SVN, Git, or comparable tools
• Extensive practical experience with Kubernetes, Docker, AKS, OpenShift, or comparable container platforms
• Consideration of IT security measures and access security including IAM
• Knowledge of implementing OAuth2 / OIDC security flows
• Very good knowledge of SOAP or RESTful web services, including API management
• Practical experience in developing highly available systems and understanding redundancy concepts
• Practical experience with cloud technologies, particularly in Azure environments
• EU citizenship
• Fluent English (B2/C1)
• Fluent German (B2/C1)
• Openness to occasional business trips abroad and visits to the Katowice office

Nice to have:

• Practical experience with relational (SQL, PL-SQL, T-SQL) and non-relational (Redis, Cassandra) databases and database management systems (MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle)
• Experience with cloud storage (Azure Blob Storage), data provision (WebDAV)
• Practical experience in networking, computer networks, and client-server architectures
• Practical experience in distributed systems
• Experience analyzing and optimizing application and infrastructure performance
• Very good knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Practical experience designing, setting up, and operating automated CI/CD pipelines and working with DevSecOps tools
• Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and cloud portability concepts
• Clearance

• Design, develop and operate cloud-based microservices for highly available, business-critical applications
• Build and maintain containerized solutions on Kubernetes, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), OpenShift, and Docker
• Design, implement and operate automated CI/CD pipelines using DevSecOps tools
• Apply “secure by design” principles, IT security, and identity and access management (IAM), including OAuth2 / OIDC flows
• Develop and integrate APIs (REST / SOAP) including API management
• Integrate relational and non-relational databases as well as cloud storage and data-provision services
• Analyze and optimize application and infrastructure performance (availability, redundancy, scalability)
• Contribute to monitoring, observability, and operational stability of applications within the DevSecOps team
• Collaborate within an agile (Scrum) team across the full software development life cycle in close coordination with the client

Only candidates located in Poland with EU citizenship are eligible for cooperation.