Our client is a fast-growing startup building a B2B SaaS platform with a mission to help companies reduce emissions and accelerate their sustainability journey. Backed by strong investors and trusted by well-known enterprise customers, they are scaling their platform team to ensure reliability, security, and resilience at scale.
Position description
Tech Stack
- Kubernetes (self-hosted, RKE2) with Canal & Wireguard.
- GitOps : ArgoCD (Flux / Kustomize experience also relevant).
- Observability : Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Loki.
- Security & Compliance : Kubescape, Falco, Trivy / Grype, SoPS.
- IaC : Terraform, Ansible.
- CI / CD : GitHub Actions, ArgoCD.
- Scripting : Bash + Ruby / Go / Python.
Responsibilities
Own the full lifecycle of self-managed Kubernetes clusters (RKE2).Ensure high availability and reliability of infrastructure, even under hardware or system failures.Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and the CTO to translate requirements into technical solutions.Implement security best practices across infrastructure, including RBAC, secrets management, and admission policies.Establish and refine team workflows for operations, development, and security.Build observability pipelines with Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, and Loki, including meaningful SLOs and error budgets.Manage infrastructure through IaC (Terraform) and day-2 operations with Ansible.Contribute to CI / CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) and automation workflows.Script and automate using Bash and one of Ruby / Go / Python.Requirements :
Based in the EU (CET ±3) with a valid work permit (excludes candidates from conflict zones).5+ years in DevOps / SRE / Platform roles, with at least 3+ years running Kubernetes in production (self-hosted, not only managed cloud).Strong networking knowledge and GitOps practices.Solid IaC experience with Terraform and config management with Ansible.Strong security fundamentals : RBAC, secrets management, image provenance, vulnerability scanning.Experience with monitoring / alerting stacks and writing actionable SLOs.Agile mindset and hands-on mentality.Fluent English communication (German is a plus).Nice to Have :
Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISOSecrets rotation at scale.Early-stage startup experience.Degree in Computer Science or related field.Benefits :
Competitive salary (~€70,000 gross, depending on experience).28 vacation days with flexible planning.Flexible working hours, family-friendly environment.100% remote option (within CET ±3).Opportunity to contribute to open source projects.Team events and collaborative culture.Work on impactful software that contributes to fighting the climate crisis.