Cloud Platform Engineer

About the role

IP Dynamics is building a new, self-hosted, cloud-native platform in German data centers to provide digital sovereignty for critical applications in the insurance and public sectors. As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will design and manage a multi-cluster Kubernetes environment based on the SUSE stack, focusing on high availability, security, and automation. You will act as a bridge between development teams and infrastructure, ensuring the platform meets rigorous performance and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a self-hosted, multi-cluster cloud platform without hyperscaler dependency.
• Architect high-availability Kubernetes clusters including networking, storage, load balancing, and authentication.
• Develop and maintain isolated tenant environments and lifecycle management.
• Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Fleet for automated delivery and operations.
• Manage infrastructure as code using tools like Ansible or Terraform.
• Provide platform engineering support to internal teams and assist with workload migration.
• Analyze monitoring data and incidents to continuously improve platform stability and security.

Required skills

• Cloud Engineering
• Platform Engineering
• Kubernetes
• GitOps
• ArgoCD
• Fleet
• Infrastructure as Code
• Ansible
• Terraform
• German
• English

Nice to have

• SUSE Stack
• DevSecOps
• Policy as Code
• Prometheus
• Grafana

Qualifications

• Professional experience in cloud or platform engineering, container technologies, or infrastructure automation

Benefits

• Internal and external training
• BusinessBike
• EGYM Wellpass
• Corporate Benefits
• Public transport subsidy
• VWL-Zuschuss
• Company pension scheme
• Childcare subsidy
• Employee events

About the Company

IP Dynamics GmbH focuses on digital sovereignty by building and operating self-hosted, cloud-native platforms in German data centers. Their managed services are BSI C5 certified, supporting business-critical applications for insurers and public sector clients.