Senior DevOps Engineer (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Garching near Munich

Description

Software Defined Automation is an industrial deep tech software company that enables Manufacturing-as-Code through the creation of completely new degrees of freedom for the automated configuration, operation, maintenance and continuous change of production plants. We have set ourselves a great mission, targeting the resource efficiency of one third of the global value creation and energy consumption. Software Defined Automation is the enabler for AI based self-optimizing production, thereby reaching the next technological innovation step function in productivity for the world.

For this new world of Software Defined Automation, we build a team that masters both Cloud as well as real-time shop floor operations technology. Join our team with your high energy driven nature, interest in industrial manufacturing and motivation to push the boundaries from the cloud all the way to all moving things on the shop floor!

Responsibilities

At SDA, we are hiring Senior DevOps Engineers to enable DevOps in our teams and operate our production environment – from planning to implementing security and reliability.

Own the operation and continuous improvement of SDA’s AWS-based production environment, ensuring reliability, security, scalability, and performance.
Design, build, and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code with strong focus on maintainability and automation.
Develop and operate robust CI/CD pipelines that enable safe, fast deployments and easy rollbacks across multiple repositories.
Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives, providing transparency and continuously improving cost efficiency without compromising stability.
Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response processes; develop and evolve operational, security, and reliability runbooks.
Ensure backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes meet defined RTO/RPO objectives.
Support ongoing ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIS2 compliance, including control operation, evidence collection, and audit participation.
Act as a strong partner to development teams, supporting daily operational needs and continuously improving the developer experience.

We offer

A mission no less than to work at the forefront of technology to improve productivity of mankind
A fast-scaling global deep tech company environment led by industry veterans, where your area of responsibility
grows with the company
Impact on the next level real-time control systems for Industrial Automation, Robotics and Motion Control
Opportunity to build a fully automated global B2B SaaS application based on latest cloud technologies
Collaboration with engineering teams of our technology partners (e.g. VMware, Bosch Rexroth, AWS) on joint, new offerings
A competitive salary, based on a fixed compensation and a virtual stock option program
A permanent full-time position with 28 days of annual paid vacation
Flexibility in working hours and time to work from home
Flat hierarchies and short decision paths
We play the long game, which is why we consider recreation and exercise a priority. We have an in-office weightlifting station, several outdoor trails for running and biking nearby as well as shower and washroom facilities.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree with strong information technology focusStrong DevOps experience on AWS leveraging Gitlab CI, Terraform, and SAM
Experience in operating production-grade software stacks in the cloud
Experience working with scripting languages to automate routine tasks
Experience with performance and log analysis
Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree with strong information technology focus
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience with operating a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution in production
Knowledge of the AWS Well Architected Framework, mainly Operational Excellence, Security and Reliability pillars
Knowledge and hands-on experience with 3rd party SIM and monitoring solutions (Datadog, Splunk, Sumo Logic)
Good understanding of virtualization and containerization technologies (e.g., VMware, Docker, Kubernetes)

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About us

Software Defined Automation is an industrial deep-tech software company that enables Manufacturing-as-Code through the creation of completely new degrees of freedom for the automated configuration, operation, maintenance, and continuous change of production plants. We have set ourselves a great mission, targeting the resource efficiency of one-third of the global value creation and energy consumption. Software Defined Automation is the enabler for AI-based self-optimizing production, thereby reaching the next technological innovation step function in productivity for the world.
For this new world of Software Defined Automation, we build a team that masters both Cloud as well as real-time shop floor operations technology. Join our team with your high energy-driven nature, interest in industrial manufacturing, and motivation to push the boundaries from the cloud all the way to all moving things on the shop floor!

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