Platform Engineer with Azure

Who we are

Everything at BMW TechWorks begins with passion. It transforms a job into a calling. It motivates us to continually reinvent mobility and bring new ideas to life and onto the roads. Passion for collaborative projects turns a team into a strong unit where every viewpoint is appreciated.

Whatever you aspire to, at BMW TechWorks we live and breathe software and we offer a wide variety of departments and fields where you can share your professional passion with us. By delivering software all the way from the idea to the final product, we lead BMW into the future of digitalization and mobility. And this also means:

• We search for excellence
• We get involved
• We keep it simple
• We share trust

Join BMW TechWorks on our journey of innovation and excellence as we redefine the future of motion, one product at a time. Our engineers are vital to the innovation and digitalization of BMW Group's driving machines, production, sales and banking processes, and you could be part of our evolving teams.

What awaits you

• Being a passionate Platform engineer, you care about defining tech stack for business applications together with our team of software architects

• Build and evolve a cloud-native platform running on Azure, serving multiple product teams

• Design and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure

• Develop and extend the platform operator - a custom Kubernetes operator that manages application lifecycle, status reporting, error handling, and reconciliation logic

• Author and maintain Helm charts and Terraform modules for provisioning Azure resources

• Work on the sidecar architecture - configure routing, CORS, proxy ports, path rewrites, external service integration, and direct responses

• Contribute and operate to the authentication and authorization layer

• Contribute and maintain the observability stack, Grafana-based

• Maintain and extend Azure resource modules and Azure Storage Account provisioning

• Develop and improve the App Catalog - an internal service registry with frontend and backend components, statistics, mail notifications, and automated update jobs

• Enable and maintain schema-driven configuration handbooks, onboarding automation, and application scaffolding

• Contribute to technical documentation, knowledge sharing sessions, and platform-wide improvements across multiple product teams

• Working in an Agile team using Scrum methodology and their derivatives (SaFE, LeSS)

• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and other Agile/Scrum ceremonies to ensure high-quality deliverables and on-time project completion

• End-to-end responsibility for application development

• Stay updated with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to continuously improve skills and contribute to the team's success

What should you bring along

• University Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or a related field

• 3+ years of experience on a similar role is required

• Advanced knowledge of OOP, Algorithms & Data Structures

• Solid experience with Kubernetes

• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, particularly:

• Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server (including backup/restore strategies)

• Azure Storage Accounts

• Azure resource provisioning and management across multiple environments

• Strong proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code

• Experience with Helm charts

• Solid understanding of GitOps principles and deployment workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux, or GitHub Actions-based GitOps)

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions

• Good understanding of networking and proxy configuration

• Experience with authentication and authorization flows

• Familiarity with observability and telemetry*stacks: Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Tempo

• Nice to have:

• Experience in development with Java SE 17+

• Experience with operator patterns in Kubernetes (custom controllers, reconciliation logic, error handling)

• Good understanding of software design principles, design patterns, and best practices

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Excellent English verbal and written skills

• German communication skills will be a plus

What do we offer?

• Challenging projects with which we are shaping the mobility of tomorrow
• Great team spirit within an international team
• State-of-the-art global IT landscape and processes
• 100% implementation of the Agile Working Model methodology
• Wide range of personal & professional development opportunities
• High level of job security
• Work-Life-Balance and flexible working hours

At BMW TechWorks, we view diversity and inclusion in all its forms as a cornerstone of our team's strength. Equal opportunities are a priority, and fair treatment of all applicants and employees is a fundamental principal of our corporate policy. Our recruitment decisions ensure a balanced and inclusive approach, valuing our people’s different personalities and skills, experience and viewpoints, regardless of sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, gender identity, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, or disability.

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