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This is where modern infrastructure meets real-world impact at scale.\nOur chapter-based model creates a strong home for expertise, learning, and collaboration - empowering people to grow, contribute in agile teams, and thrive in an inclusive environment while making a meaningful difference for our customers.\nWhat you'll be doing\nDesign, develop, test, and continuously improve cloud-native CaaS and PaaS capabilities, primarily using Go.\nDevelop Kubernetes operators and controllers to automate cluster, platform, and application lifecycle processes.\nEngineer a highly automated Kubernetes platform based on Cluster API and integrate it with the surrounding infrastructure.\nDevelop and maintain CI/CD and GitOps workflows using technologies such as GitLab CI/CD, Helm, Flux, or Argo CD.\nImprove the platform’s scalability, reliability, security, observability, and performance.\nSupport the migration of existing Kubernetes clusters and contribute improvements to relevant open-source projects.\nTake ownership of complex engineering topics, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.\nCollaborate with international engineering and operations teams, provide technical guidance, and mentor other engineers.\nWhat we are looking for\nUniversity degree in Computer Science, Telecommunication Engineering, Information Systems, or comparable qualification.\nFluent in English, verbally and written.\n5+ years of experience in cloud-native environments, with a proven track record in DevOps and platform engineering.\nMust-Have Skills\nYou are characterized by detailed company-specific knowledge or exceptional specialist knowledge and skills:\nStrong software-development experience with Go, including backend services, microservices, or distributed systems.\nHands-on experience developing Kubernetes operators or controllers and working with Kubernetes APIs.\nIn-depth Kubernetes knowledge, including platform or cluster lifecycle management and troubleshooting.\nExperience with Cluster API or comparable cluster-automation technologies.\nExperience with automated testing, code reviews, API design, secure coding, and technical documentation.\nExperience with CI/CD and GitOps tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Helm, Flux, or Argo CD.\nUnderstanding of observability and cloud-native security principles.\nNice-to-Have Skills\nExperience with controller-runtime, Kubebuilder, or open-source contributions.\nKnowledge of advanced Kubernetes networking, multi-cluster environments, or Infrastructure as Code.\nExperience integrating Kubernetes with OpenStack, VMware, bare-metal, storage, or networking infrastructure.\nTelecommunications, OSS/BSS, or large-scale private-cloud experience.\nDon't worry if you miss some of these skills - we are here to grow and develop you.\nSocial skills\nA mindset of continuous learning, willingness to share knowledge and learn from others.\nAbility to innovate and find solutions to complex problems.\nBeing a strong individual contributor and an empathic team player.\nBeing supportive to colleagues and a mentor for junior coworkers.\nAbility to communicate effectively with different stakeholders in the company up to management level.\nWhat We Offer\nFlexible Working & Remote Options: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with trust-based working hours and hybrid/mobile work possibilities.\nAttractive Compensation & Benefits: A competitive salary package including corporate pension schemes and performance-based incentives.\nCutting-Edge Tech Stack & Hardware: Work with modern tools and cloud technologies (Kubernetes, Go, Cloud native) and choose your preferred high-end workstation.\nContinuous Learning & Growth: Access to personal development budgets, technical certifications, training programs, and conferences.\nWork-Life Balance & Wellbeing: 30 days of paid vacation, health and wellness initiatives, and various employee discount programs.\nCollaborative Culture: Flat hierarchies, agile methodologies, and an open team environment where your ideas and contributions truly make an impact.\nAbout Deutsche Telekom AG\nWe feel as much at home in Bonn as we do in the 50 other countries around the globe where we provide our services. 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