Platform Engineer Public Cloud & Platform-as-a-Service (m/f/d)

Reference number: 17702 - Location: Stuttgart - Company: LBBW - Functional area: IT Services & IT Operations - Full time / part time: 100

LBBW is one of Germany's leading banks and is an innovative, international and sustainable company in the financial sector. We are a reliable bank and know what it means to change. Digitization, agility and efficiency are not only key words for us, but constant companions of our own development. For only those who walk themselves understand what it takes. We offer an environment that promotes personal and professional development. With more than 10,000 employees, we shape the future of the financial world - Together #NeuesSchaffen

The perspectives and possibilities in LBBW-IT are diverse and encompass all areas of modern IT. In our organization unit, we are responsible for the construction, operation and technological development of an internal cloud platform for LBBW applications. The aim is to provide application teams with a secure, auditable and regulatory platform that can be used via standardized landing zones, Kubernetes environments and self-service streams. We are looking for backup to further develop our public cloud and platform-as-a-service solution. The focus is on the development of a scalable product platform that supports internal customers in the fast, secure and efficient operation of their applications.

Development and operation of landing zones based on infrastructure as code, in particular with terraform or comparable technologies Conception, modularization, versioning and automated deployment of cloud infrastructure via CI/CD pipelines Operation, curing and continuous development of Kubernetes environments, in particular with regard to cluster-lifecycle, upgrades, ingress, service mesh, RBAC and policy enforcement Expansion of the Observability offer for application teams, including metrics, traces, dashboards and standardized operating information Development and development of self-service streams to efficiently provide platform services anchoring of safety, compliance and regulatory requirements in platform architecture and operating processes Responsibility for patch and upgrade cycles as well as maintenance and further development of the infrastructure-as-code structure with regard to new provider, platform and Kubernetes versions Advising application teams in cloud design, in particular network connectivity, operational capability, cost optimization, security and scalability Close cooperation with internal customers, architecture, security, infrastructure and operating units as well as external partners and manufacturers Participation in the strategic development of the internal cloud platform into a standardized, product-oriented platform offering

Found practical experience in building and operating cloud infrastructures, ideally with Microsoft Azure; Experiences with AWS or Google Cloud Platform are also welcome Very good knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, in particular Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi or Bicep, as well as a good understanding of modularization, state management, reusability and automated provision Solid practical experience with Kubernetes during operation, in particular workloads, networking, RBAC, troubleshooting, cluster lifecycle and upgrades Experience in the use and operation of CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines or Jenkins Knowledge in the field of observability, e.g. Grafana, OpenTelemetry or Prometheus Safe handling of YAML and understanding of typical challenges such as Templating, Merge behavior and Quoting Understanding security, compliance and operational requirements in regulated IT environments Knowledge in script languages, in particular Bash and/or Python, are advantageous Experience with Backstage.io, TypeScript, Ansible, Helmet, Service Mesh technologies like Istio or other platform components is desirable Certifications such as HashiCorp Terraform Associate, CKA, CKAD, CKS, Microsoft AZ-104, AZ-400 or LPIC are advantageous, but no requirement Structured, self-sponsored and solution-oriented working with a secure view to priorities Impressed analytical and conceptual skills as well as enjoyment of the active design of technological platform topics Communication strength, team capacity and joy in working with internal customers, stakeholders and external partners German language skills (C1) in word and writing and very good English skills (C1)

Modern talent management for career development Active promotion of a good reconciliation of work and private life (including flexible working hours, sabbaticals and the possibility to work in part on a mobile or home office) Attractive occupational pensions Comprehensive health management (e.g. cooperation with gyms, occupational medical service, preventive examinations) Interesting leasing possibilities, e.g. Job-Rad, Tablet, Smartphone Great lunch offers (bio, vegetarian or vegan) Several daycare centres