Cloud Engineer (f/m/d) #Cloud #Kubernetes #AWS #Terraform #Helm #Python

• Eschborn
• Full time
• Unlimited
  
  

We are looking for a

Cloud Engineer (f/m/d) #Cloud #Kubernetes #AWS #Terraform #Helm #Python

to join one of our agile Scrum teams in our offices in Neuenstein (Hesse), Eschborn, Bad Hersfeld, Kassel or remote! As a Cloud Engineer in our Platform Engineering team, you’ll play a key role in building and maintaining the foundation that enables our product development teams to move fast, stay secure, and scale effortlessly. The Platform Engineering team is responsible for delivering and maintaining shared cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes platforms, and automation tooling—ensuring that development teams can focus on delivering features while we take care of reliability, efficiency, and best practices. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers across teams, driving cloud adoption, infrastructure consistency, and cost-effective operations.

What can you expect with us?

• Work on modern, scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS, Terraform (Terragrunt), and EKS
• Take ownership of designing, building, and maintaining infrastructure following best practices
• Use ArgoCD, Atlantis, and other GitOps tools to drive automation and infrastructure consistency
• Automate everything: from provisioning to deployment, ensuring repeatability and reliability
• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and support development teams in delivering with speed and quality
• Use GitHub for version control and collaboration
• Share your knowledge and expertise by mentoring team members and providing technical guidance
• Collaborate in a culture of continuous improvement, always looking to raise the bar
• Join a team that values clean code, automation, documentation, and ownership
  
  

What do you bring to the table?

• Hands-on experience with AWS, including core services like EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS and experience in optimizing usage
• Deep knowledge of Terraform (ideally with Terragrunt) and Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Strong, practical experience with Kubernetes
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows, using tools like ArgoCD and Atlantis
• Proficiency with Helm, including managing charts, templating, and integrating them with GitOps workflows
• Solid working knowledge of GitHub for version control and collaboration
• Excellent scripting or coding skills in Python
• Proven ability to analyze and optimize cloud costs across multiple environments and teams
• A drive to automate processes and eliminate manual toil
• Strong focus on best practices, including security, scalability, and cost-efficiency
• Experience in mentoring, knowledge sharing, and supporting other engineers
• Ability to understand and present complex ideas in English, German language is a plus
  
  

What do we bring to the table?

• Continuing education
  
  

Continuing education

Take off with us. We promote your personal and professional development in our in-house Academy.

• Great team
  
  

Great team

An open corporate culture is important to us. That's why a dedicated team is waiting for you, one that will welcome you warmly and be ready to help you.

• Company pension scheme
  
  

Company pension scheme

To ensure that you are also well protected in your retirement, we subsidize your pension plan.

• Employee discounts via corporate benefits
  
  

Employee discounts via corporate benefits

You get versatile employee discounts at various online portals.

• Attractive working environment
  
  

Attractive working environment

You can expect an attractive working environment close to top management with room for your own ideas, flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths.

Interested?

Take the first step and preferably apply via the Apply button. Benefit from our diverse career opportunities. We look forward to meeting you and are well prepared!

Who are we?

More than 800 million parcels worldwide, over 9,000 employees at around 70 locations nationwide - that's us: GLS Germany. One of the leading parcel service providers in Germany. Our mission? Whether it's filled shelves in shops or happy online shoppers - we make a valuable contribution by connecting people and places. Become part of our success story and shape the future with us!

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GLS Germany is one of the leading parcel service providers in Germany. They have more than 800 million parcels worldwide and over 9,000 employees at around 70 locations nationwide.