Cloud Engineer

About The Company

Schwarz Digits provides the technological foundation for digital sovereignty in Europe. As the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group, we build and operate infrastructure and digital services for Lidl, Kaufland, Schwarz Produktion, and PreZero. We also serve businesses across Europe as an independent provider, supporting their digital transformation through cloud, cybersecurity, data and AI, communication, and workspace solutions.

At Schwarz

Digits, you can contribute to a more independent digital future while working in an environment that combines entrepreneurial agility with the strength and stability of an established international group.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Operations Engineer to help design, operate, and improve the infrastructure behind our sovereign workspace services. Based in Bad Friedrichshall, Germany, you will work within our IT Cloud Services division and support the production operation of the openDesk suite. You will contribute to secure, reliable, and scalable cloud-native environments, with a focus on Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, databases, identity management, backup and recovery, and observability.

This role is suited to an engineer who enjoys taking ownership, solving complex operational challenges, and turning manual processes into repeatable automation.

Qualifications

You bring expert-level experience with Terraform, including state management, reusable modules, and automated infrastructure changes. You have solid practical knowledge of Kubernetes and understand how pods, services, and ingress resources work together; CKA or CKS certification is preferred. You have hands-on experience with Velero for Kubernetes backup and recovery and with S3-compatible object storage. You have production-level experience operating PostgreSQL and MariaDB, particularly in high-availability environments and with backup and recovery strategies. You are confident using Prometheus and PromQL, and can create clear, useful Grafana dashboards. You understand identity and access management, single sign-on, and protocols such as OAuth, OIDC, and SAML. You communicate fluently in German and can provide technical customer support; you also have good English skills for collaboration in an international team.

Experience with Helm, GitOps, Keycloak, and scripting or programming in Python, Go, or Bash is valuable.

Responsibilities

Design, provision, and maintain cloud infrastructure for Kubernetes clusters, databases, and object storage using Terraform. Keep staging and production environments consistent through reliable infrastructure-as-code practices. Operate and enhance production Kubernetes environments using Helm and GitOps workflows, ensuring the openDesk suite runs reliably across multi-tenant clusters.

Develop and implement disaster recovery plans with Velero, protecting cluster resources, persistent volumes, and application data in S3-compatible storage, and enabling timely restoration. Maintain and optimize PostgreSQL and MariaDB systems to support data integrity, availability, and dependable recovery. Integrate identity provider and SSO solutions, including Keycloak where appropriate, to provide secure and consistent access.

Build and improve monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, translating system metrics into actionable dashboards and proactive alerts. Automate operational tasks and create tools that make deployments repeatable, resilient, and increasingly self-healing. Provide technical support to customers and collaborate with colleagues to continuously improve service quality.

Benefits

Join a team building cloud services that support digital sovereignty in Europe. You will benefit from the dynamism of a growing technology business and the resources of the Schwarz Group, with open communication, short decision paths, and opportunities to shape solutions. Work with an international, collaborative team using open-source technologies and open standards.

Schwarz

Digits offers competitive compensation, 30 days of vacation, flexible working arrangements, a company car for private use with a fuel card, and a range of sports, mobility, and health programs. Individual professional development and continuing education opportunities are also available, alongside modern IT equipment and an engaged technical community.

Equal Opportunity

Schwarz Digits is committed to a respectful and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds and make employment decisions based on skills, experience, and role-related requirements.