Technical consultant - kubernetes delivery

Technical Consultant - Kubernetes Delivery

Location: Frankfurt, Germany| Type: Full-time, permanent

A Swiss-born software company operating across 80+ countries, with over 1,500 banking and financial institution clients worldwide. Their platform sits at the heart of how banks detect financial crime, real-time fraud, AML, sanctions screening, and KYC, running in some of the most regulated and security-sensitive environments in the world

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We are growing their Frankfurt-based delivery team and are looking for a Technical Consultant who will deploy and implement the platform directly into banking client infrastructure across the DACH region and internationall

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The R

oleThis is a client-facing technical delivery role. You will not be managing internal infrastructure, instead you will be deploying this Kubernetes-native platform into client-owned environments: on-premises data centres, private cloud, and in some cases air-gapped banking networks where internet access is restricted or abse

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You will work directly with technical teams at major financial institutions, own the deployment end-to-end, and troubleshoot in complex, regulated environments. The engineering challenge here is real, no two client environments are the same, and the constraints you work within (air-gapped networks, change management windows, client-specific infrastructure quirks) require genuine depth, not just certificat

ion.
Day-to-day, this m

• eans:Deploying and configuring the platform across SaaS (AWS/Azure), on-premises, and air-gapped environ
• mentsAuthoring and managing Helm charts, including templating, value override strategies, and chart versi
• oningOperating ArgoCD-based GitOps pipelines to manage deployment state and handle
• driftTroubleshooting Kubernetes resource issues, image pull failures, networking problems, and registry access in restricted environ
• mentsWorking within change management windows and documented processes typical of regulated banking cl
• ientsCollaborating with client infrastructure teams to resolve environment-specific i

ssues
Non-negotiable technical require

• ments:Kubernetes in production: you have deployed and operated Kubernetes clusters in live environments, not just lab or Po
• C workClient-facing delivery: you have deployed software into infrastructure you do not own or control - this is the single most important differentiator for thi
• s roleHelm depth: beyond CLI usage - chart authoring, templating, value override stra
• tegiesOpenShift: familiarity required, as many banking clients run OpenShift enviro
• nmentsAir-gapped or restricted-network experience: you have worked in environments where external registry or internet access is limited or absent, and know how to handle offline registries, certificate management, and connectivity troubleshooting in those co
• ntextsArgoCD and GitOps: hands-on production experience, not just theoretical kno

wledge
Strong additional s

• ignals:Experience in banking, financial services, or other regulated industry d
• eliveryKafka familiarity - our platform is event-driven and Kafka is central to the archi
• tectureCKA, CKAD, or equivalent Kubernetes certif
• icationValid Swiss or EU work permit - we are unable to support permit spon
• sorship3 days a week in the Frankfurt

office
This Role Is Not for Y

• ou If...Your Kubernetes experience is internal platform or SRE work only - managing your own company's infrastructure is a different motion to deploying into client-owned envi
• ronmentsYou have never worked in an air-gapped or on-premises delivery
• contextYour Helm usage is limited to running existing charts rather than authoring and templat
• ing themYou require permit sponsorship to work in Swi

tzerland
Wha

• t You GetA technically challenging role with genuine variety, with no two client environments ever being
• the sameDirect exposure to how banks around the world manage financial crime infra
• structurePart of a global delivery team with the backing of a mature, well-resourced Swiss RegTech platform with 37 years of market