Location : remote in Germany Language requirements : English fluent Experience requirements : working experience as a DevOps Engineer or a similar position Employment type: Full Time employment The Role: For DF Deutsche Fiskal GmbH, part of the fiskaly group we are seeking a DevOps Team Lead, who ensures reliable operation of our cloud product while guiding a skilled team of DevOps engineers. Your role bridges leadership, architecture, operations, and agile delivery practices. We’re looking for a hands-on technical leader with a strong engineering background and a passion for agile DevOps culture for our subsidiary DF Deutsche Fiskal GmbH. Your Responsibilities You lead and develop an international DevOps engineering team, aligning team goals with product and business strategy while fostering a culture of collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement. You mentor and support your team members through coaching, performance development, and by guiding recruitment, capacity planning, and onboarding of new engineers. You take technical ownership of our cloud operations (preferably in MS Azure), ensuring high system reliability, scalability, and performance in coordination with internal and external stakeholders. You drive the evolution of our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture and are responsible for robust CI/CD processes and modern DevOps practices. You automate and optimize deployment, monitoring, and maintenance workflows using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Opentofu, and GitLab CI/CD. You ensure operational excellence by managing incident, problem, and change processes and by designing and optimizing our development, test, and production environments. Required Qualifications You successfully completed technical studies or equivalent IT training You have a proactive mindset, team spirit, and worked in a cross-functional, international setting You have proven experience in leading international development or DevOps or Operations teams and you have the ability to manage priorities effectively You have hands-on experience with: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Infrastructure as Code is not new to you: Terraform, Opentofu You worked with CI/CD Tools like GitLab and your preferred Operating Systems are SLES, RedHat, CoreOS, Ubuntu You worked with Cloud Platforms, preferably with MS Azure You have experience Bash, Golang, Python (Java – e.g., Spring Boot, Liberty – is a plus) For Observability & Monitoring you worked with: Elastic Search, fluentD, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus You worked in an agile setting: Practical knowledge of Scrum and Kanban You worked with Databases like MongoDB, Redis (or comparable systems) You have experience in Application Management, DevOps Operations, Networking & Cloud Infrastructure Administration You preferred Atlassian Tools are JIRA, Confluence Analytical thinking, structured problem-solving, and a high sense of responsibility You have a passion for learning, sharing knowledge, and applying new practices What we can offer Strategic leadership role in a high-impact, innovation-driven environment Full technical ownership and influence over architecture and operations Dynamic, agile, and cross-functional team setup Modern DevOps toolchain and cloud-native infrastructure Flexible working conditions and remote/hybrid collaboration Open and feedback-oriented company culture Emphasis on automation, quality, and operational excellence Moderate travel requirements (~10–20%, for workshops or team events)