[Hiring] Senior Site Reliability Engineer @Cfactory

Role Description

cplace is the platform for project and portfolio management that leading companies use to steer their most complex initiatives – grown in the DACH region and, with our launch in the US, on its way to becoming an international provider. As a Senior SRE in our Cloud Operations team, you will run our existing cplace Cloud 1.0 reliably and securely for customers in automotive, life sciences, manufacturing, and retail – and actively shape the architecture and operating model of our Kubernetes-based cplace Cloud 2.0. AI is in cplace’s DNA: we use it intensively across all our work and expect you to apply it productively and critically and to help us take it further.

• Co-building the Kubernetes platform – from cluster design, networking and storage to tenant isolation and scaling – plus planning and driving the migration of customer environments from Cloud 1.0
• Development of reusable Terraform modules, GitOps repositories and our own platform software (self-service portal, APIs, automation), including code reviews, automated tests and policy as code
• Operation and improvement of our environment of Linux servers, containers, SQL databases and Elasticsearch; lasting resolution of bugs, findings and capacity issues (incident and problem management, post-mortems); conversion of manual procedures into versioned, tested code (Ansible, Terraform, n8n)
• Improvement of monitoring, logging and alerting; ownership of backup & recovery, disaster recovery and business continuity, including regular testing
• Technical implementation of security and compliance requirements (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) and optimisation of cost and capacity
• Driving AI in operations, e.g. for incident and log analysis and agents for runbooks and routine tasks
• Close collaboration with product development for smooth releases, technical representation of the team in customer meetings, tenders and customer projects, and knowledge sharing through internal and external documentation and mentoring
• On-call duty in a fair rotation

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or a related STEM field, or comparable vocational training
• Several years (ideally 5+) of experience as an SRE, DevOps or platform engineer in business-critical production environments
• Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production (operations, upgrades, troubleshooting, storage, networking) and with at least one cloud provider – AWS, GCP, Azure and/or Hetzner Cloud a strong plus
• Deep experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD, GitOps and Git-based collaboration via pull requests and code reviews
• Strong Linux skills and experience with SQL databases (e.g. MariaDB), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and observability stacks (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK)
• Solid software engineering skills, ideally in Go or Python
• Confident Bash scripting
• Good understanding of cloud security (e.g. network segmentation, secrets management, WAF)
• Hands-on experience with AI tools in everyday engineering
• Customer-focused, structured way of working, ability to explain technical topics clearly
• Fluent German (at least C1) and English

Requirements

• Experience in business-critical production environments
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud providers
• Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD
• Strong Linux and SQL database skills
• Software engineering skills in Go or Python
• Understanding of cloud security
• Experience with AI tools
• Fluent in German and English

Benefits

• Flexible work model and remote work
• Room for creativity, co-design and further development
• Competitive salary, 30 days vacation & sabbatical option
• Hardware of your choice

Company Description

cplace is a modern software platform for project and portfolio management (PPM). It revolutionizes and transforms the way people and organizations collaborate, enabling companies to efficiently manage complex projects. cplace combines the reliability of standard software with the flexibility of customized solutions. The adaptive platform with built-in AI provides a unified data foundation, promotes cross-site and cross-functional collaboration, and can be adapted in real time.

• International industry leaders, including those in the automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical and life sciences, and mechanical engineering industries, rely on cplace to develop innovative and complex products, utilize resources efficiently, improve decision-making processes, and successfully complete projects.
• Behind the cplace brand is collaboration Factory GmbH, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, with the subsidiary cplace, Inc. in North Carolina, US.