DevOps Advocate (f/m/d)

at  GEA Group

DEVOPS ADVOCATE (F/M/D)

GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.
Why join GEA

SITE

Peter-Müller-Straße 12, 40468 Düsseldorf
Your responsibilities and tasks:
We are committed to building a sustainable future and want to be fully neutral on CO2e by 2040. To achieve this goal, we believe that digital technologies and products are essential.
As a DevOps Advocate (f/m/d) you will be responsible for helping define and scale out our DevOps communications, education, and adoption within GEA Digital. In this role, you will use your enthusiasm and passion for DevOps, as well as your creativity and expertise, to generate interest, support, and adoption of DevOps culture, best practices, and technologies among developers.
The GEA Digital Hub Düsseldorf is dedicated to digitalizing GEA’s customer interface, creating new digital products and services, and establishing innovative business models. Working collaboratively with digital units across all divisions, the Hub offers GEA-wide platforms, services, and methods to support these efforts. As a corporate start-up, the GEA Digital Hub operates with an agile approach, driving digital transformation throughout the company.
At GEA Digital we believe that collaboration is essential to our success and that we are our network. We work closely across locations and areas of expertise to achieve our common goals.
Through digitalization, we strive together with the customer to achieve the highest availability and productivity of our machines and systems with the smallest ecological footprint. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable world while learning about new technologies and developing your skills as a Rollout Manager.

Your responsibilities:

• Help selecting and delivering the right tools and processes so that the team can deliver fast and efficiently.
• Drive development and adoption of CI/CD processes across different divisions and departments.
• Standardize as much as possible and define global solutions where applicable.
• Create pipeline templates, add-ons, integrations and extensions to be reused by applications teams.
• Collaborate with the Security Team to successfully implement security best practices into the GEA Cloud Platform

Your profile and qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in software development, cloud computing, and infrastructure automation.
• Proficient in at least one public cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure (preferable), or GCP, and have experience in designing and deploying cloud-native architectures and services.
• Experience in designing and implementing continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for applications and infrastructure components, including version control, automated testing, and deployment automation.
• Experience in designing and implementing robust monitoring and logging systems to ensure platform stability, performance, and security.
• Familiar with security best practices and compliance requirements and have experience in implementing security controls, such as identity and access management, network security, and data encryption.
• Strong communication skills, high team orientation, determination to be successful and enthusiasm about new technologies
• Fluent English language skills; solid German is a plus

What we offer:
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team and help us achieve our mission of being better through digitalization. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with like-minded professionals from around the world, all with a shared purpose of making a positive impact on the society.
We value diversity and inclusivity and strive to create a culture that is welcoming to all. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages, including flexible work arrangements and opportunities for career advancement.
Join us in our mission to make a difference through digitalization and help us create a better world for the future generations.

Our benefits:

• Working in a supportive, appreciative and international team
• Various possibilities for further education through seminars, workshops and team events
• Company pension scheme and accident insurance
• 30 vacation days per year
• Permanent employment in full-time
• Work-life balance hybrid working model as a combination of home-office and working in our Hub
• Corporate benefits- discounts on fitness memberships, language courses etc.
• Great public transport connections

• Help selecting and delivering the right tools and processes so that the team can deliver fast and efficiently.
• Drive development and adoption of CI/CD processes across different divisions and departments.
• Standardize as much as possible and define global solutions where applicable.
• Create pipeline templates, add-ons, integrations and extensions to be reused by applications teams.
• Collaborate with the Security Team to successfully implement security best practices into the GEA Cloud Platfor