DevOps Team Lead

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


• Or you want to reach the next level and start your leadership role based on 5 years DevOps experience.


• 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)

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