It's more than a job
In this IT role, you will manage, develop, and support the technology infrastructure that powers Kuehne+Nagel’s global systems and operations. This contribution is vital to making both special and ordinary moments in the lives of people a reality. In fact, your work enables our teams to deliver fresh fruit, time-sensitive healthcare products and much more to people all around the world. Working in IT at Kuehne+Nagel contributes to more than we imagine.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer (m/f/d), you will lead the development of our AWS-based Application Integration Platform, ensuring it is scalable, reliable, and automated. You will define technical direction, promote DevOps best practices such as cloud-native development, IaC, and GitOps, mentor engineers, and collaborate with development teams to enable seamless application integration through self-service tools, CI/CD pipelines, and standardized AWS deployments.
How you create impact
- Design, deploy, and manage the lifecycle of our AWS-based data integration platform (Cloudera DataHub and Apache NiFi), ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with enterprise integration needs.
- Design and improve standardized, secure CI/CD pipelines for middleware and integration services used by multiple teams.
- Define and enforce IaC standards using CloudFormation, AWS CDK, and Terraform for consistent and automated AWS provisioning.
- Establish monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting practices using tools such as CloudWatch, Fluentd, Grafana, and OpenSearch.
- Implement security-by-design principles, including IAM governance, encryption, compliance controls, and vulnerability management.
- Lead troubleshooting and performance optimization to maintain high availability and resolve complex integration issues.
- Contribute to 3rd-level on-call support while improving automation, runbooks, and incident response processes.
- Optimize AWS architecture for cost, performance, and reliability while mentoring DevOps engineers and promoting DevOps best practices.
What we would like you to bring
- 7+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering, managing production cloud platforms with strong expertise in AWS.
- Experience leading engineering initiatives, influencing architecture decisions, and promoting DevOps best practices across teams.
- Strong Linux administration and CI/CD experience (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins), with deep Infrastructure as Code skills using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
- Advanced Python and Bash skills for automating operations, building tools, and improving platform reliability.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/EKS, container management, and high-availability environments.
- Ability to design reusable patterns, frameworks, and reference architectures, especially for hybrid or cloud integration.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience in international, cross-functional teams; fluent in English.
What's in it for you
You will have a direct influence on the future of logistics and IT. Your colleagues are experts who shape the IT industry in Portugal and worldwide. We want you to feel comfortable in your working surroundings. Therefore, we are offering you flexible working hours and mobile working arrangements. We value teamwork, continuous learning, and diversity. Kuehne+Nagel offers you a custom-made career – through individual planning and supervisors who support and advise you in every way. You get supported by many work-life balance offerings and supplementary health insurance.
Who we are
Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.
As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.
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