Job Description

About the job

Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin

DB Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple trading hubs and tech centres. We have a strong focus on promoting technical excellence – our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting-edge technologies.

Our Berlin location is our most recent addition to our global network of tech centres and growing strongly. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented engineers and technologists. Our tech teams and business units use agile ways of working to create #GlobalHausbank solutions from our home market.

Channels Applications

Corporate Bank Technology is undertaking a multi-year transformation to modernize “Channel” applications for global payment initiation, with a strong focus on cloud-native, platform engineering, and AI-driven development practices.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer (f/m/x), you will drive the reliability, scalability, and automation of a global payment platform built on React-based micro frontends and Java microservices, running in a Kubernetes-based containerized environment. The platform leverages event streaming (Kafka) and diverse data stores (PostgreSQL, Oracle, HBase, MongoDB).

Your key responsibilities

• CI/CD pipeline on GitHubActions and Jenkins - setup, management, optimization, compliance: automating application build and deployment procedures, executing deployment on testing and production environments
• Implement security best practices, including access policies, secret management, and compliance.
• Work as part of Agile team to define target state infrastructure of applications, including hardware, networks, operating systems and other requirements.
• Ensure provisioning infrastructure to PROD and lower environments: GKE, databases, Kafka, Apigee, Bucket, etc
• Monitor system performance and security using Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, GCO, establish and maintain infrastructure. Work with Dev and PerfTesting teams to efficiently utilize GKE cluster
• Work with central teams on security, controls, automation, monitoring, release preparation procedures, artifacts and tools
• Integrate AI tools and agents into CI/CD pipelines to automate code reviews, testing, and deployments
• Use AI-driven observability and automation for faster incident detection, root cause analysis, and resolution

Your skills and experiences

• Many years of working experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration (e.g. OpenShift, GKE), including Helm-based deployments
• Experience deploying applications on on‑prem Linux environments and to Kubernetes clusters
• Working knowledge of public cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience with observability and security practices, including tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, and knowledge of IAM, network security, and secret management
• Familiarity with AI-led DevOps practices, including integration of AI tools/agents to automate CI/CD, observability, and operational workflows

What we offer

We provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of benefits and offerings to support both, your private and professional needs.

• Emotionally and mentally balanced
  A positive mind helps us master the challenges of everyday life – both professionally and privately. We offer consultation in difficult life situations as well as mental health awareness trainings.

• Physically thriving
  We support you in staying physically fit through an offering to maintain personal health and a professional environment. You can benefit from health check-ups; vaccination drives as well as advice on healthy living and nutrition.

• Socially connected
  Networking opens up new perspectives, helps us thrive professionally and personally as well as strengthens our self-confidence and well-being. You can benefit from PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g parttime, hybrid working, job tandem) as well as an extensive culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Financially secure
  We provide you with financial security not only during your active career but also for the future. You can benefit from offerings such as pension plans, banking services, company bicycle or “Deutschlandticket”.

Since our offerings slightly vary across locations, please contact your recruiter with specific questions.

This job is available in full and parttime.

In case of any recruitment related questions, please get in touch with Luisa Moderzinski.

Contact Luisa Moderzinski: +049 (0) 151 56516413

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.