(Senior) DevSecOps Engineer (gn)

krisenchat gGmbH | Berlin

Berlin
// Remote

Full-time
With professional experience
German & English

Your mission

Are you passionate about creating secure, efficient, and high-performing technology infrastructures? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where innovation, collaboration, and proactive problem-solving are valued? Join our team as a DevSecOps Engineer (gn) and be at the forefront of optimising and securing the backbone of our operations. The role is project based and therefore conducted on a temporary contract starting as of the 01.06.2025.

Your mission & core responsibilities:

As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in bridging our technical operations and product development teams. You'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing our technology stack, implementing robust security measures, and driving performance optimisation. Your expertise will ensure that our systems remain resilient, scalable, and aligned with our business goals.

Infrastructure Management & Software Architecture

Oversee our cloud infrastructure and software architecture.
Ensure systems are up-to-date, secure, and optimised to support seamless business operations.
Lead efforts in infrastructure and architecture scaling and modernisation to meet organizational needs.

Security and Risk Management

Conduct comprehensive security audits to identify vulnerabilities and mitigate risks.
Stay ahead of emerging security threats and best practices and proactively integrate awareness and knowledge into the organisation.
Develop and enforce policies that safeguard sensitive data and maintain compliance with regulations.

Performance Monitoring and Optimisation

Continuously monitor system performance, tracking key efficiency metrics.
Analyze and optimize processes to prevent failures and minimize downtime.
Implement advanced monitoring tools to improve system visibility and response times.

Collaboration & Strategic Impact

Partner with product development teams to align infrastructure improvements with business objectives.
Manage vendor relationships and ensure external solutions meet operational and security standards.

Contribute to the strategic direction of IT operations by identifying opportunities for improvement.

Your profile

Technical Skills

Deep understanding of IT infrastructure and system architecture.
Experience in design, implementation and improvement of existing Cloud Architectures.
Knowledge about modern security threats and best practices.
Strong background in database management and software lifecycle maintenance.

Soft skills

Working proficiency in English.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Strong communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience in working with agile, cross functional teams.
Experience in mentoring less experienced colleagues.
Eager to learn.

Other specifics that would be a great asset for this role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
At least 2 years of experience in IT Security Operations.
At least 5 years of experience in DevOps or related field.
Extensive knowledge of software development methodologies (our stack is: Node, TypeScript, Python).
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and related technologies (AWS or Google Cloud).
Proficient knowledge of container orchestration and modern pipeline technologies (e.g. Kubernetes or Docker Swarm).
Proficient knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools and automation frameworks (e.g. Terraform).

Good experience with monitoring tools (e.g. Datadog).

Why us?

Purpose: Together, we have a positive and lasting impact on children and young people in need and are constantly expanding the support offered by krisenchat.
Top equipment: You decide whether you want to work with a Macbook or Thinkpad and can equip yourself as you wish thanks to our generous budget for remote work.
Workflex: Sun seeker? Enjoy up to 182 days EU and 30 days non-EU Workflex for maximum freedom and flexibility.
Vacation: Relax with 27 days (+ 24.12. & 31.12.) of annual leave and flexible educational leave.
Corporate benefits: Enjoy our exclusive offers through our special corporate benefits.
New Work: We focus on innovation and agile working methods and create a dynamic environment that promotes your creativity and offers space for personal development.
Office: You are always welcome in our beautiful office in Berlin-Mitte.

For joining our purpose-driven colleagues, please send us your CV and brief motivation letter.

We highly encourage people to apply even if they don't meet every single requirement listed-if you bring passion, relevant skills, and a willingness to learn, we'd love to hear from you!

We also prefer CVs without a picture to focus only on your valuable contributions to the team, not on your look-alikes...

Job description

Your mission

Your mission & core responsibilities:

As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in bridging our technical operations and product development teams. You'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing our technology stack, implementing robust security measures, and driving performance optimisation. Your expertise will ensure that our systems remain resilient, scalable, and aligned with our business goals.

Infrastructure Management & Software Architecture

Oversee our cloud infrastructure and software architecture.
Ensure systems are up-to-date, secure, and optimised to support seamless business operations.
Lead efforts in infrastructure and architecture scaling and modernisation to meet organizational needs.

Security and Risk Management

Conduct comprehensive security audits to identify vulnerabilities and mitigate risks.
Stay ahead of emerging security threats and best practices and proactively integrate awareness and knowledge into the organisation.
Develop and enforce policies that safeguard sensitive data and maintain compliance with regulations.

Performance Monitoring and Optimisation

Continuously monitor system performance, tracking key efficiency metrics.
Analyze and optimize processes to prevent failures and minimize downtime.
Implement advanced monitoring tools to improve system visibility and response times.

Collaboration & Strategic Impact

Partner with product development teams to align infrastructure improvements with business objectives.
Manage vendor relationships and ensure external solutions meet operational and security standards.

Contribute to the strategic direction of IT operations by identifying opportunities for improvement.

Your profile

Technical Skills

Deep understanding of IT infrastructure and system architecture.
Experience in design, implementation and improvement of existing Cloud Architectures.
Knowledge about modern security threats and best practices.
Strong background in database management and software lifecycle maintenance.

Soft skills

Working proficiency in English.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Strong communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience in working with agile, cross functional teams.
Experience in mentoring less experienced colleagues.
Eager to learn.

Other specifics that would be a great asset for this role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
At least 2 years of experience in IT Security Operations.
At least 5 years of experience in DevOps or related field.
Extensive knowledge of software development methodologies (our stack is: Node, TypeScript, Python).
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and related technologies (AWS or Google Cloud).
Proficient knowledge of container orchestration and modern pipeline technologies (e.g. Kubernetes or Docker Swarm).
Proficient knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools and automation frameworks (e.g. Terraform).

Good experience with monitoring tools (e.g. Datadog).

Why us?

Purpose: Together, we have a positive and lasting impact on children and young people in need and are constantly expanding the support offered by krisenchat.
Top equipment: You decide whether you want to work with a Macbook or Thinkpad and can equip yourself as you wish thanks to our generous budget for remote work.
Workflex: Sun seeker? Enjoy up to 182 days EU and 30 days non-EU Workflex for maximum freedom and flexibility.
Vacation: Relax with 27 days (+ 24.12. & 31.12.) of annual leave and flexible educational leave.
Corporate benefits: Enjoy our exclusive offers through our special corporate benefits.
New Work: We focus on innovation and agile working methods and create a dynamic environment that promotes your creativity and offers space for personal development.
Office: You are always welcome in our beautiful office in Berlin-Mitte.

For joining our purpose-driven colleagues, please send us your CV and brief motivation letter.

We highly encourage people to apply even if they don't meet every single requirement listed-if you bring passion, relevant skills, and a willingness to learn, we'd love to hear from you!

We also prefer CVs without a picture to focus only on your valuable contributions to the team, not on your look-alikes...

About the company

krisenchat is a nationwide, free support service for children and young adults in need. We offer children and young people professional psychosocial counselling - every day, 24 hours a day, via WhatsApp or text message. krisenchat has been available 24/7 since the beginning of May 2020 - since then, the many crisis counsellors have been able to help in over 120,000 crisis situations. Since 1 March 2022, krisenchat Ukrainian has also been providing confidential crisis counselling in Ukrainian and Russian for people affected by war at any age - with over 23,000 consultations provided. In addition to crisis counselling, krisenchat reaches many millions of young people every year through psychoeducation via social media platforms. We are an interdisciplinary and agile non-profit organisation and work flexibly from our beautiful office in Berlin or from home. krisenchat values diversity. We encourage all interested people, from diverse national or ethnic origin, age religion, disability, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, to apply to us. We are looking forward to hearing from you! We want to focus exclusively on your qualifications and make the application process as objective as possible. We therefore expressly ask you to send us your CV without a photo. Thank you!