Job Description

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.

KN Website Solutions operates Kuehne+Nagel’s global web presence and digital customer-facing platforms. Following our major relaunch in 2025, we are expanding our cloud maturity and strengthening our AWS-based architecture.

To support this growth, we are looking for a DevOps Systems Engineer with strong expertise in AWS, CI/CD, automation, and observability. In this role, you will take ownership of our platform operations and ensure a reliable, secure, and scalable website infrastructure.

This is a key role where you will safeguard production readiness, lead cloud modernization efforts, and act as the technical link between development teams and infrastructure stakeholders.

How you create impact

Lead AWS cloud and modernization efforts, including workload assessments, migration execution, ECS/Fargate deployments, and alignment with KN’s cloud governance model.
Design, operate, and optimize AWS infrastructure such as networking, ECS clusters, load balancers, IAM structures, secrets management, and S3-based storage patterns.
Set up and maintain AWS accounts and organizational guardrails, including permission boundaries, roles, policies, and secure project onboarding.
Develop, maintain, and evolve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins) supporting automated testing, deployment strategies, blue/green rollouts, and environment promotion flows.
Create and maintain system architecture documentation, including component diagrams and environment topology, ensuring clarity for developers and stakeholders.
Build and maintain InfrastructureAsCode automation using Crossplane, Terraform, or CloudFormation (infrastructure provisioning, ECS services, networking, and databases).
Implement and enhance observability using Grafana Loki, Mimir, GOP, CloudWatch, and distributed tracing—ensuring actionable monitoring and alerting for all services.
Ensure operational excellence by managing PostgreSQL administration tasks, troubleshooting incidents, optimizing performance, and keeping production stable 24/7.

Requirements

Experience: 3–5 years in a similar role (DevOps Engineer, SRE, Platform Engineer) with hands-on experience in at least one major cloud provider (preferably AWS).
Technical Skills: Strong Linux administration background, CI/CD exposure (ideally GitLab, Jenkins), and IaC expertise (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK).
Scripting: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Containerization & Orchestration: Solid experience with tools like Docker and orchestration platforms such as EKS or Kubernetes.
Monitoring & Observability: Strong knowledge of Grafana, Loki, Mimir, OpenTelemetry, and CloudWatch.
Database Operations: Familiarity with PostgreSQL basics via pgAdmin and automated DB lifecycle tasks.
Solution-Oriented Mindset: Ability to design reusable, scalable solutions and experience working across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
Collaboration & Communication: Excited to work in international teams with good English skills (spoken and written).

Company offers

The opportunity to shape KN’s global digital platform landscape and drive state-of-the-art cloud transformation initiatives.
A highly impactful role at the intersection of development, architecture, and infrastructure.
A modern tech environment with a strong focus on cloud maturity, automation, and innovation.
A collaborative international team, openness to new ideas, and room to implement forward-thinking engineering practices.
Professional growth through complex, large-scale AWS environments and continuous learning opportunities