Tech Lead DevOps 

You will:

• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery.
• Develop and maintain highly available production EKS clusters.
• Manage Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters for containerization and orchestration.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and other tools.
• Automate workflows with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement and manage monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and Dynatrace.
• Troubleshoot issues and continuously optimize cloud infrastructure.
• Apply DevOps security best practices and enhance security protocols.
• Document technical target infrastructure and processes comprehensively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions.
• Migrate tools and applications to the new infrastructure and update infrastructure regularly for evolving project requirements.
• Maintain procedural tools, such as Artifactory and Jenkins, and enhance existing CI/CD pipeline libraries.
• Migrate monitoring solutions (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana to Dynatrace).

Your skills:

• University Graduate degree (mandatory).
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services and Kubernetes.
• Advanced scripting skills in Python, Bash, Groovy, and Ansible.
• Proficiency in IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes, including CI/CD processes and deployment.
• Experience with version control systems, particularly GitHub.
• Proficiency in monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) and logging systems (Dynatrace).
• Understanding of networking concepts and protocols (DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP).
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and database management.
• Experience in designing and implementing disaster recovery and fault-tolerant systems.
• Familiarity with AzTech Cloud Services and advanced cloud-based solutions.
• Strong documentation and communication skills for technical processes.
• Experience in evolving and maintaining production-grade EKS clusters.
• Good to have Having a basic understanding or exposure to AI tools would be a plus.
• Familiarity with basic AI tools is considered an advantage.
• Basic knowledge or experience with AI tools will be beneficial.
• Exposure to AI tools, even at a basic level, is a value-add.
• A fundamental grasp of AI tools will be an added benefit. 

Your benefits: 

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad

• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location)

• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered

• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.  

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow. 

Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.