(Expert) Development Operations Engineer - SAP Cloud Infrastructure (m/f/d)

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What You'll Do

SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI) is SAP’s enterprise cloud infrastructure stack that provides European data sovereignty and hyperscaler-grade capabilities. You would join the SAP Cloud Infrastructure Delivery Validation & Release Team. As part of the SAP Cloud Infrastructure Delivery Release team you will validate the delivery of SCI into sovereign and private cloud environments of our customers and ensure that hyperscaler-grade capabilities and advantages can be utilized in technically restricted sovereign and private setups. In your role as DevOps Engineer, you will validate the infrastructure delivery and deployment automation that powers SAP Cloud Infrastructure from a third party perspective. With the third party development operations engineer view you will identify automation gaps, deployment inconsistencies, information gaps and close them in collaboration with SCI development teams. You will work with Kubernetes, Terraform, Concours and other LM tools to validate the deployment and operation of container orchestration platforms, networking systems, and storage solutions. Your focus will be on ensuring the delivery of robust and error tolerant automation and deployment procedures that enable our customers to run SAP Cloud Infrastructure efficiently with low TCO and at scale in their own sovereign and private environments. Contributing to quality, robustness and operability you will enable SAP Cloud Infrastructure to compete with leading cloud platforms. Your work will directly support European organizations in running their mission-critical applications while maintaining full control and data sovereignty.

What You Bring

• Kubernetes Platform Mastery: deep hands-on experience operating Kubernetes clusters and managing workloads, upgrades, and platform components such as ingress, service meshes, and cert-manager. CKA, CKAD, or CKS certification are a strong plus. Expert-level knowledge of OpenStack, multi-cloud environments with advanced container orchestration and multi-cluster federation
• Platform Engineering Experience: 5–8 years in DevOps or infrastructure roles, with demonstrated ability to design, operate, and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms at scale. Experience with proven ability to lead teams and drive infrastructure initiatives
• Advanced Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Mastery of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and advanced Kubernetes management, including multi-cluster operations, scaling, and monitoring
• Automation Proficiency: Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible) and designing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines
• Advanced Scripting Capabilities: Proficient in Go, Python or Bash, or other languages for building complex automation workflows
• Innovative Problem-Solving: Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex distributed system issues using metrics and tracing tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki; skilled in performance tuning, incident response, and automating operational resilience
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Strong track record leading cross-functional teams, mentoring junior engineers and driving organizational adoption of best practices
• Excellent analytical skills with proven track of design and solution of challenging technical problems. Fluency both written and spoken in German and English. Depending on project assignment, candidates may need to be eligible for security clearance under German law.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world. SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [email protected].