T2/T3 Kubernetes/ DevOps Engineer for Sovereign Cloud Onsite / ApeiroRA / EU AI Projects (m/f/d)

We help the world run better 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

Build enterprise cloud infrastructure that provides European data sovereignty and hyperscaler-grade capabilities. You'll work on SAP Cloud Infrastructure, solving complex distributed systems challenges at scale: multi-region networking, container orchestration, storage systems, and the APIs that connect them. You will contribute to building a sovereign, privacy-first AI cloud for the European market that makes it easy to securely train, fine-tune, and deploy foundation and domain models with strict data residency and isolation.

You'll develop solutions using Go, OpenStack, and Kubernetes, tackling problems like: How do you auto-scale thousands of containers across regions? How do you build resilient storage systems? How do you design APIs that handle massive traffic spikes? Your work will power SAP's production systems and thousands of customer environments. You'll contribute to infrastructure that enables organizations to run mission-critical applications with the performance and reliability they expect from leading cloud platforms.

In your role as DevOps Engineer, you'll build and maintain the infrastructure automation that powers SAP Cloud Infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for enterprise cloud services. You'll ensure reliable delivery of distributed systems components that handle massive scale across multiple regions. You'll work with Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud-native tooling to automate the deployment and operation of container orchestration platforms, networking systems, and storage solutions. Your focus will be on creating robust automation that supports multi-region deployments, handles traffic spikes gracefully, and maintains the high availability standards expected by enterprise customers.

What you bring

• Kubernetes Platform Mastery: at least 1+ years of daily hands-on experience working with Kubernetes in production environments. You have created and maintained your own Helm charts or Kustomize configurations, managed cluster lifecycles, and deployed shared platform components. Experience with multi-cluster operations, ingress, service meshes, and cert-manager.
• Advanced Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Mastery of cloud platforms and advanced Kubernetes management.
• Automation Proficiency: Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools and designing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
• Advanced Scripting Capabilities: Proficient in Go and Python for building complex automation workflows.
• Monitoring & Observability: Advanced skills in Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and designing SLI/SLO frameworks for distributed systems.
• Platform Engineering Experience: 5–8 years in DevOps or infrastructure roles, with demonstrated ability to design, operate, and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms at scale.
• Innovative Problem-Solving: Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex distributed system issues.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Strong track record leading cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Strategic Vision: Experience developing infrastructure roadmaps and technology strategy.
• Security and Compliance: Awareness of industry standards related to security and compliance.
• Cultural Adaptability: Experience working across cultures and languages with strong communication skills.
• Soft skills: Excellent presentation, communication and problem-solving skills, accuracy, proactive initiatives, self-dependent and structured mode of working, high level of commitment and reliability.

Meet the team

You'll join PlusOne Central Engineering, where innovation meets collaboration. Our culture values engineering excellence, continuous learning, and diverse perspectives. We embrace modern practices, support career growth, and maintain work-life balance while building enterprise-scale solutions that drive digital transformation.