We are looking at the earliest possible date for a full-time and unlimited DevOps Engineer (all gender) for scientific applications, as an addition to one of our agile teams within KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA in our headquarter in Einbeck, Lower Saxony. After an onboarding phase, we can also coordinate on remote work within Germany.

You will manage, maintain and develop scientific applications within the R&D IT Infrastructure (computer cluster & cloud) as a member of our (cloud-)infrastructure & automation team. Included in this is evaluating new tools and rolling them out to production. Based on this, you support our progress as an expert to enable scientific software projects. You are up to date with technological developments and can transform this knowledge into valuable infrastructure. 

What you can expect from us: 

Together with a small, well-rehearsed team of infrastructure experts, you will take over the strategic and operational development of our KWS R&D Application Landscape. This ecosystem is the technical base for an increasing number of scientific applications developed mostly by KWS itself. Additionally, you engage with the scientific developers to run a scalable and reliable software platform for their projects and help them to introduce the surrounding tools. 

Must-have experience: 

• Strong background using Python, BASH, Docker and Kubernetes 
• Cloud infrastructures from Amazon AWS and/or Microsoft Azure experience 
• Practical experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks like Terraform or Chef/Ansible and Gitlab CI/CD-Pipelines 
• Experience administering of Linux-based servers 
• Professional written and verbal communication skills in English 

Nice-to-have experience: 

• Experience with High-Performance Computing & Job Scheduling Environments 
• IT-Infrastructure Management & IT-security best practices 
• Understanding of scientific computing for plant breeding 
• German language skills  

Advantages of working at KWS: 

• As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere. 
• We offer excellent work equipment (e.g. ergonomic workstations, several monitors, air conditioning), a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location as well as the possibility to work remotely in Germany after the onboarding.  
• We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: a company pension scheme, capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, special prices for company shares, childcare allowance and a job bike.  
• True to our motto Make yourself grow, we support employees’ professional and personal development. 
• Health & Safety are very important for us: our company doctor, company fire brigade / paramedics (with time credit) and company sports create a solid base for this. 

Develop yourself and not just the software! We look forward to receiving your application online.