DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) (Freelance/Service Agreement)

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) to support Flix on a project basis through a service agreement collaboration. The consultant will provide expertise in designing, automating, monitoring, and maintaining cloud infrastructure for our Cloud Platform team within the Foundation Division.

The Cloud Platform team provides tools, infrastructure, expertise, and best practices that enable software engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate secure, robust, and efficient applications with minimal operational overhead.

Scope of Services

Design, deploy, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure running on AWS and Kubernetes

Support the further development of Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform

Automate operational processes and infrastructure workflows using scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, or Go

Support CI/CD processes and help engineering teams make effective use of the cloud platform stack

Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues using monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog

Contribute to platform reliability, incident response, and disaster recovery improvements

Evaluate relevant technologies and provide recommendations for implementation

Support developer experience improvements by enabling teams to work more efficiently with platform tools

Where agreed, participate in operational support or on-call activities to ensure platform availability

About You

Strong professional experience as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, or Cloud Engineer

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform

Experience with public cloud environments, preferably AWS

Good knowledge of Linux, Kubernetes, and CI/CD processes

Experience with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, Go, or Bash

Good technical communication skills and the ability to collaborate with engineering teams

Experience delivering services independently within cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering projects

Professional proficiency in English

Nice to Have

Experience with GitOps tools such as FluxCD or ArgoCD

Experience with Istio, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana

Experience improving Developer Experience in engineering organizations

Experience working in agile or product-oriented technology environments

Experience with API Gateways

Contributions to open-source projects or upstream repositories

Collaboration Model

Cooperation based on a service agreement with independent delivery of agreed services and invoicing

Project-based collaboration with Flix stakeholders and engineering teams