DevOps Engineer

Job Description:

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.

We have a robust, hands-on engineering culture dedicated to continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, technical skill development and networking. We are an essential part of the Bank’s technology platform and develop applications for many important business areas.

Deutsche Bank is seeking an experienced and highly skilled
Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our cloud infrastructure and continuous delivery pipelines. You will play a critical role in driving automation, enhancing system reliability, and ensuring the security and scalability of our mission-critical applications within a demanding financial environment.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, implement, and maintain highly scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices, leveraging Terraform extensively for resource provisioning and configuration management.
• Lead the development, optimization, and standardization of robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Workflows, ensuring efficient, reliable, and secure software releases.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to embed DevOps practices, promote a culture of continuous improvement, and ensure optimal application performance and stability.
• Automate complex operational tasks and processes, reducing manual effort and improving overall system efficiency and reliability.
• Develop and maintain advanced scripts and tools for infrastructure automation, monitoring, and deployment across the GCP ecosystem.
• Implement and enforce stringent security best practices, ensuring compliance and data protection across all infrastructure components and deployment processes, including the use of GCP Secret Manager.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior team members, fostering their growth and development.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide expert-level support for production systems, ensuring high availability and rapid issue resolution.(if requested)

Skills:

• Expert-level proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform (a mandatory requirement).
• Demonstrable expertise in cloud platforms, with significant hands-on experience and certifications in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Experience with AWS or Azure is a plus.
• Extensive experience with enterprise Security Management solutions, including advanced usage of GCP Secret Manager and other GCP security services (e.g., Cloud IAM, Security Command Center).
• Proven track record in defining, implementing, and optimizing complex CI/CD flows, with deep expertise in GitHub Workflows.
• Strong experience with containerization technologies: Docker (creating optimized images, multi-stage builds) and Kubernetes (cluster administration, deployments, scaling, using Terraform modules for cluster creation/management).
• Proficient in developing and maintaining Helm Charts (templates, hooks, packaging, release management).
• Solid experience in delivering high-quality, maintainable code within enterprise-scale development environments, adhering to best practices and code review processes.
• In-depth working knowledge of environment monitoring tools such as GCP Operations (formerly Stackdriver), New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, for proactive incident detection and performance optimization.
• Strong expertise in software development processes, models, lifecycles, and methodologies (Agile/Scrum).
• Hands-on experience with service-mesh technologies like Istio or similar products for traffic management, security, and observability.
• Advanced software development and scripting skills in at least one relevant language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Bash, JavaScript).
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible or Chef is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

Well-being & Benefits:

Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health.

• Empowering managers who value your ideas and decisions. Show your positive attitude, determination, and open-mindedness.

• A professional, passionate, and fun workplace.

• A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.

• Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.

• A culture where you can openly speak about mental health.

Physically thriving: We support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. For example, Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones, healthier ways of working and check-up's.

Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being.

• 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).

• Hybrid working model with flexible working options

• Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, workshops, and more.

Financially secure: We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future.

• Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.

• Meal vouchers, bonuses for referrals

Interested in more: discover what our employees value in the Well-being & Benefits hub!

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.