DevOps / Platform Engineer — Scientific Computing

Location: Remote within Europe, with regular presence in Bremen Direct Reports: None Working Model: Remote / hybrid. Regular time on-site in Bremen. Mission Own build, deployment and infrastructure for scientific software that runs in awkward places — customer premises, restricted laboratory networks, air-gapped sites, and our own cloud. The role combines conventional cloud platform engineering with the harder problem of shipping updatable software into environments we do not control. Responsibilities Pillar 1 Deployment and Delivery - Own build, CI/CD and release for the platform across cloud and on-premise targets. - Build and maintain installers and update paths that work in restricted and offline environments. - Manage database migration and rollback paths for customer installations. Success Metrics and KPIs: release frequency, failed deployments, time to patch a customer site. Pillar 2 Infrastructure - Run the Kubernetes and GitOps side of the platform. - Own secrets management, access control and infrastructure-as-code. - Implement monitoring and log aggregation across internal and customer environments. - Integrate with Constructor's platform, identity and deployment tooling. Success Metrics and KPIs: uptime, mean time to detect, infrastructure reproducible from code. Pillar 3 Security and Governance - Introduce static analysis and dependency and licence scanning into the pipeline. - Own backup, recovery and continuity for the platform. - Support audit and compliance requirements from funded research and customer contracts. Accountability: no single undocumented dependency on one person, including yourself. Requirements Experience - Strong AWS or equivalent, Kubernetes, and configuration management such as Ansible, at production scale. - Real experience of on-premise and offline deployment, not only cloud. - CI/CD pipeline ownership end to end Skills & Competencies - Autonomous and proactive. You have carried infrastructure alone. - Willing to hand knowledge over rather than hold it. - Interested in the product and the science, not only the pipeline. - Clear communicator in English. Education & Languages - Degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent practical track record. - Fluent English. What This Role Is (and Is Not) This role IS - Full ownership of infrastructure for a technically unusual product. - A role where you finally get a team around you. - Exposure to a broad modern stack. This role is NOT - A pure cloud or pure on-premise role. - A ticket-driven operations role. - A role without contact with the product.