Senior DevOps Engineer
In Spain - Madrid | Barcelona
Simon-Kucher is enabling its employees with generative AI based solutions to improve productivity. To support this endeavor, a central Data & AI function is being established. Together with our Data Analytics team Elevate and the Software Development team Engine, the demand for support of software development by IT is constantly increasing.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will:
What makes us special:
1. Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.
2. Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company that creates positive impact. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.
3. Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it’s remotely or in the office. We offer flexible and hybrid working, remote teaming, sabbaticals, and paid time off.
4. Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things.
How you will create an impact:
5. Design, maintain and support cloud infrastructure for AI solutions.
6. Build secure landing zones (VNets, private endpoints, RBAC, Managed Identities).
7. Standardize infrastructure patterns and reusable modules.
8. Operate AKS / Azure Container Apps for containerized AI workloads.
9. Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions.
10. Implement robust CI/CD pipelines.
11. Automate container build and release workflows.
12. Support model deployment patterns (real-time endpoints, batch jobs).
13. Ensure AI cloud security and compliance principles.
14. Implement monitoring & observability (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights).
15. Establish guardrails for LLM integrations (data handling, prompt injection mitigations, secrets, logging redaction, model access controls).
Your profile:
16. 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering.
17. Strong production experience with Azure (especially Azure Foundry).
18. Solid Kubernetes experience (AKS preferred).
19. Knowledge of SharePoint integration, Power Automate, and Logic Apps.
20. Strong Docker and containerization skills.
21. Strong API integration experience (REST, webhooks, OAuth2/OIDC, service principals/managed identity).
22. Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform preferred).
23. Experience supporting ML/AI workloads or data-heavy systems.
24. Security-first mindset and experience designing production-ready environments.
25. Mastery of clear and concise communication as well as documentation for different stakeholder groups in English (C1+).
26. Experience with LangGraph, LangChain, LangSmith, or other evaluation, testing, and observation orchestration platforms is preferred.