Requirements:

• MQTT (HiveMQ)
• Kafka/Confluent Cloud
• Ansible/Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Cloud
• CI/CD
• IoT

Project description

Our customer is a leading German producer of customized solutions for the self-supply of solar-powered electricity. This includes photovoltaic, energy storage systems as well as cloud technology systems helping individuals to become energetically independent.

Please note that this position involves occasional on-call duty to resolve potential customer-critical incidents.

Main responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain our IoT communication platform using technologies such as MQTT (HiveMQ), Kafka / Confluent Cloud, Azure and Kubernetes.
• Configure and manage highly available and scalable messaging solutions, primarily with MQTT.
• Administer and manage Kafka clusters for efficient data processing and transmission.
• Implement and integrate Azure services for platform scaling, monitoring, and security.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters for orchestration.
• Ensure global edge communication by implementing appropriate protocols, security mechanisms and routing strategies.
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, availability, and scalability.
• Ensure platform security through access controls, encryption mechanisms and security monitoring.
• Identify and resolve technical issues and disruptions.
• Create and update documentation on platform architecture, configurations and processes.

Required skills:

• At least 2 years of experience in administrating MQTT (HiveMQ) and Kafka / Confluent Cloud.
• At least 2 years of experience with automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
• At least 2 years of experience with Kubernetes in scalable environments.
• Knowledge and experience with cloud environments and services, particularly Azure.
• Familiarity with scaling and optimizing IoT communication platforms.
• Experience managing distributed systems and global edge communication.
• Strong knowledge in automation and orchestration of infrastructure and applications.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and general DevOps practices.
• Understanding of network protocols, security mechanisms and routing strategies in the context of IoT communication.

Recruitment process

• Recruitment screening and experience survey (ca. 1 hour)
• Profile-specific offline assignment (approx. 2–3 evenings of concentrated work, depending on experience)
• Client technical interview (ca. 1 hour)
• Client team interview (ca. 1 hour)
• Offer meeting (ca. 30 mins)