Midlevel DevSecOps Engineer

Your mission Title: Midlevel DevSecOps Starting Date: immediately Fixed Term: 31.12.2026 Location: Remote, pref. residence in Germany Language: English min. C1 must have, German proficiency is a bonus Salary range: 50.000€ - 60.000€ per 1 FTE annually Working hours: 0,5 to 0,8 FTE (20 to 32 hours per week) Contract Type: Employment preferred, Freelance possible if conditions are met As our DevSecOps (Development, Security and Operations) Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the security, stability, and scalability of our mission-critical platform and make a significant contribution to the strategic development of our technology infrastructure. Your tasks: Infrastructure Leadership: Oversee and enhance our cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, Terraform) and software architecture to ensure optimal security and efficiency, while leading modernization and scaling efforts. Security Champion: identify vulnerabilities, and mitigate risks, staying ahead of emerging threats to safeguard sensitive data and maintain compliance. System Optimization: Implement advanced monitoring (Grafana) to continuously track and analyze system performance, optimizing processes to prevent failures and minimize downtime for maximum system visibility. Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with product development teams to align infrastructure improvements with business objectives and contribute to the strategic direction of IT operations. Your profile Bachelor Degree in Computer Science (or a similar field) and 3+ years of comparable working experience (with at least 1+ years of work on production systems) Proven experience with our core stack (Google Cloud, Terraform, Grafana). Background in designing, implementing, and optimizing modern Cloud Architectures. Expertise in deployment and maintenance of FullStack Applications and AI Systems. Up-to-date knowledge of modern security threats and best practices. Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills (English working proficiency required). Experience working effectively within agile, cross-functional teams. Why us? Purpose: Together, we make a positive and lasting impact on children and young people in crisis situations and are constantly expanding krisenchat’s support services. Remote Work: Work flexibly from wherever suits you best - up to 100% remote. Top-Notch Equipment: Thanks to our generous remote work allowance, you can equip yourself exactly as you wish. Workflex: Love to travel? Enjoy up to 182 days of EU and 30 days of non-EU Workflex for maximum freedom and flexibility. Generous vacation: Relax with 27 days of annual leave (+ Dec. 24 & 31) and our flexible educational leave days. Corporate Benefits: Take advantage of exclusive perks through our Corporate Benefits. New Work: We focus on innovation and agile work methods, creating a dynamic environment that fosters your creativity and offers room for personal growth. Office: You’re always welcome at our office in Berlin Kreuzberg. About us krisenchat is a nationwide, free support service for children and young adults in need. We offer children and young people professional psychosocial counseling - every day, 24 hours a day, via web application or WhatsApp. krisenchat has been available 24/7 since May 2020 - since then, our many crisis counselors have been able to help in over 200,000 crisis situations. Since March 1, 2022, krisenchat has also been offering confidential crisis counseling for Ukrainians of all ages, providing support to those particularly affected by the war. In addition to chat counseling, krisenchat now reaches millions of young people every year through psychoeducational content on various social media platforms. We are an interdisciplinary and agile non-profit organization and work flexibly in our beautiful office in Berlin or remotely. krisenchat values diversity. We encourage all interested individuals, regardless of national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation, to apply. We look forward to hearing from you! For the sake of transparency, we would like to point out that krisenchat is a project-funded service. Therefore, our job advertisements are always subject to the final approval of our project financiers. Your qualifications are also very important to us. Therefore, we kindly ask you to send us your resume without a photo. Thank you very much! Apply To This Job