DevOps Engineer for Open Telekom Cloud Landing Zone (T-cloud)

Our brand Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia entered the life of Košice region in 2006 under the name of T-Systems Slovakia and ever since has been inextricably linked with the region when became one of the founding members of Košice IT Valley. We have managed to grow from scratch to the second largest employer in the eastern part of the country with more than 3900 employees. Our goal is to proactively find new ways to improve and continuously transform into the type of company providing innovative information and communication technology services.

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with 2+ years of hands-on experience in cloud environments to support the build and operation of our Open Telekom Cloud Landing Zone for the DT IT environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional engineers and architects to design, implement, and operate infrastructure-as-code, networking, security guardrails, automation, and monitoring solutions in an enterprise-scale environment.

This role is suited for someone with solid cloud fundamentals who is ready to take ownership, deepen their technical expertise, and grow towards a Cloud Engineering or Architecture career path.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Work in an agile setup, collaborating closely within the team, across the Domain, and with Deutsche Telekom platform customers
• Apply a DevOps and continuous improvement mindset to daily work
• Contribute to building a reliable, scalable, and secure cloud platform in collaboration with senior engineers.
• Design and maintain the Landing Zone in alignment with security and privacy requirements
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform) and configuration management (e.g., Ansible) to deliver repeatable, production-grade environments.
• Configure and troubleshoot networking components (VPCs, routing, VPN, load balancing, DNS, interconnectivity, distributed networks, and integration with cloud services) following established design patterns
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, dashboards, and contribute to alert tuning and runbook improvements
• Automate routine platform operations (CI/CD pipelines, scripts, tooling)
• Maintain high-quality documentation and contribute to platform standards and guidelines
• Continuously expand technical knowledge and proactively suggest improvements to the platform

YOU WILL SUCCEED IF YOU:

English proficiency at B2+ level (team and hub language is English)

• 2+ years of experience in Cloud, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles (or equivalent practical experience)
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Java, or Node.js) and solid shell scripting skills
• Practical experience with Git and understanding of CI/CD principles
• Hands-on exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar)
• Hands-on experience with configuration management and automation tools (e.g., Ansible).
• Ability to work in complex environments with ownership and accountability
• Ability to clearly communicate and visually present technical concepts (e.g., architecture diagrams)

Nice to Have

• Hands-on labs or project experience on GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Entry-level cloud certifications (completed or in progress), such as:• Google Associate Cloud Engineer
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
• Azure Fundamentals

• Experience with cloud networking (VPC, routing, security groups, load balancers)
• Understanding of security and IAM concepts
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Growth & Support

• Dedicated mentorship from senior cloud architects and platform engineers
• Learning time and certification budget (target: Associate-level certification within 6–12 months)
• Opportunity to present architectures, POCs, and contribute to platform standards

Success Indicators (First Months)

• Deliver reviewed and production ready Terraform code
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines used in production
• Implement monitored and documented configurations aligned with security and compliance standards
• Demonstrate ownership of defined platform components

WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE US?

We believe in balance between work and personal life. An attractive and extensive work-life balance portfolio guarantees lasting motivation for employees and thus a better quality of life, promotes physical and mental well-being and contributes to a positive work environment. All this with the aim of providing more freedom in reconciling work, career growth, private life and individual lifestyle. Therefore we offer to our employees over 25 different benefits to improve their personal and professional life in these areas:

• Financial benefits
• Benefits with focus on learning and development
• Benefits with focus on health and sport
• Benefits with focus on family and work – life balance
• Other benefits

For more information about our benefits click to Benefits

Salary

Final salary is negotiable.

We are offering base salary depending on seniority level and previous experience of candidate. In addition to base salary we provide variable part and other financial benefits. Base salary will not be lower than 1650 € /brutto.

Additional information

* Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Slovakia due to European taxation regulation.