DevOps & Platform Engineering – Grid Asset System (PID 524-2026-023)

This is a remote position.

DevOps & Platform Engineering – Grid Asset System (PID 524-2026-023) 50Hertz / MCCS | Contract / Freelance

Contract / Freelance

Full-time

Remote with travel readiness required (Germany)

Start: Immediately

6 months (extensions possible)

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Principal Platform Engineer to join the MCCS (Modular Control Centre System) programme at 50Hertz, Germany's leading transmission system operator. You will help build and establish a cloud-native hybrid cloud engineering platform (Azure and on-premises) supporting approximately 20 product teams and 150 developers, acting as a central enabler for the efficient development and stable operation of MCCS products.

What you'll be doing

Designing, implementing and documenting a cloud-native, Kubernetes-based engineering platform

Adapting and customising standardised engineering services across code, build, deploy and run phases

Implementing Infrastructure-as-Code for reproducible, versioned environment and service provisioning, enabling developer self-service

Integrating centrally provided platform services including Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL and observability tooling

Designing, implementing and operating CI/CD pipelines and establishing SDLC standards aligned to best practices and security requirements

Introducing trunk-based development, automated testing and build and release best practices

Analysing existing systems and deriving migration strategies for applications and development teams transitioning to EDP

Providing technical consultancy on integration into the multi-tier platform architecture (EDP, GrASP, MCCS)

Empowering development teams to use the platform independently over time

Requirements

What you'll need

10+ years of experience as a DevOps and/or Platform Engineer

5+ years of experience as a Principal Platform Engineer and/or SRE

Excellent knowledge of setting up and migrating engineering platforms for very large development teams (20+ teams, 100+ developers)

Excellent knowledge and extensive experience in Developer Experience

Excellent knowledge of build and deployment tooling across Azure and on-premises environments

Extensive expertise in GitOps deployments and deployment strategies including ArgoCD and Helm

Excellent knowledge of cloud-native secure SDLCs

Excellent knowledge of monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki and OpenTelemetry

Fluent English (C1 minimum)

Desirable

Proven experience building engineering platforms and self-service platforms/Golden Paths

Experience designing platforms as products with clear APIs and roadmaps

Experience in large-scale cloud/platform migrations

Expertise in Kubernetes multi-cluster platform operation

Knowledge of CI/CD architectures including Azure DevOps and Harness.io

Knowledge of GitOps and deployment strategies including Blue/Green and Canary

DevSecOps and Security-by-Design experience in critical infrastructure or regulated systems

Benefits
As a freelancer / contractor with us, you will enjoy flexible working hours and the freedom to choose your own projects. Our platform gives you access to exciting projects in various industries and supports you in advancing your career. You'll benefit from competitive pay and a dedicated team to help you with any questions you may have. Work independently and utilise our strong network to achieve your professional goals.