SRE Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure) m/f/d

Engineered in Berlin. Driving the Future of Europe. At AUTODOC, we are proud to be a homegrown European success story. Founded in Berlin in 2008 and still headquartered in the heart of the continent today, we have evolved from a local specialist into Europe’s leading online platform for the automotive aftermarket. Our strength lies in our unique identity: we are a digital-first, e-commerce powerhouse with strong German roots and an expansive reach across 27 European countries. This continental focus allows us to blend our heritage with high-tech innovation, staying agile and closely connected to the markets we serve. Today, our team of more than 5,500 professionals from over 50 different countries is redefining mobility through cutting-edge technology. Bring your talent and expertise to a company that is building a sustainable, tech-driven future for drivers everywhere. Come join us and impact the future of AUTODOC! We are looking for an SRE Engineer to join one of our Cloud Infrastructure teams. Our Cloud Infrastructure department consists of 4 specialized SRE teams. Each team is dedicated to a specific area, supporting its own group of services and development units. In this role, you will be part of a team responsible for an area that supports over 200 services running in GCP/GKE . As an SRE, you will balance between maintaining high system availability for your domain and engineering new solutions to enhance our global infrastructure. Responsibilities Service Ownership: Act as the primary point of contact for developers within your domain, handling service-related queries in chats and managing SRE-specific tasks. Infrastructure Evolution: Maintain and improve current cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and scalability. Embedded DevOps: Integrate SRE/DevOps best practices into the development lifecycle, from architecture planning to deployment. Innovation & PoC: Research, develop, and implement new infrastructure tools; conduct Proof of Concept (PoC) projects to drive technical excellence. Automation: Partner with the Automation team to build efficient CI/CD pipelines and custom automated workflows. Reliability & Metrics: Participate in developing quality metrics (SLIs/SLOs) and maintain comprehensive project documentation. On-call Support: Join the on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 stability of our mission-critical services. 3+ years as a SRE/DevOps Engineer . Proven experience with containerization and orchestration tools, Kubernetes is the must ( GKE is preferred). Knowledge of SRE/DevOps methodologies, such as CI/CD, IaC, gitOps , etc. Knowledge of at least one tool from the gitOps approach ( FluxCD is preferred). Experience in Cloud based infrastructures ( GCP is preferred). Research and troubleshooting skills. Experience in administering and tuning relational and columnar databases, specifically PostgreSQL, MySQL , and ClickHouse . Experience in deployment and maintenance of distributed high-load systems. Experience in development of fault-tolerance mechanisms - clustering, replication, scaling approaches, etc. Configuration of monitoring solutions ( Grafana, VictoriaMetric (operator) are preferred). Good scripting skills ( bash / python are preferred). Will be as a plus: Configuration of logging/tracing solutions ( open telemetry stack, ViktoriaLogs, Grafana Loki, Grafana Tempo are preferred). Hands-on knowledge of maintaining and scaling Elasticsearch . Proficiency with message brokers and event-streaming platforms such as Kafka and RabbitMQ . Proficiency with GitlabCI . Proficiency in developing, maintaining, and refactoring complex Helm charts. Experience in migrating applications to Kubernetes. Deep understanding of Linux-like OS processes. Experience in implementing security controls in containerized environments. Boundless desire to automate any processes with an emphasis on improving security. Excellent communication skills Spoken English What do we offer? Stable employment in the fast-growing international company International career in a multicultural environment with lots of opportunities to grow Annual vacation of 28 calendar days and 1 additional day off on your birthday Mental Wellbeing Program – providing you and your immediate family members with free and confidential mental and physical health support services for a wide range of personal and work-related issues Opportunities for advancement, further trainings (over 650 courses on soft and hard skills on our e-learning platform) and coaching Free English and German language classes Flexible working hours and hybrid work The position is available for candidates based in Portugal, Poland, the Czech Republic, Moldova or Kazakhstan . Join us today and let’s create a success story together!