DevOps Support Engineer – GitHub Platform & Tooling
You will:
- Manage and operate the central GitHub repository platform for ABS Germany Web / Client, supporting over 300 members and 50 repositories comprising ~9.4 million lines of code.
- Provide tooling and standardized processes for the software development and release lifecycle, enabling daily CI builds across the organization.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and operational efficiency in the management of source control and build infrastructure.
- Centralize repository and build operations to allow ABS developers to focus on delivering high-quality solutions rather than tooling overhead.
- Implement, maintain, and operate the build pipeline for ABS in Germany.
- Create analyses and implementation concepts for business requirements related to source control, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
- Document and define actual and target processes for organizational, procedural, and technical analysis of the GitHub platform.
- Conduct impact analysis for requirements to be implemented across the repository landscape.
- Perform technical analysis of applications concerning architecture, performance, reusability, security, etc.
- Clarify requirements with requesting teams and create implementation concepts documented as user stories.
- Write testable, scalable, and efficient code, setting coding standards for the team.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices.
- Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering their professional growth and encouraging the adoption of industry best practices.
- Ensure software quality standards are met by enforcing code standards, conducting rigorous testing, and implementing continuous improvement processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals and deliver effective and impactful software applications.
- Foster transparency about the state of implementation to the team and requesting teams/stakeholders.
- Minimize technical debt and identify improvements and refactoring opportunities.
- Stay updated with the latest technologies and industry trends, continuously enhancing technical skills, and driving innovation within the development team.
- Follow Allianz CPI procedures: Change/Problem/Incident management.
- Improve monitoring and alerting according to Allianz standards.
- Maintain, improve, and fix bugs in implemented solutions.
- Process support cases, including technical and user errors (2nd/3rd Level Support).
- Check input channels for issues/requirements and alerts, handling them according to CPI procedures (Teams, SNOW, Group Mailbox).
- Holiday calendar followed should be the OE holiday calendar.
Your skills:
- University Graduate degree (mandatory).
- Techstack expertise in Java, Maven/Tycho, Jenkins, Groovy, Dynatrace, Prometheus/Grafana, GitHub, GIT Runner, and GIT Actions.
- Proven track record in software development (+5 years), with a degree or proven experience.
- Experience operating and administering large-scale GitHub or source control platforms serving hundreds of users and repositories.
- Experience in CI/CD projects for large software development projects (>25 Mio. LoC).
- Deep understanding of how to package JAVA applications.
- Deep understanding of JAVA OSGi, ABS, and the development lifecycle of ABS in Germany.
- Experience working in an agile team setting.
- Exposure to AI tools will be an add-on advantage.
Your benefits:
- We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
- We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
- From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
- Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.
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