Senior Systems Engineer – Business Applications - KI (m/w/d)
Core
Senior Systems Engineer responsible for 2nd Level Support, automated deployment, container builds, and operating self-hosted LLMs on Kubernetes for the German Armed Forces' internal AI search and infrastructure.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Business Applications & AI Infrastructure)
Builds
Production-ready containerized applications, self-hosted LLMs, and internal AI search infrastructure (RAG) for the Bundeswehr.
Domain
Defense / IT Operations / Cloud-Native / AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes, Cloud-native platforms, Microservices deployment, Container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Ansible), GitOps, Container builds, Monitoring/Logging/Alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Instana), Linux administration, Web servers (Apache, NGINX), Databases (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL), TCP networking, Security risk management, ITIL basics.
Preferred skills
VMware ARIA experience, Helm-Charts, Kustomize, k8s-Operators.
Responsibilities
Provide 2nd Level Support for LAMP platforms and applications; Participate in automated platform component provisioning via CI/CD; Create, test, and implement container builds; Manage search engine infrastructure with connectors and internal AI search (RAG); Operate self-hosted LLMs on Kubernetes; Troubleshoot incidents and security risks; Develop training concepts; Maintain technical documentation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC