DevOps Engineer

Who is Volkswagen Financial Services?

It's been more than 70 years since Volkswagen Financial Services AG financed the first Volkswagen vehicles in Germany in 1949. A lot has changed since then, but our core goal hasn't; ensuring we meet the mobility needs of the people.

Volkswagen Financial Services today operates in 48 markets through its various subsidiaries, shareholdings, and joint ventures. Volkswagen Financial Services is the largest provider of automotive financial services worldwide.

As the largest provider of automotive financial services worldwide, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equal-opportunity workplace.

At our VWFS Porto location, you’ll join a dynamic team committed to innovation and excellence in financial and technological services.

The role:

Are you passionate about building and optimizing cutting-edge platform services? As a DevOps Engineer at Volkswagen Financial Services, you will play a key role in designing, automating, and securing the infrastructure that powers our global business applications. Working in a dynamic, international environment, you’ll collaborate with top experts to drive innovation in containerization, and IT automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze and define platform requirements for VWFS applications.
• Plan, deploy, and configure Kubernetes Clusters and container-based platforms.
• Design and implement automated software deployment and distribution processes.
• Perform containerization of applications and legacy systems.
• Implement security best practices for platform services.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure smooth go-live transitions.
• Maintain system documentation and provide knowledge transfer to managed service providers.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering and container platforms.
• Experience in Red Hat, Kubernetes, Docker, and Java (Oracle, OpenJDK, JBoss EAP/Tomcat).
• Automation skills with Ansible, Python, Bash, PowerShell, and YAML.
• Knowledge on Flux and Kustomization, RBCS, NetPols.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Bitbucket, Concourse, Ansible Automation Platform, Artifactory).
• Knowledge of ITIL v3 processes and service management frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Load Balancers, TLS Certificates, Firewall Rules, Networking Zoning.
• Expertise in monitoring and logging tools like Dynatrace, Grafana.
• Ability to troubleshoot network and infrastructure issues in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience with Confluence and Jira.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

What we Offer:

• Long-term contract.
• Competitive package including private health insurance, life insurance and meal allowance (pay by meal card).
• Bonuses and benefits depending on performance.
• Schooling allowance and pension scheme.
• Incredible and unique annual company events.
• Opportunity to work on an international project and be part of multicultural and multidisciplinary team.
• Solid performance evaluation and career management methodologies.
• Continuous training – technical and behavioral development.