Platform Engineer Expert - Batch Service & Pipeline

Platform Engineer Expert for Batch Service & Pipeline at KfW in Frankfurt am Main: operating and optimizing the batch control platform and building a CI/CD pipeline.

• You develop a CI/CD pipeline for the development and delivery of complex job definitions including the related job artifacts (scripts/JCL).
• You take over the ongoing operation and optimization of the batch control platform. This includes scheduling, execution and monitoring of central batch workflows, as well as testing and deployment of new services.
• You design and improve service lifecycle activities, mainly in Service Transition and Service Operation. You make sure services go live reliably and run stably.
• You manage deployments and operational handovers of applications, coordinate implementation according to change requests and build know-how for regular operations, including creating and maintaining operations manuals.
• When incidents occur, you handle root cause analysis, assess events and prioritize measures. You also drive error prevention through systematic documentation and root-cause analyses.
• In daily business you keep track of monitoring, quality and security: you optimize service performance, consider quality requirements and support IT security, compliance and audit processes.
• You review and assess the use of AI approaches to support development and operations tasks (e.g. support for complex development) and implement them as needed in line with the target architecture.

• You have a Bachelor's degree (e.g. in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics/Physics, IT and Telecommunications or comparable) and several years of relevant professional experience in IT.
• Your strength is development and automation: you have several years of Python experience and experience in the CI/CD environment.
• You know GitLab and container technologies (e.g. Podman) from practice and can use them confidently and purposefully for operations tasks.
• You work routinely with PowerShell; VBA knowledge is an additional advantage. You stand out through precision, analytical ability and a structured way of working.
• You bring decision-making ability and conflict management, act with confidence and coordinate topics reliably; good English skills round off your communication strength.