# IT Administrator – Tanzu Kubernetes

**Company**: IQVIA Health System Services (HSS)
**Location**: Leipzig
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an IT Administrator – Tanzu Kubernetes to join our team at IQVIA Health System Services (HSS) in Leipzig. As an IT Administrator, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe, stable, and high-performance operation of the Kubernetes and machine learning platform based on VMware Tanzu.

**Responsibilities:**

- Ensure the safe, stable, and high-performance operation of the Kubernetes and machine learning platform based on VMware Tanzu

- Provide, update, scale, and manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters and associated network, storage, and platform components

- Automate provisioning, deployment, and operational processes using GitOps, ArgoCD, Helm, and Terraform

- Implement and develop monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to ensure high availability and performance

- Analyse and sustainably resolve disruptions within the framework of incident management

- Implement security-by-design principles within the platform architecture and operational processes

- Develop and implement secure network, role, and access concepts as well as modern secrets management solutions

- Conduct infrastructure hardening measures and integrate technical security controls into deployment and operational processes

- Collaborate closely with DevOps and ProdOps teams to develop standardised platform services and self-service solutions

- Support development and production teams in introducing new workloads, error analyses, and transferring applications to productive operation

- Create and maintain technical documentation and continuously optimise the platform architecture

- Participate in 24/7 operations, including on-call duty

**Requirements:**

- Successfully completed studies in computer science, business informatics, or a comparable qualification

- Several years of experience in operating and administering Kubernetes platforms in productive environments

- Good knowledge of Kubernetes, container technologies, and cloud-native architectures

- Experience with VMware Tanzu or comparable Kubernetes platforms

- Practical experience with infrastructure as code and automation tools such as Terraform, Helm, and ArgoCD

- Knowledge of GitOps and modern CI/CD processes

- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions

- In-depth understanding of IT security, network security, identity and access management, and platform hardening

- Experience working with Linux-based environments and infrastructure and platform operations

- Analytical and structured working style as well as pronounced problem-solving competence

- Very good German and good English language skills

**Benefits:**

- Flexible working hours in a flexible working time model

- Fair overtime regulation with leisure time compensation or a remuneration possibility with 25% overtime surcharge

- Mentorship programme during your entire induction period

- Regulated feedback loops in the induction process ('4 days, 4 weeks, 4 months principle') and annual development interviews

- Internal development opportunities within the IQVIA Group

- Individual further training, in-house workshops, participation in specialist conferences possible

- Canteen with subsidised meals (lunch from €1.30)

- Free cold and hot drinks and free fruit

- Company pension scheme

- Discounts in the partner travel agency

- Free and anonymous counselling on health, family, and legal concerns via Talingo

- Preferential LVB job ticket

- Company events, Christmas parties, and team building

## Skills

### Required
- Kubernetes
- VMware Tanzu
- GitOps
- ArgoCD
- Helm
- Terraform
- Linux
- Cloud-Native Architectures
- Container Technologies
- Monitoring
- Logging
- Observability
- IT Security
- Network Security
- Identity & Access Management
- German

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