Team Leader IT - Container Operations | 11-202-2025 Teamleiter*in IT - Containerbetrieb (m/w/div)

Job Summary

This role involves leading and building a new IT team of up to 10 employees focused on container operations within a complex IT system landscape. The Team Leader will actively shape the team's tasks, manage change processes, and represent the department in internal and external working groups. A core responsibility is overseeing the container platform lifecycle, from development to production, ensuring stable, highly available platforms (OpenShift, Rancher) for core business applications. The ideal candidate possesses a strong IT background, extensive experience in container virtualization, and practical knowledge of orchestrating complex container environments (Kubernetes, Docker, or Podman). This position requires leadership experience, strong analytical skills, decision-making competence, and fluent German language proficiency to successfully manage the team and strategic alignment of the department.