Technical Lead IT Operations (m/w/d)

We are looking for you to strengthen our team in Graz, St. Valentin, or, with the appropriate qualifications, in a home office.

You think in terms of operations. You create standards. You take responsibility. In this newly created role, you will provide technical leadership for our TechOps team and ensure the reliable, standardized, and scalable operation of our hospital software. In doing so, you will combine technical involvement with the further development of our operational processes and customer environments, paving the way for future cloud operating models. Your core areas cover everything from Kubernetes and GitOps to Observability and Site Reliability Engineering. Together with the team, you will implement improvements step by step and establish binding standards.

• You will provide technical leadership for the TechOps team, make technical decisions, and ensure their implementation

• You will develop scalable deployment and operating models for our hospital software as well as our managed services

• You will work closely with Platform Engineers from Product Development and improve the deployment and operating capabilities of our products

• You will standardize and automate deployment, update, and rollout processes using GitOps and CI/CD approaches

• You will develop our Observability concept based on OpenTelemetry and implement Site Reliability Engineering principles with measurable reliability goals

• You will analyze root causes of failures, reduce manual operational effort, and integrate practical documentation as well as knowledge transfer into daily work

• You have extensive experience in operating complex software solutions in customer environments, ideally in the area of managed services or healthcare IT solutions

• You have hands-on experience with Linux, Kubernetes, containerized applications, and the interaction of infrastructure, platform, database, and application

• You are proficient in operations automation, GitOps, deployment processes, and CI/CD, and apply them according to the respective system and customer environment

• You have experience in technical leadership, make clear technical decisions, and purposefully involve experienced specialists

• You analyze complex technical situations in a structured manner, set clear priorities, and communicate decisions confidently and directly, even in critical operational situations

• You have very good knowledge of German

• Meaningful products and projects for healthcare digitalization

• Mobile working up to 3 days a week, as well as sabbatical

• Bike leasing and public transport subsidy

• Subsidies for fitness (EGYM Wellpass) and health services, including sports support

• Childcare subsidies (country-dependent)

• Structured onboarding and personal mentoring

• Internal Meierhofer Academy and individual further training

The minimum gross annual salary for this position is €64,554 according to the collective bargaining agreement in the IT sector for full-time employment. Depending on qualifications and experience, a significant overpayment is possible.

For almost 40 years, Meierhofer has combined experience with innovative strength and is digitalizing patient care in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. As a company managed by its owners, we work closely with our customers and, together with around 400 employees, develop solutions that sustainably improve medical, nursing, and administrative hospital processes – so that clinics can concentrate on providing the best possible care.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications. If you have any questions, please contact our HR Manager Verena Regensburger by phone at recruiter contact. We will be happy to help you and look forward to getting to know you!