Senior IT Team Leader (DevOps)

As a Senior IT Team Leader within ALDI International IT Services, you will lead an engineering organization of 12 DevOps Engineering, Application Management and IT Consultancy Professionals. You will be responsible for building high-performing teams, driving engineering excellence, and delivering innovative technology solutions that create business value. Combining strong people leadership with technical and delivery oversight, you will foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, agile ways of working, and operational excellence while shaping the future of our development platforms and engineering capabilities.

My responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and develop high-performing DevOps Engineering and Application Management teams, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation and continuous learning
• Drive the professional growth, coaching and career development of Engineers and IT Consultants
• Build and maintain an inclusive, collaborative and performance-oriented engineering culture
• Manage employee performance through regular feedback, performance reviews and development planning
• Participate in recruitment, talent acquisition and onboarding activities to continuously strengthen the engineering organization
• Own the successful delivery of software, platform or automation initiatives aligned with business objectives
• Manage capacity planning, workload prioritization and resource allocation across engineering teams
• Establish and monitor key engineering metrics, KPIs and SLAs to ensure sustainable delivery performance
• Oversee incident management and resolution of critical situations through effective stakeholder communication and technical leadership
• Support technology modernization initiatives and evaluate emerging technologies to create business value
• Partner with Architects, Product Owners and business stakeholders to align technology roadmaps with company objectives
• Champion agile ways of working across teams, leveraging Scrum, Kanban and DevOps practices

The knowledge I own:

• A DevOps Engineering background with hands-on knowledge of GitLab and Cloudsmith
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading and developing engineering teams
• Proven track record of delivering complex technology initiatives in fast-paced and dynamic environments
• Experience working agile methodologies and modern engineering practices
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business audiences
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Passion for engineering excellence, innovation and continuous improvement
• Ability to successfully lead teams through organizational and technological change
• Strong coaching and servant leadership mindset with a focus on team empowerment and growth
• Self-starter approach with a proactive and strategic mindset
• Open-minded and curious about emerging technologies and engineering trends
• Strong ownership mentality and commitment to delivering measurable business outcomes
• Excellent English language skills; German language knowledge is an advantage
• Willingness to undertake occasional international business travel

The offer that would convince me:

• The chance to work in an international team, collaborating with colleagues from all over the world
• The opportunity to contribute to our own product and learn how to build high-quality, stable solutions in a real production environment
• Cutting-edge tools and technologies, keeping you at the forefront of innovation and best practices in software development
• Collaboration with a highly professional developer team that values quality, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement
• We are committed to build up teams where trust and honest communication are essentials to our daily work
• Flexible working hours with home office possibility
• Regular salary increase, we follow the inflation and reward loyalty

Imagine a company where ALDI’s well-known quality and reliability meet IT expertise and innovation. ALDI International IT Services (AIIS) strives to achieve this every day: as part of ALDI DX, it supports a wide range of IT and business services for the ALDI SÜD Group from Hungary.

Founded in 2012 and operating as an individual business entity since 2018, AIIS has grown to nearly 1,000 employees, with offices in Budapest, Biatorbágy, Pécs and Debrecen. Its portfolio includes IT support for ALDI stores and regional headquarters across Europe and beyond – from the UK and Ireland to Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia and Hungary.

Online application:

Please use our online application and attach your English resume.