Freelance GitLab Platform Engineer

Mediahuis nv; Antwerpen; Híbrido; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Mediahuis nv seeks an experienced Freelance GitLab Platform Engineer based in Belgium to strengthen and secure our critical GitLab platform. You will improve automation, monitoring, and platform governance while collaborating with Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Development teams.

You will work from our Antwerp office two days per week, with the assignment starting ASAP in Q4 2026 and running at least until end of 2026, with potential extension into 2027.

Formación

• Hands-on with GitLab Self-Managed and Premium deployments.
• Strong Linux, Kubernetes, monitoring and logging skills.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools.

Responsabilidades

• Strengthen and harden the GitLab platform, focusing on accounts, tokens and access management.
• Improve monitoring, logging and alerting for a stable platform.
• Review and enhance GitLab CI/CD, runners and container registry.
• Support GitLab upgrades, lifecycle management and patching.
• Automate and document platform management and configuration.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Development teams.
• Share expertise with internal engineers and contribute to future platform evolution, including SaaS/managed GitLab options.

Conocimientos

GitLab Self-Managed

GitLab Premium

GitLab CI/CD

Linux

Kubernetes

Monitoring

Logging

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

Bash

Python

AWS

GitLab SaaS migrations

Dutch

English

Herramientas

Terraform

Ansible

Descripción del empleo

Mediahuis is looking for an experienced Freelance GitLab Platform Engineer based in Belgium to strengthen, secure and further professionalise our critical GitLab platform.

We believe you could be the perfect fit.

Your impact.

GitLab is a critical platform for our development and infrastructure teams. You will help us make the platform more secure, stable and maintainable, while improving automation and sharing your expertise with our internal engineers.

You’ve already started daydreaming? Keep reading - this opportunity is even better than you imagined!

Your role includes.

• Further strengthening and hardening our GitLab platform, with particular attention to accounts, tokens, credentials, variables and access management.
• Improving monitoring, logging and alerting to ensure a stable and reliable platform.
• Reviewing and improving GitLab CI/CD, runners and the container registry.
• Supporting GitLab upgrades, lifecycle management and patching.
• Automating and documenting platform management and configuration.
• Working closely with our Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Development teams.
• Sharing your expertise with internal engineers, reducing key-person dependency and contributing to the future evolution of the platform, including a potential SaaS or managed GitLab solution.
• For this freelance assignment, you are based in Belgium and able to work from our Antwerp office two days per week. The assignment starts as soon as possible in Q4 2026 and runs at least until the end of 2026, with a possible extension into the first half of 2027.

What makes you a great fit?

What’s on your CV, is important but is by no means the only thing we attach importance to. You have strong hands-on experience with GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Premium and GitLab CI/CD, combined with solid knowledge of GitLab security and platform hardening. You are comfortable working with Linux, Kubernetes, monitoring and logging, and know how to troubleshoot business-critical platforms. You have experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code, using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Bash or Python. Experience with AWS and GitLab SaaS migrations is a plus. You are hands-on, pragmatic and able to work independently, while actively sharing your knowledge with the team. You communicate fluently in Dutch and English.

What’s about to become your second home?

You’ll join TPS, the international technology organization of Mediahuis. You will work closely with colleagues across Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture and Development and contribute directly to the security, stability and future readiness of a critical platform used by our development and infrastructure teams.