Senior DevOps & Data Platform Engineer

Cronos International; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Cronos Europa is seeking an Operations Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure, scalable technical solutions for European Institutions. The role blends infrastructure, data platforms, cloud operations, automation, and security to support AI/ML workloads.

You will architect interoperable systems, build multi‑cloud data platforms, and develop robust MLOps pipelines while aligning with risk, data protection, and security standards.

Qualifications

• EQF Level 6 or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage priorities in a dynamic technical environment.
• Strong team spirit and proven ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to integrate quickly into an international and multicultural working environment.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, particularly in infrastructure design, documentation, and operational follow‑up.
• Ability to write clean, efficient, maintainable code and contribute to high‑quality engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement secure, interoperable solutions using standard frameworks and design patterns, ensuring the integration of applications and infrastructure for improved scalability and efficiency.
• Design and develop robust, vendor-agnostic data platforms supporting AI and machine learning workloads, with a strong focus on performance, flexibility, and multi-cloud optimisation.
• Build structured MLOps pipelines to automate and streamline the complete model lifecycle, from development and testing to deployment and serving.
• Design security architectures that protect infrastructure and applications while aligning with risk management strategies, data protection requirements, and security standards.
• Continuously assess, monitor, and optimise system performance and scalability using advanced metrics, benchmarking, and predictive analytics.
• Collaborate with AI developers, business analysts, IT operations teams, and other stakeholders to ensure technical architecture supports business objectives and operational needs.
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code, and configuration management practices to support rapid, reliable application deployment.
• Ensure seamless system integration and cross‑platform compatibility through API design, interoperability testing, and continuous improvement practices.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Troubleshooting

Time management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Coding ability

Education

EQF Level 6 or higher in Computer Science/Information Technology/Systems Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Oracle

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

MongoDB

Prometheus

Grafana

Redis

OWASP

SonarQube

Git

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Amazon Kiro

GitHub Copilot

eGrants

Job description

Cronos Europa is seeking an Operations Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure, scalable technical solutions for European Institutions. The role blends infrastructure, data platforms, cloud operations, automation, and security to support AI/ML workloads.

You will architect interoperable systems, build multi‑cloud data platforms, and develop robust MLOps pipelines while aligning with risk, data protection, and security standards.