DevOps Engineer

Gazelle Global; Amstelveen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gazelle Global in Amsterdam, Netherlands seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to develop and extend the platform of the existing payment engine, APIs, and microservices. You will focus on automation, deployments, and full-stack observability across cloud-native environments.

You will own Linux (RHEL) operations, enhance monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, OTEL, and ELK, and collaborate in an Agile/Scrum setup to deliver reliable and scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in a DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Linux Engineering role.
• Strong hands-on experience with automation tools such as Ansible.
• Strong Linux administration experience, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Cloud and CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions/Pipelines.
• Monitoring & Observability experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
• Experience with production monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, root cause analysis, and incident management.
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals and troubleshooting in distributed environments.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps tooling such as Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub, SonarQube, Checkmarx.
• Experience with virtualization and container technologies such as VMware, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or OpenStack.
• Ability to automate deployments, releases, and operational activities using Python, Shell scripting, and Ansible.
• Passion for technology, continuous improvement, and automation.
• Strong analytical skills, proactive mindset, and willingness to share knowledge with others.
• Ability to organize, coach, and motivate team members.
• Excellent soft skills: communicative, friendly, collaborative, curious, and eager to learn.
• Good understanding of REST APIs and service integrations.
• Good understanding of DevOps, SRE, Reliability Engineering, and Observability concepts
• Knowledge and understanding of Database and RDBMS concepts.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the DevOps platform. You automate relentlessly: manage configuration via Ansible, deploy through Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines, and automate repetitive tasks.
• Have a complete picture of Deployments, Operations, Production Support, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Backup & Restore, Security Monitoring, and Full Stack Observability.
• Take ownership of Linux (RHEL) platform operations, ensuring stability, performance, security, and continuous improvement.
• Improve application and platform monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), ELK Stack, and agreed alerting standards.
• Analyze logs, metrics, traces, and telemetry data to identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and reliability risks.
• Support High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) testing activities.
• Implement and work with the latest tooling, focusing on automation, performance, stability, observability, and security.
• Take ownership of lifecycle management of platform components including Operating Systems, Middleware, Certificates, User Access Management, Vulnerability Remediation, Security Patching.
• Find opportunities to automate existing features, operational processes, deployments, monitoring, alerting, and security controls.
• Understand the root cause of incidents, recurring issues, and service gaps, and propose sustainable solutions.

Skills

Soft skills

Analytical thinking

Proactive mindset

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor/Master degree in CS or related

Tools

Ansible

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

OTEL

ELK Stack

Git

SonarQube

Checkmarx

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

OpenStack

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

As a preferred supplier to one of our biggest Financial Client, I am seeking for a DevOps Engineer for a position in Amsterdam, Netherlands. You will focus predominantly on the development and extension of the platform of the existing payment engine, APIs and microservices. These applications are written using Java, Spring frameworks (e.g., JPA, JMS, Streaming, Batch, etc.) and deployed via Azure DevOps pipeline.

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the DevOps platform. You automate relentlessly: manage configuration via Ansible, deploy through Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines, and leave no opportunity untouched to automate repetitive operational tasks using Python and Shell scripting.
• Have a complete picture of Deployments, Operations, Production Support, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Backup & Restore, Security Monitoring, and Full Stack Observability.
• Take ownership of Linux (RHEL) platform operations, ensuring stability, performance, security, and continuous improvement across the environment.
• Improve application and platform monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), and agreed alerting standards.
• Analyze logs, metrics, traces, and telemetry data to proactively identify issues, performance bottlenecks, and reliability risks.
• Support and perform High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) testing activities.
• Implement and work with the latest tooling, with a strong focus on automation, performance, stability, observability, and security.
• Take ownership of lifecycle management of platform components including Operating Systems, Middleware, Certificates, User Access Management, Vulnerability Remediation, Security Patching, and related controls.
• Find opportunities to automate existing features, operational processes, deployments, monitoring, alerting, and security controls.
• Understand the root cause of incidents, recurring issues, and service gaps, and propose sustainable solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Take ownership of issues and improvements, seeing them through to completion and providing comprehensive handovers where required.
• Assist with technical specifications for change requests and user stories.
• Analyze requirements and define their applicability within the technical platform landscape.
• Work on technical improvements including automation, Linux platform engineering, monitoring, observability, environment management, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive continuous deployment and delivery using Azure DevOps / GitHub pipelines.
• Collaborate within an Agile/Scrum squad, working closely with the Technical Product Owner and demonstrating solutions to stakeholders.
• Ensure IT Risk and Security controls are implemented, documented, and maintained in accordance with the Information Security Management Policy.
• Comply with all internal guidelines, complete mandatory training on time, and always safeguard the integrity and reputation of ING.

Must haves:

• 5+ years' experience in a DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Linux Engineering role.
• Strong hands‑on experience with automation tools such as Ansible.
• Strong Linux administration experience, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), including troubleshooting, performance tuning, patching, and operational support.
• Cloud and CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions/Pipelines.
• Monitoring & Observability experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or similar platforms.
• Experience with production monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, root cause analysis, and incident management.
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals and troubleshooting in distributed environments.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps tooling such as Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub, SonarQube, Checkmarx.
• Experience with virtualization and container technologies such as VMware, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or OpenStack.
• Ability to automate deployments, releases, and operational activities using Python, Shell scripting, and Ansible.
• Passion for technology, continuous improvement, and automation.
• Strong analytical skills, proactive mindset, and willingness to share knowledge with others.
• Ability to organize, coach, and motivate team members.
• Excellent soft skills: communicative, friendly, collaborative, curious, and eager to learn.
• Good understanding of REST APIs and service integrations.
• Good understanding of DevOps, SRE, Reliability Engineering, and Observability concepts.
• Knowledge and understanding of Database and RDBMS concepts.

Nice to have:

• Basic knowledge of the Spring Boot framework.
• Experience with Oracle Database administration and troubleshooting.
• Low-latency infrastructure stack knowledge.
• Security and IT Risk experience (SOX, vulnerability management, security controls).
• Experience with TIBCO EMS/MQ.
• Experience with IBM WebSphere.
• RHEL certification (RHCSA/RHCE).
• Education at Bachelor/Master level with a strong analytical background in Computer Science, Cybernetics, Software Engineering, Financial Engineering, or equivalent.