Remote Global DevSecOps & API Platform Leader

Q8; Rotterdam; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work location

International leadership exposure

Competitive compensation with extra-ll

Job summary

Q8 is seeking a senior DevSecOps Platform Lead for a remote, international role. You will shape a future-proof DevSecOps and API ecosystem that accelerates delivery and strengthens security across teams, countries, and platforms.

You lead platform strategy, governance, and automation initiatives to drive value and reduce risk. You collaborate with engineers to implement cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and secure software delivery.

Qualifications

• You bring structure, speed, and security together in one powerful platform strategy.
• You set the direction and make it real across the organization.
• You drive a DevSecOps strategy delivering secure, automated CI/CD pipelines at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive a DevSecOps strategy that delivers secure, automated CI/CD pipelines at scale
• Build and evolve API platforms, from gateways to developer portals, so teams can connect, innovate, and grow faster
• Embed security by design into every step of the development lifecycle
• Set clear governance and standards for API lifecycle management, including versioning, throttling, and analytics
• Accelerate adoption of infrastructure as code, containerization, and orchestration to create resilient platforms
• Monitor performance and security, act fast on risks, and continuously improve
• Lead cloud-native and microservices transformations that future-proof the platform landscape
• Guide and inspire engineers and specialists. Your leadership builds a culture of automation, ownership, and innovation
• Explore new tools, challenge the status quo, and strengthen platform capabilities

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-team collaboration

Security mindset

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in IT, Information Security, or related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Azure DevOps

ArgoCD

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM

GitOps

policy-as-code

Apigee

Kong

Azure API Management

AWS API Gateway

MuleSoft

Docker

Kubernetes

service meshes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Datadog

New Relic

Job description

Q8 is seeking a senior DevSecOps Platform Lead for a remote, international role. You will shape a future-proof DevSecOps and API ecosystem that accelerates delivery and strengthens security across teams, countries, and platforms.

You lead platform strategy, governance, and automation initiatives to drive value and reduce risk. You collaborate with engineers to implement cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and secure software delivery.