Senior Application Engineer & Platform Orchestrator

Almaviva Group; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Almaviva Group in The Hague region seeks a seasoned IT professional to lead and support large-scale application environments. The role emphasizes administration, deployment, incident handling and ongoing optimization across production and non-production systems.

The candidate will work with micro-services, Kubernetes, Docker, Elasticsearch and cloud services, delivering robust configuration management and scripting capabilities. The position is near-site in the Netherlands.

Qualifications

• Min 15 years of IT experience.
• At least 6 years in mid/large IT infrastructure environments including deployment, support and maintenance of applications.
• At least 5 years in application administration.
• At least 2 years with micro-services and container stacks (Docker/Kubernetes).
• At least 2 years administering and supporting Elasticsearch.
• At least 5 years with enterprise Microsoft or Linux servers.
• At least 2 years in Public or Hybrid Cloud (Azure or AWS).
• Good knowledge of Elasticsearch deployment and administration.
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm charts, Docker and Rancher.
• Good knowledge of configuration management (Puppet, Ansible, Chocolatey).
• Good shell and/or PowerShell scripting.
• Good ITIL knowledge (incident/change/release).
• Deadline 17/09/26.
• EU Citizens only.
• 2 positions available.
• Delivery mode: Near Site (The Hague, Netherlands).

Responsibilities

• Install, configure and administer applications in production and non-production environments.
• Monitor performance and continuously improve efficiency and service quality.
• Provide applications support and maintenance including incident, change, release and problem resolution.
• Write and validate procedures manuals including troubleshooting guides, backup and restore plans.
• Automate administrative tasks and document installation and support procedures.
• Contribute to structuring and maintaining the technical knowledgebase for ICT Operations.
• Report on application availability, performance, capacity and usage as required.

Skills

IT Experience

Large IT infrastructure

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Puppet

Ansible

Chocolatey

Shell scripting

PowerShell

ITIL

Job description

Almaviva Group in The Hague region seeks a seasoned IT professional to lead and support large-scale application environments. The role emphasizes administration, deployment, incident handling and ongoing optimization across production and non-production systems.

The candidate will work with micro-services, Kubernetes, Docker, Elasticsearch and cloud services, delivering robust configuration management and scripting capabilities. The position is near-site in the Netherlands.