Senior DevOps Engineer

Jobtailor; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Amsterdam is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to own design, implementation, and maintenance of our DevOps infrastructure. You will lead deployment automation and configuration management, and establish comprehensive monitoring across the stack.

You will collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure robustness, scalability, and security, while mentoring junior team members and staying current with the latest DevOps trends and tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or related field.
• Proficient with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Hands-on with containerization and Kubernetes.
• Strong IaC skills with Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Experience automating deployments with CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining DevOps infrastructure.
• Managing deployment, automation, and configurations of applications.
• Establishing monitoring protocols for infrastructure.
• Collaborating with development and QA teams to ensure robustness, scalability, and security.
• Implementing and administering issue-detection monitoring and alerting.
• Maintaining and improving build and deployment processes.
• Developing and maintaining documentation of systems and processes.
• Mentoring and training junior DevOps team members.
• Staying up to date with latest DevOps trends and technologies.

Skills

Proactive problem-solving

English communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitLab

CircleCI

Job description

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining our DevOps infrastructure.
• Managing the deployment, automation, and configurations of our applications.
• Establishing and sustaining comprehensive monitoring protocols for all elements within our infrastructure.
• Collaborating harmoniously with the development and quality assurance teams, safeguarding our system’s robustness, scalability, and security.
• Implementing and administering systems that proactively identify and resolve issues through vigilant monitoring and alert mechanisms.
• Maintaining and improving our build and deployment processes.
• Developing and maintaining comprehensive documentation of our systems and processes.
• Mentoring and training junior team members of the DevOps team.
• Staying up to date with the latest trends and technology in the DevOps area.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or any related field
• Proficient with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Thorough understanding of infrastructure-as-code concepts and tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
• Experience automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications using technologies like Kubernetes
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines and related tools such as GitHub Actions, Gitlab or CircleCI
• Strong proactive problem‑solving skills and can work both independently and as part of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (in English)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining DevOps infrastructure, with a strong focus on cloud platforms, containerization, and automation. Proficient in implementing monitoring protocols and CI/CD pipelines while mentoring junior team members.