Site Reliability Engineer for Observability (Freelance)

NN GROUP N.V.; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 96,432 - 151,536; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

Project duration: 6-9 months

Hybrid work arrangement

International environment

Job summary

NN Group N.V. is seeking an interim Site Reliability Engineer in The Hague to design and embed a scalable observability foundation. The role emphasizes Kubernetes workloads, cloud engineering in Azure and/or AWS, and strong SRE practices.

You will implement OpenTelemetry, define SLIs/SLOs, and support teams in adopting observability across domains. The assignment is hybrid, 6–9 months, with an hourly rate dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Extensive production experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads.
• Hands-on cloud engineering in Azure and/or AWS.
• Deep observability expertise across metrics, logs and traces.
• Ability to define and manage SLOs/SLIs and error budgets.
• Automation skills in Python, Bash or Go.

Responsibilities

• Set up an OpenTelemetry collector layer for multiple sources (Azure Databricks, AWS Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes, AWS, Azure).
• Define and implement SLIs, SLOs and SLAs for the Portable Stack and AI domains.
• Enable teams to effectively use the new observability capabilities.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitOps

Observability

SRE

Python

Go

CI/CD

Incident management

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Tempo

OpenTelemetry

Job description

The Engineering Experience & Platforms domain aims to make life easier for engineers across NN. To strengthen reliability and improve observability across key platforms, NN is looking for an interim Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement and embed a scalable observability foundation.

What you are going to do

The assignment focuses on setting up an OpenTelemetry collector layer for sources including Azure Databricks, AWS Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes, AWS and Azure. You will define and implement SLIs, SLOs and SLAs for the Portable Stack domain and AI domain, and enable teams to use the new observability capabilities effectively.

What we offer you

Our people are the driving force behind our organisation. We value the knowledge and expertise you bring. We believe that your temporary commitment can take our organisation to a higher level. We offer you:

• Competitive hourly rate depending on your knowledge and experience
• Project starts 1st of August 2026 and has a duration of 6 to 9 months
• Hybrid way of working, partly from home and partly from the office
• International working environment with loads of knowledge sharing

Who you are

You are an experienced Site Reliability Engineer with strong production experience in Kubernetes and containerized workloads. You have hands‑on cloud engineering experience in Azure and/or AWS, including infrastructure as code and GitOps‑based deployments. You bring deep observability expertise across metrics, logs and traces, using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo or similar. You are comfortable defining and managing SLOs, SLIs and error budgets, and you have a structured approach to incident management, root cause analysis and reliability improvements. Automation skills in Python, Bash or Go are expected, as well as solid knowledge of CI/CD and safe deployment practices. You communicate clearly and work effectively with development teams to embed reliability into the software delivery lifecycle.

Who you will work with

You will work closely with the newly formed observability team, the domain architect and the Principal Engineer of the Kubernetes domain. You will also align with other teams in the domain to deliver a practical, scalable solution that raises SRE maturity across NN.

Any questions?

Do you have any questions about the job or the procedure? Please contact Amy Brouwer, [e-mail]. Are you unsure whether you meet the criteria 100%? We would like to encourage you to apply anyway. We are curious about your unique qualities!