DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer – Platform EngineeringSelf Employed positionIdeal start date: March 2026Hybrid BrusselsAbout the RoleWe are looking for a DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage deployment of a highly scalable, secure, and observable platform ecosystem built on OpenShift and integrated with Vault, multiple databases, messaging middleware, and observability tools.This platform supports mission-critical workloads and services leveraging OpenShift, HashiCorp Vault, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MinIO, Elasticsearch, ELK Stack, Nginx, Squid, Solace, and Confluent (Kafka).You'll play a key role in automating infrastructure, managing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring system reliability, and enabling continuous delivery for development teams.Key ResponsibilitiesAutomate provisioning, configuration, and deployment of infrastructure and applications using Ansible, Terraform, or Helm.Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) for application builds, tests, and deployments.Ensure zero-downtime deployments, scalability, and resilience through automation.Contribute to the standardization and automation of release processes, including branching and tagging strategies.Collaborate with Digital Product teams to gather feedback, suggest improvements, and align on best practices.Enforce security standards defined by integrating SAST/DAST scanning tools (SonarQube,Veracode, Trivy, Syft).Maintain base UBI images and ensure regular application of security patches.Set up alerting and dashboards for proactive detection and resolution of performance issues.Security & ComplianceIntegrate Vault with OpenShift for secrets and credential management.Enforce least privilege and role-based access control (RBAC) across the platform.Support vulnerability scanning, patching, and compliance automation.Performance, Reliability & TroubleshootingAnalyze platform performance and implement optimization strategies for scaling.Troubleshoot issues across networking, infrastructure, CI/CD, and application layers.Conduct incident response and post-mortem analysis for platform outages.Collaboration & Continuous ImprovementWork closely with developers, tester to support CI/CD automation, testing, and environment readiness.Mentor and contribute to best practices documentation.Participate in architecture discussions to ensure scalability, observability, and reliability.Required Skills & Experience4–8 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, SRE, or Platform Engineer.Hands-on experience with OpenShift (Kubernetes) — deployments, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting.Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton) and related automation.Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or Helm.Experience managing databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MinIO, Elasticsearch).Familiarity with Solace, Confluent Kafka, or other message brokers.Experience in monitoring/observability tools (ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana).Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go for scripting and automation.Strong understanding of Linux system administration and networking fundamentals.Preferred QualificationsExperience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) integrated with OpenShift.Understanding of microservices architectures and service mesh (e.g., Istio).Exposure to performance testing, load balancing, and capacity planning.Experience with GitOps frameworks (ArgoCD).Knowledge of security best practices for cloud-native platforms.Certification(s) in Kubernetes, OpenShift, or HashiCorp Vault preferred.Soft Skills & AttributesStrong analytical and problem-solving mindset.Excellent communication and collaboration skills.Passion for automation, continuous improvement, and reliability.Ability to work in agile, fast-paced, cross-functional teams.Ownership-driven and proactive in troubleshooting and optimization.Tech Stack You'll Work WithCore Platform: OpenShift (Kubernetes), HashiCorp VaultDatabases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MinIO, ElasticsearchMessaging: Solace, Confluent (Kafka)Networking: Nginx, SquidObservability: ELK Stack, Prometheus, GrafanaAutomation Tools: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, TektonCI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCDLanguages: Bash, Python, YAML, Go