Senior Devops Engineer, Level 1 (near-site, Brussels) - MAIA
Position: Devops Engineer.
Location: Near-site (Brussels).
Rate: 470€/day.
Start date: To be confirmed (ASAP).
Language: Services will be provided in English. Consultants must have at least a C1 level, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Minimum post-secundary education required: at least 3 years of university studies attested by a diploma.
Minimum professional experience required: a minimum of 4 years of post-academic professional experience in a similar position.
Responsibilities:
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Design, implement, and maintain robust DevOps pipelines to support efficient Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes across the software development lifecycle.
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Automate application deployment, infrastructure provisioning, and operational workflows to ensure reliable, repeatable, and scalable software releases.
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Deploy, configure, and maintain services and applications, ensuring they are optimized for production environments, availability, performance, and reliability.
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Manage cloud and on-premises infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, ensuring scalability, resilience, and efficient resource utilization.
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Implement, configure, and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure the continuous health, availability, and performance of applications and infrastructure.
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Monitor production environments, investigate incidents, and coordinate timely resolution of operational issues while contributing to continuous service improvement.
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Optimize application and infrastructure performance through capacity planning, performance tuning, and proactive system enhancements.
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Integrate security best practices throughout the DevOps lifecycle by implementing secure CI/CD pipelines, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and configuration hardening.
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Develop and maintain Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and self-service capabilities to improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.
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Plan, coordinate, and execute software stack upgrades, infrastructure migrations, and platform modernization initiatives while minimizing service disruption.
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Collaborate closely with software development teams, architects, system administrators, security specialists, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable technology solutions.
Specific expertise:
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Proven experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps methodologies and best practices.
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Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, particularly Docker and Kubernetes.
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Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and configuration management solutions including Ansible.
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Experience implementing secure secrets management solutions, particularly HashiCorp Vault.
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Solid administration experience with Linux-based environments.
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Experience with DevOps lifecycle and source code management platforms, including GitLab, GitHub, and Atlassian tools.
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Strong knowledge of static application security testing (SAST) and code quality tools such as SonarQube, Fortify, Snyk, or equivalent.
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Experience managing artifact repositories using tools such as Nexus or equivalent repository management platforms.
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Hands-on experience with monitoring, observability, and logging solutions, including Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent technologies.
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Experience developing and maintaining Internal Developer Platforms using solutions such as Backstage, Humanitec, or similar frameworks.
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Proficiency in scripting and automation using languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, Ruby, or Perl.
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Experience working with cloud platf