Devops Engineer (RHEL, Ansible, Azure Devops)

Our client's Payment and Settlement Services (PSS) team is looking to really level up their game! They're all about making their super advanced payments and settlement platforms even better, growing them, and expanding their reach. PSS is dedicated to providing top-notch payments and settlement services that not only meet but exceed the expectations of the business lines. And of course, they're keeping the essentials rock-solid: safety, security, compliance, and reliability. PSS operates as an independent unit within the CTO domain, reporting straight to the Chief Technology Officer. They're responsible for offering standardized payments and settlements services across various business lines like WB, Retail, and more. Plus, there's a big ambition to even offer these payment platforms to external clients!

No matter if you're starting your day from the cozy comfort of your home or enjoying your morning coffee in the office garden, your tasks will feel pretty familiar:

• You'll be the go-to for the DevOps platform, and your superpower is automation! You'll manage configurations with Ansible, handle deployments using Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines, and you won't miss a single chance to automate those repetitive operational tasks with Python and Shell scripting.
• You'll have a holistic view of everything: Deployments, Operations, Production Support, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Backup & Restore, Security Monitoring, and comprehensive Full Stack Observability.
• Taking ownership of the Linux (RHEL) platform operations is key, ensuring everything is stable, performing well, secure, and constantly improving.
• You'll enhance application and platform monitoring using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), and the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), all while sticking to our agreed alerting standards.
• Dive into logs, metrics, traces, and telemetry data to proactively spot issues, performance hiccups, and potential reliability risks.
• You'll actively support and participate in High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) testing.
• We encourage you to work with the latest tools, always with a sharp focus on automation, performance, stability, observability, and security.
• Own the lifecycle management for all platform components – that includes Operating Systems, Middleware, Certificates, User Access Management, Vulnerability Remediation, Security Patching, and all related controls.
• Actively seek out opportunities to automate existing features, operational processes, deployments, monitoring, alerting, and security controls.
• Dig deep to understand the root cause of incidents, recurring issues, and service gaps, and then propose solid, sustainable solutions to prevent them from happening again.
• Take full ownership of issues and improvements, seeing them all the way through to completion and providing thorough handovers when needed.
• Lend a hand with technical specifications for change requests and user stories.
• Analyze requirements and figure out how they fit into our existing technical platform landscape.
• Work on exciting technical improvements, including automation, Linux platform engineering, monitoring, observability, environment management, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive continuous deployment and delivery using Azure DevOps / GitHub pipelines.
• Collaborate effectively within an Agile/Scrum squad, working closely with the Technical Product Owner and showcasing your solutions to stakeholders.
• Ensure IT Risk and Security controls are not just implemented but also well-documented and maintained, fully aligned with the organization's Information Security Management Policy.
• Always adhere to all internal guidelines, complete your mandatory training on time, and consistently safeguard the organization's integrity and reputation.

Location: Amsterdam. ZZP is not allowed. The application deadline is September 1, 2026.

We're looking for someone with at least 5 years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Linux Engineering role. You should have solid, hands-on experience with automation tools like Ansible.

It's important that you have strong Linux administration skills, especially with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). This includes being comfortable with troubleshooting, performance tuning, patching, and general operational support.

Cloud and CI/CD experience is key here, particularly with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions/Pipelines. We also need you to have experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or similar platforms. This includes practical experience in production monitoring, setting up alerts, logging, tracing, performing root cause analysis, and managing incidents.

A strong grasp of networking fundamentals and troubleshooting in distributed environments is also a must. You'll be working with CI/CD and DevSecOps tools like Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub, SonarQube, and Checkmarx. Experience with virtualization and container technologies such as VMware, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or OpenStack is highly valued.

We'd love to see your ability to automate deployments, releases, and operational tasks using Python, Shell scripting, and Ansible. A real passion for technology, a drive for continuous improvement, and a knack for automation are what we're looking for.

You should have strong analytical skills, a proactive approach, and a willingness to share your knowledge with the team. The ability to organize, coach, and motivate others is also important. We really value excellent soft skills – being communicative, friendly, collaborative, curious, and eager to learn!

A good understanding of REST APIs and how services integrate is beneficial. It's also important to have a solid grasp of DevOps, SRE, Reliability Engineering, and Observability concepts. Familiarity with Database and RDBMS concepts is also needed.

Nice to have:

• A basic understanding of the Spring Boot framework.
• Experience with Oracle Database administration and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of low-latency infrastructure stacks.
• Experience with security and IT risk (SOX, vulnerability management, security controls).
• Experience with TIBCO EMS/MQ.
• Experience with IBM WebSphere.
• RHEL certification (RHCSA/RHCE).
• Foreign languages: English (advanced).
• Education at Bachelor/Master level with a strong analytical background in Computer Science, Cybernetics, Software Engineering, Financial Engineering, or a related field.