Senior System Engineer (DevOps, 80-100%, Remote)

Are you passionate about automation and transforming the way businesses operate through cutting-edge open-source technology? At Adfinis, we're not just another staffing agency; we're a project-driven organization committed to modernizing infrastructure and empowering our clients with the best of open-source solutions. And we're looking for someone just like you!

We're thrilled to announce that we're expanding our team in The Netherlands and are on the lookout for a Professional DevOps System Engineer who shares our enthusiasm for innovation and excellence.

Adfinis has a focus on providing services for our partners, we have been awarded the GitLab EMEA Services Partner of the Year 2023 and HashiCorp EMEA Focus Partner of the Year 2023 . **

Join Adfinis – Where Your Open Source Passion Meets Innovation!**

Tasks

As a Senior DevOps System Engineer, you lead customer projects, solve engineering challenges, and support our customers as part of our managed services team.

Your task and duties will include:

• acting as a technical lead in projects with a broader scope that require a substantial amount of customization or adaptation of standard solutions and involve multiple internal and external contributors
• engineering, reverse-engineering, and challenging requirements, and getting them approved by ensuring that they are correct, without contradictions, and complete
• maintaining, configuring, and upgrading complex and critical systems (e.g., multi-cluster/disaster recovery), applying advanced installation methods (e.g., UPI, offline installations), and managing exceptional maintenance (e.g. security incidents)
• creating comprehensive documentation, including proper diagrams and detailed user guidance, and describing concepts in a concise way
• leading customer meetings on complex topics and establishing a constructive relationship with the customer

Requirements

Must-Have Hard Skills

• You have at least five years of work experience as a system engineer in a Linux-centric environment.
• You have good knowledge in current open-source technologies as well as Cloud and DevOps customer journeys and/or enterprise IT requirements (e.g., IAM, Web/App Servers, Collaboration, Groupware, Database, Virtualization, Containers, Linux Clustering, Systems Management).
• You can write code that maintains at least basic system functionality in the face of various errors and exceptions by implementing automatic recovery and sophisticated error handling mechanisms.
• You can give presentations at small to midsize external events (e.g., meet-ups) in English.
• You are able to understand the interplay between different systems (i.e., the relationships and interfaces across multiple platforms/technologies) from both a technical and business point of view and to design cross-system operations and support processes.

Must-Have Soft Skills

• Reliability: You strive for high-quality results, pay attention to detail, are dependable, adhere to established processes, and take responsibility for your actions and decisions.
• Collaboration: You contribute to team efforts, work toward shared goals, provide and seek help, and build rapport with team members.
• Dedication: You maintain motivation and enthusiasm for your work, actively pursue challenges, work hard to meet or exceed expectations, and focus on solutions rather than problems.
• Self-Management: You set and pursue personal goals, cultivate and maintain intrinsic motivation, focus on relevant matters, and sustain personal productivity despite distractions.
• Initiative: You solve problems independently, take on new tasks and responsibilities, make autonomous decisions, seize opportunities, and voice opinions and concerns.

Nice-to-Haves

• You have experience with GitLab, HashiCorp, RedHat and/or SUSE products
• You have GitLab, HashiCorp, Red Hat and/or SUSE certifications.
• You have AWS, Azure and/or GCP certifications.

Benefits

• Open Source Culture: Transparency, collaboration, and community not only shape our technology choices and business model but also define the very core of our company's identity.
• Freedom of Choice: Emacs or Vim? Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro, or Arch btw? You are free to work with your favorite Linux distribution and toolset.
• Attractive Working Environment: We're a value-driven, owner-operated company with an informal atmosphere, direct and uncomplicated communication, and short decision-making paths.
• Growth and Training: We are committed to our employees' growth and development, investing in their training and certifications, and providing opportunities to attend conferences.
• Great Flexibility: Whether you prefer full-time or part-time work, in-office or remote options–we will find a work arrangement that fits your situation.

Are you interested? Coen Hamers and his team will be happy to review your application.

This application period closes on Sunday, January 21, 2024 .

We are looking forward to getting to know you!