Job TitleDevOps Specialist
Job Description
Your Skills:
- 10+ years of experience in software development with a strong automation mindset.
- Proven experience in coordinating software development, test and deployment to production environments, with at least 4 years of relevant experience.
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles, emphasizing efficient deployments and continuous improvement.
- Experience in Java development and the ecosystem
- Experience in developing/deploying cloud-based applications using microservices architecture.
- Proven proficiency in deploying & developing production-ready software capable of handling an event driven architecture with an emphasis on quality.
- Excellent communication and coordination skills, working effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical issues and propose and implement effective solutions.
Your Responsibilities:
- Leading on the DevOps roadmap for the platform
- Coordinate end-to-end deployment cloud infra and software, ensuring smooth rollout and updates.
- Monitor and maintain uptime, promptly resolving and fixing deployment-related issues.
- Implement automation and proactive monitoring for efficient deployments.
- Take ownership of the deployment process, meeting all requirements and documenting processes.
- Identify areas for improvement and propose innovative solutions to accelerate and scale deployments.
- Provide valuable feedback to the other software development team for bug fixes and improvements.
- Cultivate a security-first mindset throughout the deployment process.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent
- A proactive and result-oriented individual, with a record of accomplishment of taking initiative and driving projects to successful deployments.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, capable of addressing complex deployment challenges and proposing innovative solutions with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Collaborative team player, comfortable working independently and as part of an agile team using Scrum methodology.
- Hands-on experience in:
- Programming
- Java (pre-requisite).
- C# (nice to have).
- Python 3 (nice to have).
- DevOps tooling for test automation and CI/CD.
- Skilled at working with Unix/Linux and shell scripting.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (eg, Prometheus, ELK stack).
- Experience with version control systems (eg, Git).
- Streaming and/or batch solutions (e.g., Kafka).
- Experienced with APIs and databases.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Programming
- Deep understanding of DevOps best practices, version control, and CI/CD
- Hands-on experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or other CI/CD tools
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, enabling effective collaboration and clear communication with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Knowledge-Skills-Abilities (Competencies)
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
- Good interpersonal skills (work well within a team)
- Be able to contribute to the onboarding process of additional team members
- Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment with competing priorities and multiple stakeholders
- Strong analytical abilities, and able to put forward recommendations.
- Able to work unsupervised, take initiative and resolve issues
Top Skills
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.