Senior DevOps Architect

Join Our Dynamic Team as a Senior DevOps Architect 

Are you looking for an inspiring environment to work on innovative projects with some really nice colleagues? Do not look any further, but start reading this great opportunity to join our development team at Spacewell Netherlands!

Spacewell is a leading provider of workplace management solutions, specializing in optimizing the utilization and performance of commercial spaces. Our innovative technologies and services empower organizations to create smarter, more efficient, and engaging workplaces, enhancing productivity and well-being.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced DevOps Architect who has a solid footing when it comes to infrastructure management, scripting and system administration, virtualization and containerization, but who also has the necessary leadership skills to have the DevOps Team Lead focused on the operational aspects, and to manage the DevOps Team ensuring day-to-day processes run smoothly, and collaborate between development and operations teams.

We ask a lot of our perfect candidate: 

Professional Experience & Requirements:

• Over 10+ years of professional experience in Cloud operations, SRE or DevOps.
• Demonstrated strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated, well-organized, and detail oriented.
• A strong team player with excellent collaboration skills.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and engineering practices.
• Upper-intermediate level of English with well-developed communication skills.
• Knowledge of Dutch is a plus.
• Should be willing to work 5 days (40 hours/week).
• Work from Eindhoven office at least 50% of the time per week.
• Willingness to execute occasional activities after business hours in the CET time zone.

Infrastructure Management, Scripting and System Administration:

• Proven experience in managing both on-premises and cloud infrastructures, particularly in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Extensive experience with large-scale Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development using Terraform.
• Good understanding of VPC networking concepts with practical experience.
• Proficient in Linux scripting and system administration.
• Demonstrated experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines adhering to best practices for zero downtime deployments and quality gates.
• Excellent Linux skills.

Virtualization and Containerization:

• Good understanding of virtualization and containerization.
• Experience with container orchestration frameworks, particularly Kubernetes (K8s).
• Expertise in performance optimization and containerization of Java and NodeJS applications.

Disaster Recovery and Backup:

• Proven experience in disaster recovery planning and simulation.
• Experience with rolling out data storage engines in high-availability mode.
  Proficiency in ensuring the reliability and availability of data storage systems.

Monitoring and Alerting:

• Proficient in setting up monitoring and alerting systems according to industry best practices.
• Experience in performance planning and cost optimization.

Security Expertise:

• Understanding of cloud security threats and risk management.
• Familiarity with GDPR, ISAE 3402, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience in fixing OS-level vulnerabilities, Security Command Center, DDoS protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and SAST/DAST.

(Good to have) Serverless and Event-Driven Architectures:

• Experience with serverless event-driven architectures and data streaming, including Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Workflows, and Eventarc.
• Familiarity with ETL tools and frameworks.
• Experience with data warehouse architecture such as big query/big table.

Leadership

• Have leadership skills and keep the DevOps Team Lead focused on the operational aspects, manage the DevOps team ensuring day-to-day processes run smoothly, and collaborate between development and operations teams.
• Conduct regular meetings to track progress, troubleshoot issues, and set goals.
• Provide guidance and support to team members on technical challenges and career development.
• Serve as a liaison between the DevOps team, development teams, QA, and operations.
• Facilitate collaboration to resolve issues, reduce silos, and improve the communication and feedback loop.
• Act as a bridge between stakeholders to ensure that technical and business objectives are met.

In return, Spacewell Netherlands BV offers you a competitive salary for this 40hrs a week job and a nice benefits package, 28 days off per year and a homeworking allowance of € 50,= net each month, allowing everybody to work remote.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative projects within a dynamic and collaborative environment with some professional development and learning opportunities. 

Ready to make your mark as our Senior DevOps Architect? Join us by applying today and embark on an exciting journey with us!