Job Description

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer for our customer IT team. In your role as hands-on DevOps engineer you will provide guidance on the build of solutions to enhance availability, performance and stability of the IT systems within Customer IT. As Senior DevOps engineer you need to balance service reliability, platform development and delivery speed. You will work with the Operations and development team in building software delivery pipelines, deploy and monitor services, respond to alerts & notifications and learn from incidents. In this team you have end-to-end responsibility across the IT system landscape combining software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) in order to streamline the software development and deployment process. This role aims to enhance collaboration between software developers and IT professionals to deliver high-quality software products more efficiently.

Your main tasks and responsibilities:

• A Guide to the team when it comes to managing the applications as a Technical Service lead, defining frameworks and co-create the IT system roadmap/architecture
• Automation: A DevOps engineer is also focused on automating various aspects of software development, deployment, and infrastructure provisioning. This includes automating testing, code deployment and server configuration
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):
  
  DevOps engineers implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure that code changes are tested and deployed quickly and reliably
• Monitoring and Logging: The DevOps engineer sets up monitoring and logging systems to keep an eye on the health and performance of applications and infrastructure
• Collaboration: You foster collaboration between development and operations teams, breaking down silos and improving communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in IT or equal qualification
• Experience in software development and coding (in scripting languages like Python, Shell, Ruby, or Java)
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

- Knowledge of the Siebel/Oracle system and Vertex application is preferred.

- Proficiency with automation and scripting.

- Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools.

- Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies.

- Experience with IaC and configuration management

• Knowledge of cloud platforms and services
• Experience in Agile way of working
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Effective communication skills in English, both verbally and written.

Additional Information

Reason for opening the vacancy

We need a DevOps Engineer within the Customer IT team, someone with good technical understanding, skilled in development, who will take a leading role within the Operations team both in development as in operations, is customer minded and will work on the various applications. Someone who can grow with us and helps in optimizing and change our system landscape in the coming years.

Our organization
Vattenfall IT is a function with more than 1000 employees to provide reliable IT services to the different Business Areas in Vattenfall. IT consists of a wide range of core IT processes for all businesses Vattenfall works with, Agile Product Development, Strategy and Governance, Project and Transformation competence and Portfolio management with teams mainly in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and Poland. Vattenfall IT manages the complete IT portfolio of the company and maintains high IT Service standards. We transform existing business towards new digital challenges and continuously develop towards a future proof IT landscape for Vattenfall.

What do we offer?

A challenging and independent job in an informal, dynamic working environment. You can play a part in shaping the future of a company where the only constant is change. Besides being a challenging and inspiring place to work, we value a great work atmosphere!

Everyone is really committed and we want to be the best in what we do. We offer good remuneration, attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional growth. You get the opportunity to create your own career within the company.

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable efficient and attractive company. Therefore we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of gender, age, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Location:
The work location is Amsterdam

Interested?
We welcome your application in English, including CV and job motivation letter. When you’re selected, an intake meeting will follow. After that we will have two interviews: one videocall and one face 2 face. Also, a pre-employment screening is part of the recruitment process. If you have any questions, please contact Recruiter Valentijn Berkien via valentijn.berkien@vattenfall.com.

We look forward to receive your application!

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20.000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.