What you will do
As a senior DevOps engineer, you will be responsible for managing, automating and continuously improving cloud and platform infrastructures within a complex and strongly regulated environment. You will support development and operational teams in achieving reliable, secure and reproducible deployments, and actively contribute to the further professionalisation of DevOps practices.
You will combine technical expertise with a pragmatic and proactive approach, acting as a reference person for operational questions regarding infrastructure, CI/CD, cloud platforms and automation. You will also play an important role in knowledge sharing, coaching and guiding less experienced colleagues.
Your responsibilities include:
- Managing, maintaining and automating Azure infrastructures according to Infrastructure as Code principles
- Supporting container platforms based on Kubernetes (AKS), Helm and GitOps principles
- Managing cloud networks, security components, access management and certificates
- Performing analyses on existing infrastructure and eliminating configuration deviations between code and operational environments
- Implementing and monitoring monitoring, logging and alerting solutions
- Actively contributing to the security of platforms and development processes in accordance with applicable security and compliance requirements
- Supporting development teams with deployment, infrastructure and cloud-related questions
- Preparing and maintaining technical documentation, procedures and standards
- Providing knowledge transfer, guidance and coaching to new employees and colleagues within the DevOps domain, with the aim of sustainably anchoring expertise within the organisation
- Actively identifying improvement opportunities and contributing to further automation, standardisation and maturity of DevOps operations
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders within an Agile/Scrum environment
- Contributing to incident analysis, problem solving and operational continuity of critical platforms
What we are looking for
Education and languages
- Bachelor's degree
- Native-level proficiency in Dutch or French
- Professional working knowledge of the other national language (Dutch or French)
- Good professional knowledge of English, both oral and written
Technical requirements
Cloud & Platform:
- Demonstrable experience with Microsoft Azure
- Knowledge of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, Azure Functions, Logic Apps and Azure Storage
- Experience with Service Bus, API Management and Entra ID
- Experience with Azure network components, including Azure Firewall, vWAN hubs, Virtual Networks (VNets), Network Security Groups (NSGs), Private Endpoints and DNS
Infrastructure as Code:
- Extensive experience with Terraform
- Knowledge of state management, modularisation and version control of infrastructure code
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code across multiple environments (Dev, Test, Acceptance and Production)
Containers & Scripting:
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of Helm charts
- Fluent knowledge of YAML, JSON and other configuration formats
DevOps & Automation:
- Experience with Git and GitHub
- Experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD processes
- Experience with PowerShell, Bash or Python for automation purposes
Monitoring & Security:
- Knowledge of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights and Grafana
- Experience with monitoring, logging and alerting
- Knowledge of RBAC, Managed Identities, OIDC, Key Vault and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Experience with security scanning, dependency management and secure development practices
Personal qualities
- Proactive and results-oriented attitude
- Takes responsibility for assigned tasks and assignments
- Analytical ability and a structured approach to complex problems
- Willingness and ability to transfer technical knowledge to colleagues in a structured and understandable way
- Good communication skills towards both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong collaborative orientation within multidisciplinary Agile/Scrum teams
- Flexible and able to adjust priorities in changing circumstances
- Stress-resistant and able to work efficiently within deadlines and operational incidents
- Accuracy and attention to quality, security and documentation
- Service-oriented attitude with focus on continuous improvement of processes and services
Nice to have
- Azure certifications such as AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert), AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) or equivalent certifications
- CKA or CKAD certification (Certified Kubernetes Administrator / Developer)
- Experience in a regulated or government environment with strict requirements regarding security, compliance and environment separation
- Experience with GitOps principles and tooling such as Flux
- Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in production environments
- Knowledge of Azure Firewall, virtual WAN (vWAN) and hybrid network environments
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Grafana, Azure Monitor and Application Insights
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and working with Jira
- Experience in coaching, guiding or training colleagues within a technical environment
The setting
This assignment runs from mid-December 2026 to the end of January 2028. The work is hybrid, with a base in the Brussels region. You will work within a public-sector organisation in a strongly regulated environment with strict security and compliance requirements.
How you join us
You can join us for this assignment as a freelancer or as an employee of HumanInTech. Same role, same team.
If you join as an employee, your employment continues beyond this assignment. When it ends, we’ll work together to find your next assignment.