DevOps Engineer Position

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Long-term

Location: Brussels

Job Summary

Join the Engineering Unit of the TEC Division as a DevOps Engineer within the Platform Engineering section. This team is essential for seamless software delivery, focusing on designing, maintaining, and evolving the Digital Platform that supports our products. The role involves optimizing CI/CD pipelines, refining DevOps tools, and customizing Atlassian workflows (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) to enhance development efficiency and collaboration. You will work directly with product teams to build, integrate, and deploy digital solutions confidently.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain standard CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git (Bitbucket), and Maven/Gradle.
• Integrate Nexus Repository Manager for artifact storage and management.
• Automate container builds with Docker and Helm charts.
• Deploy and scale containerized applications on OpenShift.
• Contribute to the standardization and automation of release processes, including branching and tagging strategies.
• Collaborate with Digital Product teams to gather feedback, suggest improvements, and align on best practices.
• Enforce security standards by integrating SAST/DAST scanning tools (SonarQube, Veracode, Trivy, Syft).
• Maintain base UBI images and ensure regular application of security patches.
• Manage secrets and credentials with HashiCorp Vault in compliance with enterprise security policies.
• Implement centralized logging (ELK stack) and metrics collection (Prometheus, Grafana) according to enterprise standards.
• Partner with developers and automation testers to optimize build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Identify and resolve project-specific bottlenecks in build, test, and deployment processes.
• Provide guidance to developers on integrating their products into the Digital Platform environment.

Skills & Qualifications

• CI/CD & Build Tools: Jenkins, Git (BitBucket), Maven, Nexus.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Podman, Helm, OpenShift (OKD/OCP).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Ansible, Minikube.
• Security & Compliance: HashiCorp Vault, Veracode, Trivy, Syft.
• Monitoring & Observability: ELK, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Databases & Messaging: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka (Confluent), Solace PubSub+.
• Scripting & Automation: Python, Bash, ksh, Perl.
• Collaboration Tools: JIRA, SharePoint, Confluence, MS Teams.
• Agile & Hybrid DevOps Model: Experience working in federated/centralized DevOps environments.
• Problem-Solving & Communication: Ability to bridge gaps between teams and drive project-specific optimizations.