Senior DevOps Engineer (MCSE)

One of my leading client’s is currently seeking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (MCSE) to work on a one year rolling contract in Amsterdam, NL.

As a DevOps Engineer (MCSE), your responsibilities are as follows

• Responsible to set up the new applications. Besides clean installs, based on security requirements this might include enhancing logging for security monitoring, AD integration and scheduling of tasks.

• Responsible for availability, performance, security, and lifecycle management of the applications, MS Windows Server, SQL Server, Linux, Oracle databases, Citrix, middleware, and infra

• Take proactive action in investigating Security requirements. Define necessary work to be done, and carry out (also documentation).

• For the 2 new SaaS applications: coordinate and review documentation which needs to be delivered by the SaaS vendors

• Carry out upgrades, remove redundant databases, carry out patching, analyse capacity issues, structure processes e.g. using version control, run scripts

• Take a lead role in the migration of whole platform with all its components into Cloud.

• Responsible for managing and carrying out all deployments on the Production and Acceptance environments

• Coordinate user management of the applications

• Coordinate and carry out standard IT security test procedures driven by regulatory requirements.

As a DevOps Engineer (MCSE), you’ll need to be skilled within the following:

• Minimum of 5 years in application management, operations or infra roles, dealing with applications, Oracle and SQL Server databases, Linux, MS Windows Server, Citrix, middleware, and infra

• Certified Microsoft engineer (MCSE) with IIS experience

• Pro-active and hands-on attitude, learns quick

• Educated and capable to understand elaborate English security policy documents

• Able to keep oversight of complex in a constantly changing environment, and/but deliver results

• Team player

• Strong "business sense": you have strong analytical skills and are willing to learn and understand business requests. Doing so, you develop new insights and drive towards actionable results

• You communicate and align with a wide array of global stakeholders in a natural way. You are able to peel down technical problems, and explain root causes and work-around instructions to the business. You are fluent in Dutch and English

• Bachelor or Master degree

• Understanding of, or at least interested in the following

o Deployment processes in CDaaS and cloud environments
o IT Security
o An Agile/Scrum way of working.

This is an urgent position, if interested, apply now.