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DevOps, Platform Engineer - Kafka

at NN Group

Job title

DevOps, Platform Engineer - Kafka

Organization

NN Group

Location

Den Haag, Hybrid

Description

We are looking for a skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join our team at NN and help us achieve our goal of becoming a socially responsible tech company that delivers digital products our customers love.

Wat je gaat doen

As a Senior Platform DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for provisioning, maintaining and improving our Confluent Kafka platform. you will get under the hood of our tech landscape to realize seamless engineering experience, You lead modern software engineering practices with a focus on team culture and engineering excellence, mostly focusing on DevOps, shift-left practices, test automation, reliability engineering

The current version of the platform is being built as a software product. This means that we follow lean and agile methodologies to ship features as with a software project. We gradually release software in alpha and beta phases and gather feedback from users during these early stages. Every change is built locally and integrated from the version control system through a pull request.

Another important design principle is simplicity. We aim to optimize the work of the team, so that it becomes more fun to deliver our environment due to reduced complexity and ease of new feature development. Simplification leads to more agility to respond to our users’ demands. We are significantly shifting towards more cloud native services.

Does this trigger your interests? Don’t hesitate and join our Confluent Kafka team

Your responsibilities:

  • You enable the business to focus on where it matters and adds value developing microservices
  • You are well versed with Confluent platform and event driven architecture
  • You are operationally responsible for the smooth sailing of the platform

What We Offer You

Our people are the driving force behind our organization. We value the knowledge and expertise you bring. We believe that your temporary commitment can take our organization to a higher level.

We offer you:

  • Competitive hourly rate depending on your knowledge and experience
  • A project with a start date 1st of September for the duration of a year
  • Hybrid way of working, party from home and partly from the office
  • International working environment with loads of knowledge sharing

What You Will Bring

You bring a positive mindset and energy, which makes you an inspiration to work with. You always have new ideas, you see possibilities and learn from situations. Furthermore, you recognize yourself in (multiple) of the following skills and experiences:

  • Approximately 3-4 years of experience with Kubernetes, CKAD Certification is a huge plus
  • Approximately 3 years of experience working with Confluent Kafka
  • Solid AWS cloud knowledge and experience (Networking, PaaS, IaaS, IAM)
  • Experience with GitOps deployment management
  • Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

Met wie je werkt

You will be part of the Confluent kafka Team, which is part of NNs Engineering Experience and Platforms domain. This domain has a scale-up type of culture and consists of a group of energetic and empowered engineers and product teams. We strive to make event driven technology successful across the entire company (including our international units). We really value our culture and nourish it at every opportunity. Team events are regularly organized.

Heb je vragen

Do you have any questions about the job or the procedure? Please contact Jarmo Fernhout via Jarmo.Fernhout@nn-group.com. Are you unsure whether you meet the criteria 100%? We would like to encourage you to apply anyway. We are curious about your unique qualities!

We bieden je

  • NS Business card, ook prive te gebruiken
  • 27 vakantiedagen en 1 Diversiteitsdag
  • 13e maand en vakantiegeld
  • Hybride werken
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