Senior DevOps Engineer

At TOPIC (in the Netherlands) we work every day on high-tech innovations to make the world smarter, healthier, and better. Are you a driven and ambitious Senior DevOps Engineer with a passion for automation, CI/CD, and state-of-the-art tooling that we are looking for? As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you play a key role in enabling development teams to work efficiently by delivering stable, scalable, and automated build and deployment environments.

"Working at TOPIC gives you a flexible environment where there are amazing and challenging projects to keep on improving yourself", As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll boost our development process through smart automation and modern tooling. You'll support development teams with stable, scalable CI/CD environments and help streamline workflows. Working in multidisciplinary teams, you'll contribute to cutting-edge solutions while growing professionally and personally., * Select, implement, and manage cutting-edge DevOps tools and self-service solutions

• Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines, primarily using Docker/ Kubernetes
• Leverage cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to design scalable, reliable, and efficient DevOps solutions
• Set up and optimize virtual infrastructure, including hardware integrations, (sub)system onboarding, and hardware migrations
• Manage containerized applications and microservices using Kubernetes, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability
• Deliver end-to-end monitoring, logging, and data analytics solutions
• Write and maintain robust Python code for test automation (Robot Framework) and scripting
• Work closely with developers, testers, and other engineers to troubleshoot and resolve integration and deployment challenges. Be a sparring partner to your peers and stakeholders
• Document processes, configurations, and procedures to ensure clarity and maintainability

What do we offer you?

This will make you smarter:

• Strategic projects in complex high-tech environments
• Collaborate with other senior engineers and domain experts
• Opportunities to mentor colleagues and shape DevOps practices
• Access to advanced training through our TOPIC Academy
• Contribute to and lead tech events and knowledge sessions, Since 1996 we have been developing (embedded) systems that are essential for products manufactured by renowned high-tech companies around the world. Our projects involve edge to cloud solutions; from PCB design and FPGA to low level embedded software and application software for UI, Web, Mobile and cloud. We are well known for our high level of knowledge and expertise and are proud to be a Premier Embedded Computing Partner of AMD; technology leader in the field of System-on-Chips and FPGAs.

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of work experience as a Software Engineer in a high-tech domain or embedded systems environments.
• At least 2 years of work experience as a DevOps & Automation Engineer.
• Strong programming skills in Python, and proficient in C++ and/ or C#.
• Solid experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated build environments.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Practical knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Familiarity with access and identity management systems (RBAC en IAM) and Agile way of working.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Puppet.
• You're proactive, strategic, and solution-driven.
• Motivation to continuously improve yourself and develop new skills.
• A good command of English, and preferably Dutch language.

This will make you better:

• Permanent contract
• An all-in benefits package (€57.000 - €72.000 annually) including 13th month, mobility, pension, extra holidays)
• 26 vacation days (option to buy extra), pension scheme, relocation support

This will keep you healthy:

• Good work-life balance, flexible hours, and hybrid working
• Inspiring office with daily fresh fruit and a gym
• Home office support for an inspiring work-from-home setup
• Regular fun, social, and sports events

TOPIC Embedded Systems is a system developer with its office in Best. We develop embedded systems essential to many products manufactured by reputable high tech companies worldwide. These may include low level embedded software, but also application software, user interfaces, web or mobile applications or FPGAs. With our knowledge and expertise we carry out consultancy assignments, projects on site and at TOPIC’s own offices and we develop our own embedded products such as Miami, Florida and Dyplo. We often use these as part of the solution that we offer to our clients.

In short, we are able to provide a highly specialised added value that allows our clients to grow. This has been our objective from the start in 1996 and since then our company has grown to 175 employees. TOPIC is a key player in the high tech sector. Plus, we are at the heart of Brainport and close to the universities: at the global top. We are the place to be.

We value the personal touch and are driven in our client approach. Their ambitions become our ambitions. And it is that same personal approach in which our staff interacts among each other. We coach each other and get our kicks from the amazing projects we do. That’s why so many specialists feel at home at TOPIC where they can continue to develop themselves. We provide strong individual coaching and our goal is to always offer plenty of room for development, both technically and personally. Because in the end, their growth allows us and our clients to grow too.

Our clients are high tech companies that develop products and systems which heavily rely on embedded systems. We support our clients throughout the development process of both embedded software and digital hardware, including test, integration and configuration management. Our scope of application is wide: Cure & Care, Imaging & Control, Mobility & Infrastructure, Transport & Logistics, Aerospace and Research.