DevOps Engineer Platform Engineering

Build scalable platform services that support education and research every day. As a DevOps Engineer Platform Engineering, you automate virtualisation, storage and container environments that are essential to the digital backbone of Delft University of Technology.

At TU Delft, we work on tomorrow's technologies: from quantum internet and robotics to groundbreaking scientific research. This requires reliable platform services that researchers, lecturers and students can depend on every day. The Shared Service Center ICT supports this digital foundation and continuously develops it further.

As a DevOps Engineer Platform Engineering, you design, manage and automate our virtualisation, container and storage platforms. You work in a multidisciplinary team responsible for a stable and scalable infrastructure for the entire campus.

Automation is at the core of your work. Infrastructure as Code is our standard. You develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate deployment and service delivery, and manage components within the automation stack. You work with technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, OpenShift, VMware and NetApp. In addition, you monitor deployment processes, implement performance improvements, and test how platform services can become more robust and efficient.

Together with colleagues from cloud, security and compute teams, you contribute to architectural decisions and innovation within the infrastructure domain. You are given ample room to take ownership and actively help shape the infrastructure of tomorrow.

Are you a DevOps Engineer with a passion for infrastructure platforms? Do you want to work in a high-tech environment where research, innovation and education come together? Then we are looking for you!, * You have at least five years of experience as a DevOps Engineer working with Infrastructure as Code, for example using Terraform, Ansible, Git or NetBox.

• You have experience with automation and scripting, for example in Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• You have knowledge of storage and virtualisation platforms.
• You have experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• You have experience with containerisation and microservices.
• You are familiar with security best practices in automation environments.
• You work in a structured way, document carefully and take ownership of technical decisions.
• You communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating in agile teams

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context. At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration. Challenge. Change. Impact! University Corporate Office - ICT At the ICT Directorate, we work with approximately 200 colleagues divided into several teams: Shared Service Centre, Project Management Services, Information Management, Security, Privacy & Architecture and Innovation. We, as the ICT Directorate, work on a variety of projects, together with the faculties and other directorates of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). The complexity and size of the organisation often cause our work to be challenging yet rewarding. The biggest task we face in the coming years as TU Delft is to accelerate digitalisation to strengthen our position as a world-class university. We often work together with the specialists in our own ICT department and with our colleagues spread across the university. The campus is a vibrant environment that buzzes with activity. The culture is informal and inclusive. There is room for a casual chat at the coffee machine and, if you like, you can participate in various activities organised on campus. Moreover, within the ICT directorate, you will be given the trust and freedom to manage your own work. There are many possibilities in terms of training and we consider your personal development to be very important.