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# Senior Platform engineer (SRE | Automation | Infrastructure | Operations & BAU)

- **Company:** Sofico
- **Location:**  (Gent), Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Databases, Continuous Integration, Linux, Github, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Servers, Octopus Deploy, Oracle (Applications), Ansible, Prometheus, Runbook, Zabbix, System Availability, Grafana, HybridCloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Hashicorp, Cloudflare, Nutanix, Veeam, Terraform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Docker, Pagerduty, Vmware, Oracledb
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.be/details/5949445697

## About the Role

* Expertise or experience in one of these above mentioned tracks.
 * Reliability & Ownership: Dedication to delivering on commitments and keeping services running smoothly.
 * Collaboration: Strong team orientation, eager to pair and support colleagues.
 * Communication: Clear written and spoken English; able to communicate technical status clearly in tickets and meetings.

Whether you're an expert in one of these areas or bring experience across several tracks, we'd be excited to hear from you and we would love to explore how you can contribute to our team. Apply now!

## Description

* What you'll do: Focus on platform resilience, system health, and high availability. You define and monitor SLOs/SLAs, lead incident triage and root cause analyses (RCA), and build end-to-end observability across our platforms.
 * Key Technologies: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, FluentBit, Zabbix, OpsGenie, Linux, Bash/Python/Go.

 1. Platform Automation Team (PAT)

 * What you'll do: Drive engineering speed and reliability through self-service internal developer tooling and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). You build CI/CD delivery pipelines, manage GitOps configurations, and automate container workloads.
 * Key Technologies: Kubernetes (K8s), Helm, Flux / ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible, Atlantis, Docker / Podman, GitHub Actions, HashiCorp Vault.

 1. Platform Infrastructure Team (PIT)

 * What you'll do: Scale and manage our hybrid cloud, on-prem virtual environments, core network topology, and enterprise databases. You ensure optimal capacity, manage perimeter security, and oversee OS lifecycles.
 * Key Technologies: Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), VMware, Nutanix, Oracle DB, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, GoldenGate, Cloudflare (WAF/Tunnels), IPSEC VPNs, Foreman, Veeam.

 1. Platform Operations / Business as Usual (BAU)

 * What you'll do: Ensure stable day-to-day platform operations without the overhead of engineering new automation or tools. You execute standard operating procedures (SOPs), process routine service desk tickets, handle manual patch/deployment tasks, and perform scheduled environment maintenance.
 * Key Technologies: Jira Service Management, Linux & Windows Server CLI, basic SQL execution (Oracle / MSSQL), standard runbooks & SOPs, Zabbix/OpsGenie alert monitoring.