DevOps Engineer

About the Team

In fast-changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defense, security, and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Our Thales Netherlands IS/IT team works at the core of the Thales digital transformation. With a team of 130+ colleagues divided into 15 – mostly product-related – Agile DevOps squads. We provide IS/IT support to our 2500 Dutch colleagues in several Business Lines and functions. We also work closely together with the international IS/IT departments of the Thales Group. Our mission? Providing secure access to Thales information in one click, while feeling proud together. As an innovative, high-tech organization we fully embrace agile principles and strive for excellence by continuous improvement. We do not fear to fail, as long as we can learn from it!

IT-Engineering Support (IT EngSup)

IT-Engineering Support (IT EngSup) is part of the IS/IT department of Thales Netherlands. The IT Engineering Support chapter (following the Spotify model) consist of 30 enthusiastic IT engineers and consultants divided in three self-managing squads whilst working together closely using Agile methodologies. The chapter consists of systems-, software-, and IT architects, application specialists and infrastructure specialists. We collect requirements, validate them against security protocols & design solutions and implement them together with the end users, but also with the other IS/IT squads. We maintain our own products and projects and are involved with the latest IS/IT developments within the Thales Group.

About The Job

Join an innovative and agile team that follows the Scrum principles, in bi-weekly sprints. As a vital part of this young and dynamic squad, you'll be the driving force behind enhancing the capabilities of our System Engineers and Customer Service Engineers.

You will be working on:

• Automation Mastery: Harness your expertise to automate existing and future processes and applications, seamlessly navigating both Windows and Linux environments using the power of Ansible;
• Package Management: Take command of package management on Windows through Chocolatey, ensuring the automated and efficient deployment of tools and resources;
• CI/CD Innovation: Craft and standardize cutting-edge CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket, facilitating a seamless development-to-deployment journey;
• Global Collaboration: Collaborate with international Engineering Support peers within the Thales Group;
• Tech Trailblazing: Continuously explore and introduce new technologies to our engineers and department, empowering them to excel in their work;
• Engineering Ecosystem: Thrive in the dynamic ecosystem of a broader engineering department, where opportunities for growth and learning are abound.

What We Are Looking For

To excel in this role, we are looking for the following qualifications and expertise:

• Technical (IT/ Engineering) education or proven work experience with Linux;
• Strong working experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or similar Linux distributions;
• Demonstrate a profound affinity for automation and commitment to staying on top of emerging technologies;
• We highly value candidates with experience in Ansible or other Infrastructure as Code solutions;
• Experience with deploying and maintaining web-based applications;
• Knowledge of database technologies is a significant advantage;
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Podman is preferred;
• We believe in customer collaboration, so a customer-oriented attitude and commitment to their satisfaction is key;
• Business level Dutch and.

What's In It For You

Become part of a great team in a high tech, innovative international organization. (International) opportunities for growth in tech-, management- and commercial roles. Attention for personal development and own initiative. A nice workplace in a modern building, where we value a good work-life balance and flexibility. Competitive salary, 40.8 leave days per year, travel expenses and a flexible benefits à la carte package with options like purchase/sale of leave hours, internet costs, bicycle plan, company fitness, trade union contribution or relocation costs.