AWS DevOps Engineer (Jenkins to GitLab Migration)

Location: Hybrid role in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Contract engagement for 36 hours per week, starting as soon as possible and ending 30 April 2027; extension is possible. ZZP and/or contracting is allowed.

Company

hirify.global is recruiting for ABN AMRO Clearing, a global clearing organization and subsidiary of Dutch ABN AMRO Bank with international product and platform teams.

What you will do

• Roll out standardized GitLab CI/CD pipelines across multiple product teams and regions.
• Migrate pipelines and delivery workflows from Jenkins, Bitbucket, AWS CodeCommit, and AWS CodePipeline to GitLab.
• Develop pipeline templates, GitLab usage standards, Git workflows, branching strategies, and merge request practices.
• Deploy and operate applications on Red Hat OpenShift Private Cloud and AWS platforms including ECS/Fargate.
• Integrate artifact repositories, security scanners, and observability tooling into GitLab.
• Support development teams during migration and onboarding through training, workshops, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience migrating Jenkins pipelines to GitLab is mandatory.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD and strong Git knowledge, including modern branching strategies and trunk-based development.
• Scripting experience with Python and/or Bash.
• Experience with DevSecOps security controls, including SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning.
• Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes and AWS deployments.
• Experience working in complex, distributed enterprise environments and across regions and cultures.
• Strong engineering, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder collaboration, ownership, and independent working skills.
• Proven experience in large-scale technical or migration initiatives.
• Relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience building GitLab pipelines or setups from scratch may be considered when direct Jenkins-to-GitLab migration experience is not available.
• Other Kubernetes or cloud experience may be acceptable alongside the primary OpenShift and AWS priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• International Development Services team working with product development teams across global regions.
• Hybrid working arrangement in Amsterdam.
• 36-hour working week.
• Fixed-term engagement through 30 April 2027 with possible extension.
• ZZP and contracting arrangements are permitted.

Hiring process

• Interviews begin with technical questions about migration experience and then follow the candidate’s CV, including technical and interpersonal topics.
• Be prepared to explain the migration role, design decisions, organizational context, and number of pipelines migrated.
• Applications and screening are handled through Jobs hirify.global.