Senior DevOps Engineer

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (Infrastructure/Data): Designing and maintaining secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure for a data-intensive, AI-assisted engineering organization with an accent on Kubernetes orchestration, IaC, and high-throughput data systems. Focus on building robust PAAS environments, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and driving a culture of automation and security.

Location: Utrecht (Onsite)

Company

hirify.global is an organization focused on building data-intensive systems and AI-assisted engineering solutions.

What you will do

• Architect and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure environments.
• Manage cloud-native and PAAS-based deployments using Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to ensure consistent provisioning.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting AI-assisted development workflows.
• Design and operate Big Data infrastructure including streaming and batch processing.
• Establish observability best practices and lead incident response processes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in DevOps or infrastructure engineering.
• Proven track record of setting up infrastructure from scratch.
• Strong background in security engineering and DevSecOps principles.
• Expertise with Kubernetes, containerization, and IaC tools like Terraform or Pulumi.
• Experience with Big Data ecosystems such as Kafka, Spark, Flink, or ClickHouse.
• Excellent English communication skills (Dutch is a strong plus).

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or DigitalOcean.
• Proficiency in Dutch language.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to define and operate PAAS and data infrastructure from the ground up.
• Direct collaboration with backend, data, and product teams.
• Emphasis on automation, ownership, and technical excellence.
• Focus on continuous improvement through post-mortem reviews and incident response.