Professional System Engineer (DevOps, 80-100%, Remote)

Are you passionate about automation and transforming the way businesses operate through cutting-edge open-source technology? At Adfinis, we're not just another staffing agency; we're a project-driven organization committed to modernizing infrastructure and empowering our clients with the best of open-source solutions. And we're looking for someone just like you!

We're thrilled to announce that we're expanding our team in The Netherlands and are on the lookout for a Professional DevOps System Engineer who shares our enthusiasm for innovation and excellence.

Adfinis has a focus on providing services for our partners, we have been awarded the GitLab EMEA Services Partner of the Year 2023 and HashiCorp EMEA Focus Partner of the Year 2023.

Join Adfinis – Where Your Open Source Passion Meets Innovation!

As a Professional DevOps Engineer, you work on customer projects, solve engineering challenges, and support our customers as part of our managed services team.

Your task and duties will include:

• verifying specified requirements and handling isolated problems and optimizations


• maintaining, configuring, and upgrading unmanaged services (e.g., GitLab instances, single Vault clusters) and advanced applications


• creating main components of a documentation from scratch


• providing in-depth technical support and assistance, solving specialized issues, and eliminating the causes of malfunctions, if necessary in cooperation with software suppliers


• implementing existing products and customizing them to meet specific customer requirements

Must-Have Hard Skills

• You have at least two years of work experience as a system engineer in a Linux-centric environment.


• You have good knowledge in current open-source technologies as well as Cloud and DevOps customer journeys and/or enterprise IT requirements (e.g., Web/app servers, networking, database, virtualization, containers, Linux systems management).


• You can write code that includes basic error handling routines such as catching and displaying error messages or logging errors for further analysis.


• You can fix existing automations and write and implement new ones that execute simple changes (e.g., managing cloud service) and are triggered automatically.


• You are able to understand systems as a whole (i.e., the relationships between elements within a platform/technology) from a technical point of view.

Must-Have Soft Skills

• Reliability: You strive for high-quality results, pay attention to detail, are dependable, adhere to established processes, and take responsibility for your actions and decisions.


• Collaboration: You contribute to team efforts, work toward shared goals, provide and seek help, and build rapport with team members.


• Dedication: You maintain motivation and enthusiasm for your work, actively pursue challenges, work hard to meet or exceed expectations, and focus on solutions rather than problems.


• Self-Management: You set and pursue personal goals, cultivate and maintain intrinsic motivation, focus on relevant matters, and sustain personal productivity despite distractions.


• Initiative: You solve problems independently, take on new tasks and responsibilities, make autonomous decisions, seize opportunities, and voice opinions and concerns.

Nice-to-Haves

• You have experience with GitLab, HashiCorp and/or RedHat products


• You have GitLab, HashiCorp, Red Hat and/or SUSE certifications.


• You have AWS, Azure and/or GCP certifications.

• Open Source Culture: Transparency, collaboration, and community not only shape our technology choices and business model but also define the very core of our company's identity.


• Freedom of Choice: Emacs or Vim? Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro, Mac OS X, or Arch btw? You are free to work with your favorite toolset.


• Attractive Working Environment: We're a value-driven, owner-operated company with an informal atmosphere, direct and uncomplicated communication, and short decision-making paths.


• Team lunches: Once a week we get together for a good lunch to promote team-spirit an collaboration. This is not mandatory but appreciated.


• Growth and Training: We are committed to our employees' growth and development, investing in their training and certifications, and providing opportunities to attend conferences.


• Great Flexibility: Whether you prefer full-time or part-time work, in-office or remote options–we will find a work arrangement that fits your situation.

Are you interested? Coen Hamers and his team will be happy to review your application.

We are looking forward to getting to know you!