Vacancy | Senior DevOps Engineer | Leuven

For our office in Leuven we are looking for highly qualified and motivated professionals like you. If you think you have what it takes to keepSeptentriofirmly in Pole Position get in touch.

We need you for the position of

SeniorDevOps Engineer

The Job

Septentrio is looking for a DevOps Engineer to aid with our infrastructure evolution. You will not only automate pipelines but also act as a bridgebetween development security verification and operations. The ideal candidate combines technical mastery with the emotional intelligence to mentor colleagues and the strong desire to build self-healing efficient platforms. This role requires more than just managing tools; it demandsleadershipbuild trust across silos steering a long-term technical roadmap consistent with global business objectives.

Your Mission

• CI/CD Pipelines: Design build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to support rapid reliable software deployment.
• DevSecOps by Default: Embed security and compliance directly into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. automated SBOM generation and secret scanning) to ensure a tamper-proof delivery chain.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using tools like Terraform Ansible or Kubernetes.
• Monitoring and Reliability: Monitor system health performance and uptime ensuring system security and scalability.
• Automation: Automate manual repetitive tasks for environment provisioning software testing and release management.
• Troubleshooting: Perform root cause analysis of production issues and troubleshoot deployment failures.
• Collaboration: Work across development QA and IT teams to break down silos and improve delivery speed.

Your Qualifications

• You hold a masters degree (Applied Science Industrial Science) in Engineering Computer Science or equivalent by experience.
• You have at least 8 years of experience in the field
• You are proficient in Linux Python networking and web technologies. You have experience with DevOps technologies such as Docker Kubernetes Ansible GitLab VirtualBox Vagrant Jenkins Jira Artifactory ...
• You have experience with Java.
• You are eager to learn new technologies.
• You have a passion for automation and computer systems.
• You are a team player with a natural gift to support people.
• You are a principled engineer who stands up for best practices security and quality even when under pressure to take shortcuts. You possess the moral courage to halt the line when necessary to protect the systems integrity while maintaining respect for your peers.
• You have the courage to challenge suboptimal processes and the leadership presence to bring colleagues along with your vision in a way that is both authoritative and professional.
• You have excellent knowledge of English.
• We consider it an extra asset if you have experience with Cloud Computing (Azure AWS).

Our Offer

In exchange for your talent we offer a very competitive compensation package in a top-notch high-tech international working environment. At Septentrio youll have room to grow both personally and professionally. Our on-boarding plan is legendary our homework policy family-friendly. Get in touch and help us shoot for the moon the stars and beyond.