Senior IT Application Engineer
Duration: initial contract until 31 December 2026
Workload: Full time hours
Setup: Freelance (Daily Rate / Limited Company / Umbrella / Sole Trader)
Sponsorship: Not Provided
Location: Remote across the EU (quarterly visits to the client's office in Veldhoven may be required)
The client is seeking a Senior IT Application Engineer to support and optimise enterprise applications within a Kubernetes-based environment, driving platform reliability, automation, and DevOps best practices across critical systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Operate, support, and improve applications running in Kubernetes environments.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and software delivery processes.
- Manage Linux-based infrastructure and automate operational tasks.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
- Support cloud-hosted environments, primarily within Microsoft Azure.
- Monitor application performance, incident response, and platform reliability.
- Collaborate with development, R&D, and cross-functional stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency.
- Drive continuous improvements across DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering practices.
Must-Have Skills:
- 5+ years' experience in IT Application Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes and Docker, including deployment and operational support.
- Hands-on experience with Azure cloud environments.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps and/or Atlassian Bamboo.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, source code management, and artifact management.
- Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
- Linux administration and shell scripting expertise.
- Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
Nice-to-Have:
- Python scripting and automation.
- Experience with JFrog Artifactory and SonarQube.
- Knowledge of Maven, Gradle, MSBuild, NuGet, npm, or pip.
- Experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines.
- Previous experience within commercial software engineering environments.
- Agile delivery experience.