Who we are

flatexDEGIRO operates one of the leading and fastest growing online brokerage platforms in Europe. Based on modern, in-house state-of-the-art technology, we offer our customers of the flatex and DEGIRO brands a wide range of independent products with execution on top exchanges. Our technological edge, high efficiency and strong economies of scale enable us to continuously improve our service offering for clients and set leading standards in terms of product, price and platform quality.

With around 3 million customer accounts and around 57 million securities transactions processed in 2023, flatexDEGIRO is one of the largest retail online brokers in Europe. In times of bank consolidation, low real interest rates and digitalization, flatexDEGIRO is ideally positioned for further growth. Further information can be found at https://www.flatexdegiro.com/en.

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We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team of 4 DevOps Engineers in Amsterdam and 3 in Germany. In the team you will be managing and optimizing our on-premise infrastructure using a GitOps approach.
You will work with cutting-edge tools such as Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible, and the Grafana monitoring stack to ensure the seamless deployment, monitoring, and automation of our infrastructure and applications.

What you will do

Optimize platform performance and reliability: Proactively improve the efficiency and dependability of our platform and internal services.
Automate for efficiency: Champion the reduction of technical debt by building, enhancing, and maintaining tools and scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
Collaborate on business-critical systems: Work closely with stakeholders to design and develop critical systems that align with business needs and leverage cutting-edge technologies.
On-call support and incident escalation: Contribute to the on-call rotation to handle outages and be a point of escalation for critical incidents.
Ensure our deployment working properly: Participate in daily task such are reviewing merge request to deploy on different stages and monitoring them.
Design and implement private cloud migration strategies: Lead the transition of our services to a private cloud leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
Ensure comprehensive monitoring and alerting: Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to maintain platform visibility and proactively address potential issues.

You bring us these skills

Proven track record of maintaining large, complex, and scalable system infrastructures in a DevOps environment.DevOps Experience (3+ years): Proven track record of maintaining large, complex, and scalable system infrastructures in a DevOps environment.
Kubernetes Expertise (2+ years, On-Prem preferred): Proven track record of maintaining large, complex, and scalable system infrastructures in a DevOps environment.
Strong understanding and experience applying CI/CD practices with tools like Jenkins, Gitlab, ArgoCD, Nexus OSS, and Harbor.
Expertise in configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform, Crossplane) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
Solid foundation in Linux administration, including networking and troubleshooting skills.
Programming skills in at least one language (Python, Go, Bash) for scripting automation tasks.
Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging systems like Prometheus, EFK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana), or the LGTM Stack.
Ability to bridge the gap between developers and stakeholders, understanding developer needs and effectively explaining complex concepts.
Familiarity with projects within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Landscape.

Nice to have skills

Experience working with distributed storage systems like Ceph or Rook.
Knowledge of the Envoy proxy for service mesh implementations.
Experience with container and Kubernetes security tools like RHACS (Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security) or Kyverno.
Familiarity with the Keycloak identity and access management (IAM) system.

Interested? This is what we offer you

Promise of a good work-life balance
30 days paid leave
An enthusiastic and fun team to work with
Personal and professional development with access to relevant courses
Transport allowance or related benefits like a leased electric bike
Pension plan
A challenging job in an international and fast-growing company
A competitive salary
A lot of freedom executing your role and a chance to shape your own career
The opportunity to participate in a new, enthusiastic team of likeminded professionals

To make your life easier

You get the freedom to work flexible. Meaning you don’t have to work in our office every day, but we like it if you do of course! It’s fun to come in and mingle with your colleagues. There is also fruit, good coffee, drinks & snacks, and great sandwiches for lunch every day. Our beautiful and modern office in located in the iconic Rembrandt tower that is conveniently next to Amstel Station. To make work@home comfortable we offer a €35 internet allowance, provide a company laptop and many options to make it comfortable, such as a chair, screen and headphones. And last but not least: the gym membership options we provide is an easy way to get into shape!

Want to invite your friends to work for us as well? A generous referral bonus will be yours if they get hired, so spread the word once you start!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or any other legally protected status. flatexDEGIRO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.