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DevOps Engineer

On-site in Apeldoorn·Added today (last checked 23 Oct)

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Our summary

Work mode: On-site, Apeldoorn
Languages: Dutch
Experience: 5+ years

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

Who are we looking for?
Requirements:• Minimum 5 years of experience with software development; • Minimum 3 years of experience with Agile/Scrum;

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Kubernetes/Docker;

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience with one of the following programming / scripting languages:

o Go;

o Python;

o Bash;

o Java/Kotlin;

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience with Extract/Transform/Load (ETL);

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience with Front-end programming tools;

o AngularJS;

o Openlayers.

• Knowledge of and experience with one of the following techniques:

o Mapserver;

o Azure/S3

o MapProxy;

o Geoserver;

• Demonstrable knowledge of networks and infrastructure;

• Dutch language level at least B2;

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience with RESTful API management;

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience with CI/CD and in any case:

o Jenkins

o Travis

• Demonstrable knowledge of Integration Patterns and Cloud concepts;

o Geo standards such as GML (INSPIRE).

Competencies:
• Customer-oriented;

• Result-oriented;

• Quality-oriented;

• Able to work independently within a scrum team;

• Team player;

• Proactive;

• Analytical ability.

The role

The company is a Dutch data platform that makes geo-data available to anyone who wishes to use it. The geo-data is current and reliable and comes from various government parties. The company makes this geo-data available through various APIs (including WFS, WMS, WMTS, RESTful), downloads, and applications. An example of calling the company's APIs/web services is NL Maps. Here you can see how easily you can generate a map image of the Netherlands at different zoom levels by calling the APIs.

The services are based on open data and are therefore freely available to everyone. Data can include topographical data, aerial photographs, buildings, roads, static data, and many more types of data. Users of the company's data and services include, for example, analysts conducting research, but in many cases also Software Engineers who, for example, create applications for mobile phones, websites, or viewers based on APIs. A key task for the company is ensuring that data can be made available quickly via APIs, has good performance, and high availability. Examples of applications used by external users include VanAnaarBeter, the Geozet Viewer, or the Kadaster website (commissioned by the Ministry), where one can see where drone flights are permitted.

For 2021 and beyond, we are focusing on three key areas:

The company has impact! In recent years, the company has grown from 580 million requests in 2013 to more than 20 billion requests today. It is expected that annual usage will double in the coming years. To handle this growth, we are continuously optimizing the infrastructure. The most important step we are going to take is the step towards the Cloud. This is necessary on the one hand to ensure our service delivery, and on the other hand, a very beautiful challenge to reshape our platform and our standards. Additionally, you can think of setting up new components or optimizing existing components, setting up monitoring, etc.

2. Automation and standardization regarding data processing and APIs

To optimize the setup of data and APIs, much attention will be paid in the coming period to further automating and standardizing processes. This should make the ingestion of new data within the infrastructure even simpler, faster, and of higher quality.

3. Standardizing services and provisions in accordance with INSPIRE implementation regulations

In nationaalgeoregister.nl, the Netherlands has created an INSPIRE node, allowing everyone to automatically retrieve metadata, which includes links to the data services of INSPIRE datasets. Datasets and services falling under one of the 34 INSPIRE themes must be findable, consultable, and downloadable. They must also connect across borders. This process started in 2010 and runs through 2021.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

Participating in and/or organizing Scrum / DevOps sessions (Stand-ups, retrospectives, refinements, and planning sessions), in which the team, together with the Product Owner and users, brainstorms a sound solution;
Further development and reformation of the existing platform (Golang, Java/Kotlin, Python) on a Cloud environment;
Automating Deployments (Kubernetes/Docker, Jenkins);
Performing impact analyses and participating in planning sessions.

Hiring process

Is this you? Then read on!

If interested, please provide the following information before December 17:

CV in Word, max. 3 pages
Please in 1 Word document: provide a separate personal motivation + below motivate the Quality award criteria per point
You provide a description of approach (max. 400 words) for the work to be performed regarding the three key areas (see also job description and responsibilities). Assessment: The extent to which the description of approach aligns with the wishes of the company. 30%
You describe 2 crucial bottlenecks (max. 300 words) that often occur in these types of processes / assignments and indicate how you solve them (see also job description and responsibilities). Assessment: The extent to which the bottlenecks are relevant and the solutions align with the wishes of the company. 30%
You clearly demonstrate (max. 300 words) how the expertise and competencies you provide contribute to the results to be achieved within the outlined situation (see also job description and responsibilities).