Why This Role Matters
Cybersecurity is at the heart of everything we do. We manage our own infrastructure both for internal use as for our customers. All data is hosted on premise or in local datacenters.
We are looking for a DevOps engineer to support the growth of our infrastructure, which is based on exciting and constantly evolving technology stacks. The DevOps Engineer is a member of the “DevOps/Cloud team”.
You are passionate about Networking, Security, Linux, Scalable infrastructure, Modern Software
development Workflows, Automation, Zero downtime and Open Source.
You have the desire to learn and understand the underlying technologies but you are also a generalist
and can keep the big picture in mind while designing and extending our infrastructure.
You want to have a positive impact on our company and you are eager to work in close relation with our engineers to continuously improve our toolsets to raise the internal effectiveness of our teams. You have a wide breadth of knowledge across IT in general and a good overview of the software components in-use in the company. You are also aware of the full software development lifecycle.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a DevOps Engineer, you'll be instrumental in designing, implementing, and maintaining our infrastructure.
What your day-to-day might look like:
- Manage and scale our container orchestration platforms, primarily Kubernetes/OpenShift.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Ansible for configuration management and automation.
- Implement and champion GitOps practices, managing infrastructure configuration and application deployments through version control.
- Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid, reliable, and secure software delivery.
- Implement monitoring for our services, troubleshoot complex issues across the stack, and ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness.
- Integrate security tools and processes into the development and operations lifecycle.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our infrastructure, focusing on performance, reliability, and security.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone with a solid technical foundation, a proactive mindset and a passion for Cybersecurity. Here’s what we expect from a DevOps engineer:
- Good understanding and overall knowledge in the networking, virtualisation, and storage areas.
- Deep knowledge in Linux, its command-line tools, shells and scripting.
- Experience with Kubernetes/Openshift.
- Experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation.
- Working experience with virtualisation stacks such as OpenStack and oVirt.
- Basic programming knowledge (e.g. Python, Go, Ruby, or Perl) and good understanding of Git.
- Good communication skills in English, Dutch or French.
Who You Are
- You are an initiative-taker and act with autonomy. You don’t wait for permission to solve problems or improve what’s around you.
- In complex situations, you are the one who will analyse with clarity and structure, and turn insights into practical, effective solutions.
- In teams, you can collaborate naturally with others, communicate clearly, and contribute to a respectful, constructive team dynamic.
- You stay focused on delivering real impact. Also, you prioritize what matters, adapt quickly, and keep things moving forward.
- You care about doing things right, not just getting them done.
The extras we value
- Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL database technologies, including practical experience with systems like PostgreSQL and OpenSearch.
- Hands-on experience with leading Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools, such as Jenkins and Tekton pipelines.
- Strong familiarity with key monitoring and logging platforms, such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana.
- You are familiar with Kubernetes management tools such as Helm, Kustomize and Argo CD.
- Experience managing bare metal infrastructure such as servers and switches.
- You have experience working in a scale-up or fast-paced tech environment.
What we offer
- Join a dynamic and recognized company in a booming sector.
- Drive ambitious projects from the business needs up to the projects results, leading concrete initiatives while maintaining a holistic view of the project.
- Develop your career path and add top-level trainings and certifications to your CV.
- As an employee, benefit from an attractive salary package, including a full range of benefits like a company car, competitive insurances, meal vouchers, allowances, 26 days off, up to 2 days homeworking/week, cafetariaplan, …).
- The opportunity to join the wide Approach Cyber & AXS Guard ecosystem and benefit from your colleagues’ strong cyber expertise.
- Fun company events, exclusive team experiences
- Contribute to a safer, fairer world for data subjects and citizens, ensure the serenity of great businesses and essential public institutions.
- Live your values daily in a dynamic, fun and multicultural working environment.
Work Location
Your main base? It's our Mechelen office. You'll visit our Mont-Sint-Guibert (Louvain la Neuve), Brussels, or Antwerp locations now and then. Sure, you get to work from home part-time. Still, most of your colleagues choose to come into the office. Why, though? They love the great vibe here.
Ready to Apply? We’d Love to Hear From You!
What happens next?
Our recruitment team will carefully review your application to assess your experience and skills in relation to our current needs. If your profile aligns with our requirements, you will be in touch with our recruiter, who will appreciate getting to know the person behind your career path. If there is a project and a match, you will have the opportunity to speak with one of our experts and/or your future Manager.
