About this role
<p><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.agfahealthcare.com/"><span style="color:#000000"><u>Agfa HealthCare</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000">, is a division of the Agfa-Gevaert Group which is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium and traded on Euronext Brussels (AGFB). At Agfa HealthCare, we support healthcare professionals across the globe to transform the delivery of care. Our focus is 100% on providing best-of-suite Imaging IT software solutions that enable secure, effective and sustainable imaging data management. From product development to implementation, our unified Enterprise Imaging Platform is purpose-built to reduce complexity, improve productivity and deliver clinical value. We use our proven track record as an innovator, our in-depth medical knowledge and our strategic guidance to help healthcare providers achieve their clinical, operational and business strategies.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking for a <b>hands-on DevOps Team Lead</b> to join and lead our DevOps team. This role is a <b>player-coach</b> position where you will not only guide and mentor the team but also actively contribute as an engineer. You will help shape our <b>cloud-native transformation</b>, drive the adoption of <b>GitOps and DevSecOps practices</b>, and ensure the efficiency, scalability, and security of our development and deployment pipelines.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <h3 style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b style="font-weight:bold"><b>Key Responsibilities:</b></b></u></span></span></span></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Team Leadership & Coaching</b></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Support career development and skill-building within the team.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Act as a bridge between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams to align strategies and execution.</span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Hands-On DevOps Engineering</b></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using <b>Jenkins</b>, <b>Bitbucket</b>, and <b>Gradle</b>.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Optimize infrastructure for <b>cloud-native deployments</b>, ensuring scalability and reliability.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Support and refine build automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization strategies.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Develop and maintain observability solutions, ensuring <b>reliability, security, and performance</b> of services.</span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Cloud-Native & GitOps Transformation</b></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Drive the transition towards <b>GitOps</b> practices, automating deployment workflows and reducing manual interventions.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Implement <b>DevSecOps</b> principles to enhance security automation and compliance within CI/CD pipelines.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Guide the team in leveraging cloud-native architectures and technologies effectively.</span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Collaboration & Stakeholder Management</b></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Work closely with development teams (Java & Angular) to enhance developer experience and streamline software delivery.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Partner with security teams to embed <b>security-by-design</b> principles into DevOps workflows.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Communicate technical strategies and progress to senior management and stakeholders.</span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3 style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b style="font-weight:bold"><b>Required Skills & Experience:</b></b></u></span></span></span></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>5+ years of experience</b> in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2+ years of leadership experience</b> (formal or informal) in a DevOps or software engineering team.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Strong expertise in <b>CI/CD pipelines</b>, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Experience with <b>Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gradle, and GitOps tools</b> (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux).</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Solid background in <b>cloud-native architectures</b> and deployment strategies.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Familiarity with <b>containerization</b> (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Understanding of <b>DevSecOps</b> best practices and security automation.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work across teams and geographies.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3 style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b style="font-weight:bold"><b>Nice to Have:</b></b></u></span></span></span></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Experience with <b>public cloud platforms</b> (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their DevOps toolchains.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Knowledge of <b>monitoring and observability tools</b> (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Background in <b>performance tuning and system reliability engineering (SRE)</b>.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Familiarity with <b>progressive delivery</b> techniques (e.g., feature flags, canary releases).</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3 style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b style="font-weight:bold"><b>Location:</b></b></u><b style="font-weight:bold"><b> </b></b><b style="font-weight:bold">Ghent, Belgium (hybrid working)</b></span></span></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align:justify"> </h3> <h3 style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b style="font-weight:bold"><b>What We Offer:</b></b></u></span></span></span></h3> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A collaborative and technically engaging environment.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Opportunities to lead and shape the future of our DevOps practices.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Support for training and professional development.</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Competitive salary and benefits package.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you're a <b>passionate DevOps leader</b> looking to make an impact in a fast-moving, cloud-native environment, we’d love to hear from you!</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p dir="LTR"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We offer a rewarding career in a field that impacts lives, the opportunity to work with a talented and committed team of individuals, training and career development programs, and a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you want to be part of this experience, we'll take you there! </span></span></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000">Learn more about </span><a href="https://global.agfahealthcare.com/main/"><span style="color:#000000"><u>Agfa HealthCare</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000"> and follow us </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/agfa.healthcare/"><span style="color:#000000"><u>Instagram</u></span></a><span style="color:#000000">. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p>