About this role
Role Name: AWS DevOps Engineer (Medior) Location: Ghent and Brussels, Belgium Remote Work: Yes (Hybrid) Start Date: 03/08/2026 End Date: 15/07/2027 Language Requirement: Dutch (CEFR C2) Main Responsibilities AWS Platform Engineering Build, operate, and maintain the central AWS hosting platform. Develop and manage core platform services such as networking, DNS, firewalls, logging, monitoring, and deployment services. Support the hub-and-spoke architecture. Configure and onboard new spokes, services, and application workloads. Ensure the platform remains scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable. Infrastructure as Code Develop, optimise, and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions. Automate platform configuration and infrastructure deployment. Standardise infrastructure components and deployment processes. Review and improve existing IaC implementations. Maintain reusable and version-controlled infrastructure templates. CI/CD & Release Automation Automate CI/CD processes using GitHub, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or comparable tooling. Automate application releases across multiple environments. Support reliable build, test, and deployment processes. Improve continuous integration and continuous delivery practices. Integrate platform and application deployments into automated pipelines. Application & Landing Zone Operations Deploy and operationalise applications within AWS landing zones. Manage application and infrastructure flows across the platform. Configure new platform services and integrations. Support project teams during application onboarding. Maintain operational stability across hosted applications. Monitoring, Reliability & Recovery Monitor the health of infrastructure and applications. Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions. Develop system failure and recovery plans. Take corrective actions to improve availability and reliability. Support incident analysis and operational troubleshooting. Container & Database Management Manage container orchestration environments such as ECS Fargate, Kubernetes, or Docker. Support containerised application deployment and operations. Administer or support PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or MongoDB environments. Ensure integration between application, container, database, and cloud services. Required Skills & Expertise Must Have Minimum 3 years of experience automating CI/CD processes using GitHub, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or similar tools. Minimum 3 years of experience with Python. Minimum 3 years of experience with AWS DevOps technologies or equivalent platforms. Minimum 3 years of practical Infrastructure as Code experience. Proven experience setting up and maintaining a central hosting platform based on a hub-and-spoke architecture. Ability to explain the essential central components of a hub-and-spoke platform through one or more practical cases. Dutch language proficiency at CEFR C2 level. Willingness to sign and submit the required NDA. Should Have Minimum 3 years of experience within the Flemish Government. Minimum 3 years of experience working within an Agile and DevOps culture. Minimum 3 years of experience with Azure DevOps. Minimum 1 year of experience managing container orchestration platforms such as ECS Fargate, Kubernetes, or Docker. Strong knowledge of AWS. Knowledge of PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or MongoDB administration. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a technical or engineering background, or equivalent ICT experience.