DevOps / Platform Engineer (ID:4116)
Key Skills
Job Description
- Assess existing production environments and deployment processes to support Blue-Green deployment implementation.
- Conduct technical discussions with application teams to understand application hosting, deployment workflows, infrastructure, network routing, and system dependencies.
- Review existing CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes environments, virtual machines, load balancers, ingress controllers, and gateway configurations.
- Document application architecture, integrations, interfaces, and dependencies between applications and shared databases.
- Identify opportunities to split traffic between existing and new application versions while ensuring minimal disruption to production services.
- Build and configure Green environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
- Configure traffic routing for test users through load balancers, ingress controllers, Route 53, and gateway rules.
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments, validation, rollback, and release management.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to validate application health and deployment success.
- Support database release activities, including migrations, backward-compatible schema changes, and rollback procedures.
- Work closely with the Lead Architect and application teams to implement the designed solution and ensure production readiness.
- 6+ years of overall experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related infrastructure and deployment engineering roles.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes platforms such as Amazon EKS or equivalent.
- Practical experience with Helm, ArgoCD, Argo Rollouts, or similar deployment management tools.
- Strong knowledge of AWS networking, including load balancers, Route 53, ingress controllers, and traffic routing.
- Experience with at least two CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalent tools.
- Understanding of Blue-Green deployment strategies, production validation, release management, and rollback mechanisms.
- Basic database deployment knowledge, including schema migrations and backward-compatible changes.
- Scripting experience using Python or Bash.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, or Grafana.
- Analyze existing application environments, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure configurations.
- Identify application dependencies, database connections, integration points, and potential deployment risks.
- Assess the feasibility of Blue-Green deployments across applications and infrastructure components.
- Design and implement traffic-splitting strategies for controlled testing of new application versions.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment workflows, validation, and rollback procedures.
- Troubleshoot Kubernetes, networking, pipeline, and application deployment issues in production environments.
- Collaborate effectively with architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and application owners.
- Maintain clear technical documentation, assessment findings, implementation plans, and follow-up actions.
- Ensure deployments are reliable, observable, secure, and minimally disruptive to production services.
- An opportunity to work on a large-scale enterprise platform engineering initiative.
- Hands-on exposure to Blue-Green deployment assessment, implementation, and production validation.
- The opportunity to build automated deployment environments and modernize CI/CD workflows.
- Collaboration with experienced architects and cross-functional technical teams.
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and advanced deployment strategies.
- An opportunity to contribute to scalable, resilient, and reliable production systems.
Want to discuss this opportunity in more detail? Feel free to reach out.
Recruiter: Hema Murali
Phone: +31 20 369 0609 ; Extn :148
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hema-murali-315999329/
Core Responsibilities
You will assess production environments and deployment processes to implement Blue-Green deployment strategies. Additionally, you will build and configure infrastructure using IaC tools while collaborating with architects to ensure production readiness.
Requirements
Candidates must have 6+ years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering with hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and AWS. Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and scripting languages like Python or Bash is required.
About STAFIDE
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Company size: 11-50 employees
Headquartered in the Netherlands, STAFIDE specializes in Niche Tech Recruitment across Europe, connecting top talent with outstanding opportunities in the IT sector. Our data-driven recruitment model ensures the ideal match between candidates and employers, enhancing both skill alignment and cultural fit. With a strong focus on Skill-Based Hiring, we provide candidates with an in-depth understanding of the organization—whether for permanent positions or temporary assignments (interim opdrachten) like secondment (detachering)—strengthening employer branding for our clients as a recruitment company (uitzendbureau). In today’s fast-evolving tech landscape, we recognize the unique challenges companies face in sourcing highly skilled talent. Our advanced, AI-driven talent intelligence system (ATS) is specifically designed to prioritize Skill-Based Hiring for niche IT roles, empowering organizations to address talent shortages by identifying professionals with the expertise to drive innovation and growth. Whether you’re a company in search of exceptional talent or a professional seeking your next ICT role, STAFIDE is your strategic recruitment (werving en selectie) partner. Our deep expertise in the Dutch market, combined with a steadfast commitment to excellence, makes us the preferred choice for all your recruitment needs.