devops engineer

purpose 
Do you like to bring innovation to our hotel teams? Are you getting excited about ARM, release pipelines, git and cloud services, while deep down being a true hotello? Are you a real team player with a great eye for detail? Are you in love with technology and digital and you are able to immerse deep into it? Do you love still getting hands on but you’ve started thinking as a solution architect? If you can answer some of these questions with yes, then do apply and become our new tech specialist and help our Agile Release Train team to get to a full devops way of working.

As a devops engineer, you will form the liaison between the business analysts and the external suppliers. Together with the rest of the team, you will design solutions for business challenges related to our builds and our cloud and on-prem presence. You are deeply involved in the implementation of these solutions, you are hands-on but grow in architecture, you are experienced in working with partners and execute through partnership. Together with the business stakeholders you test the solution and celebrate the successful go-lives.
Post go-live you will participate in supporting the solution that you built to ensure the experience of our guests and employees is smoother than a moonwalk on a freshly polished oak floor.
Your secret superpower is the ability to automate and use modern clouds, mainly Azure. You will become the go-to person who knows every bit and byte of the cloud implementations and our cloud presence.

key responsibilities

participate in the planning, design and implementation processes for the development of different releases and builds
in conjunction with stakeholders, help shape the Azure landscape and our ability to execute there
oversee and monitor vendor kpi & service levels and relations in your respective area
hands on implement Azure services and/or configurations of these as well as create Azure Devops pipelines and scripts
develop implementation and support process and documentation including scripts, configure services, automate releases, architectural graphs, functional specifications, testing specifications….
provide 2nd/3rd line support and incident management for your area Participate in daily operational requests for configuration and administration of agile tooling (including but not limited to New Relic, JIRA, Slack...

qualifications / skills

passionate about technology in your private and professional life
calm under pressure
experience in devops work on Azure (with relevant qualifications)
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in disciplines related to devops and cloud computing
hands-on experience with technologies as Azure services, Azure Devops pipelines, JSON APIs, SQL, authentication methods, automations and ARM scripting
familiarity with concepts like CI/CD, SDLC, IaaS, SaaS, PaaS experience in the configuration and hands-on of tools like NewRelic, JIRA, and Slack is a big advantage able to work with a high level of attention for the detail and ability to work in team structures
able to learn from the roadblocks and challenges experienced through the team work
strong communicator able to work with complex internal and external structures.
self-motivated, mature reasoning at a strategic level, able to take ownership and drive for results.
hands-on experience with integrations and API consumption is a plus
experience with complex networking and integration infrastructure is a benefit
experience in the hospitality industry is a plus.
fluent in English

what's in it for you?

citizenM experience nights for you (and friends and family)
Personal and professional development opportunities and programmes
Latest tech devices and all the tools you need to be successful in your role
Commuting travel costs covered (by car or public transport)
Pension and cycle to work scheme available
Subsidized fresh daily lunches at our support office Flexible public holidays Employee assistance program Varied team days and social events (from food trucks and quizzes at the office to parties on boats)
Spacious office in a historic building surrounded by gardens

locations / hours

this role is based in Voorschoten Support Office. Hybrid working is possible (twice a week in the office), not fully remote. This is a maternity leave cover, start date February 1st or March 1st. Duration = 5 or 6 months.

We will start reviewing applications as of Monday, February 19th.

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