EmpHire - DevOps Engineer

DevOps Developer is needed in Bruxelles, Belgium.

Client: EmpHire

Location: Bruxelles, BRU, be

Contract: Freelance

Job Description

An established international organisation is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the reliability, security, and efficiency of its application landscape. Acting as a bridge between development and infrastructure teams, you will enhance delivery pipelines, improve platform performance, and embed automation across the software lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable environments that support consistent and rapid application releases
• Optimise workflows across build, test, and deployment stages
• Implement monitoring and alerting to ensure platform stability and performance
• Maintain and enhance automated integration pipelines and version control practices
• Oversee configuration and release management in structured, auditable processes
• Introduce and enforce security controls throughout development and deployment activities
• Analyse system metrics and data trends to proactively address capacity and performance issues

Requirements

• Extensive professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a comparable function
• Strong familiarity with modern delivery pipelines, collaboration platforms, and cloud-based infrastructure
• Practical knowledge of containerisation, Linux-based systems, messaging services, web servers, and relational databases
• Exposure to public cloud platforms and full-stack application environments is advantageous
• Comfortable working independently while contributing to cross-functional teams
• Solutions-oriented mindset with a strong interest in emerging technologies
• Professional working proficiency in English and French; additional European language skills are beneficial

Technical Environment

• Version control & delivery: Distributed source control platforms, CI/CD tooling, issue tracking, and observability dashboards
• Languages & scripting: Python, JavaScript, SQL, and object-oriented frameworks
• Infrastructure & services: Reverse proxies, database platforms, search and messaging technologies, high-availability setups
• Containerisation & virtualisation: Docker-based orchestration and virtual machine platforms
• Networking fundamentals: IP networking, DNS, segmentation, and basic security controls
• Operating systems: Linux and Windows
• Cloud exposure: Major public cloud providers (desirable)

What’s on Offer

• Competitive remuneration aligned with experience
• Structured professional development and training pathways
• Comprehensive insurance and benefits package
• Mobility options and modern workplace tools
• Flexible working arrangements with partial remote work
• Access to employee discount and wellbeing programmes