NoOps/DevOps Engineer

Basecone is a vibrant and dynamic place to work. We push boundaries and challenge each other every day. We collaborate across disciplines, trying to achieve that common goal: to develop, launch and maintain state-of-the-art Solutions. Solutions that effectively address real business problems and provide the best customer experience out there. Solutions that you and your team can be proud of at the end of the day.

At Basecone we believe our people are the heart and soul of our company. We value everyone's input and believe in a commonly agreed commitment. We offer a no-nonsense environment, in which professionalism, fun and open communication are key elements.

Basecone's looking for a skilled Operations Engineer to join our Team. The ideal candidate has several years of experience as System Administration in an Hybrid (Linux/Windows) Ecosystem, professional knowledge of AWS and Azure Cloud Providers and its tools and CLIs. An ambition to raise the bar for implementing cutting-edge technologies and solutions that give Basecone and its customers a world-class product.


What is the job all about?

• As a NoOps/DevOps engineer, you will ensure the continuous improvement of our existing (and new) platforms. Always, Source Controlling your changes, you will focus on Automate everything, from provisioning, bootstrapping, configuring to releasing, monitoring and testing.
• You should be familiar with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment Software Pipelines. Your contribution will help us to implement and improve a secure, scalable and autonomous platform where to run our state of the art solution for our customers.
• You will be part of a multidisciplinary agile team where you will be expected to share your expertise and take an active role in the discussions, planning and refinement of the stories and tasks your team will be implementing.
• One thing here: We do not like the ITYS (I Told You So) attitude. Please refrain to apply if so. We are all "one family, one company", the problems
  and responsibilities are shared between all of us.

 What skills and expertise are we looking for?

• We are looking for someone with a Strong Analytical and Problem Solving ability. Someone that can Creatively handle challenges and obstacles.
• Preferable with 3+ years hands-on infrastructure / operations experience. Someone with Knowledge of SCM tools, like Puppet (preferred) or Chef or Ansible.
• We run in the cloud, so we look for Knowledge of Cloud CLI(s) for AWS and Azure and obviously, you should have Knowledge of Networking
• Terminologies (Load Balancers, VPN, etc) and experience implementing them.
• About Programming and Scripting Languages, we like them all .NET, Puppet, Bash/Shell, Powershell, Python, SQL, etc... the more you know the better.
• Strong affinity with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment Software Pipelines, aka the DevOps methodology.
• We also do Drafting, Analyzing and Presenting Reports for Business and Management teams, so no surprises.
• A General knowledge of Windows, Linux, SQL Server, Active Directory, DNS and other components of the IT infrastructure is recommendable.
  
  

What do we offer

• Well, of course a great salary! We want to build a great team, and we want to get those who are the best at what they do.
• Work with a perfect knowledge balanced team, across The Netherlands and Portugal (small percentage of it but be aware some travel is required).
• 25 paid weekdays to explore the world, just don't forget to send us a postcard.
• Experience working for an international company, with a strong focus on the actual IT working methodologies and mentality.
• A working environment where your team and manager understands that it’s important to spend time thinking on a solution, rather than rushing into the first one that comes to mind; an environment where refactoring and rebuilding are seen as sometimes necessary; an environment where the team is the one truly responsible for coming up with a solution, rather than implement one that was imposed.