Specialist DevOps Engineer Pay & Rewards

Make a Difference as a Specialist DevOps Engineer Pay & Rewards

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 17 strong local retail brands in the United States, Europe and Indonesia, we make a meaningful difference in the lives of our brands’ customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our associates thrive.

Your new work environment

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be joining our Tech department. Our Tech department is the driving force behind the technology in our organization. Powered by our innovative strategies, our Tech teams ensure we’re fully aligned to develop, maintain, and improve our technology platforms and applications. We are responsible for ensuring the efficient management of payroll platform for over 400,000 associates, making sure that our HR functions is delivering payslips promptly and accurately. Our team excels in prioritizing tasks and addressing critical issues swiftly, ensuring the seamless functioning of our vital services.

As AD Group and the field of technology evolve continuously, we encourage our associates to grow with us. Personal development and learning are vital. The more we learn, the better we’re able to ensure that the rest of the organization learns and develops too. We’re collaborative, ambitious, and open, taking ownership of our work, and continuously challenge ourselves and each other. That said, we work hard and have lots of fun along the way, too.

You will be given the freedom and responsibility to take ownership of your work and broaden your horizons by working together with knowledgeable colleagues from different countries who have an abundance of expertise in many areas. We will continually invest in you and help you build on your talents and skills for the future.

Key responsibilities of your role

Your role is highly diverse, encompassing various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

• Configure, develop, and maintain SAP ECP applications, including ABAP enhancements, custom reports, interfaces, and data transfers
• Write high-quality software code in accordance with functional and non-functional requirements and defined quality standards
• Design, maintain, and continuously improve software solutions across the full application lifecycle in alignment with business needs
• Translate business requirements and user stories into effective technical solutions in close collaboration with product teams and technical leadership
• Perform code quality checks, testing activities, and incident reviews to ensure stable, secure, and reliable system performance
• Install, configure, and test applications in production environments while ensuring compliance with security, data privacy, and audit guidelines
• Analyze incidents, availability, performance, and capacity issues to identify root causes and contribute improvements to the product backlog
• Maintain clear, accurate, and comprehensive technical documentation covering system configurations, deployments, testing, and troubleshooting processes

What’s in it for you?

Aside from what we ask of you in this role, we also have a great deal to offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; flexible working hours; a hybrid working model (we ask you to spend at least 50% of your working time at the office); and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance, and the chance to work in an inclusive environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.

Plus:

• A gross annual salary between €52K to €63K including holiday pay based on full-time employment
• Attractive bonuses
• A first-rate pension plan
• 45 vacation days per year (25.5 vacation days + 19.5 paid-leave days, or 20 vacation days and the option to buy an additional 12.5 days from your personal ‘flex budget’)
• A laptop and smartphone
• Travel expenses or an NS Travel card
• If needed, an electric lease car

Requirements

We think you’ll be best geared for success if you meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, ensuring a strong foundational understanding of software engineering and systems.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in DevOps, with a focus on automating, deploying, and managing applications in a cloud environment. Experience should include working on large-scale, high-availability systems, and preferably in the payroll or rewards systems domain.
• Expertise in SAP – Employee Central Payroll
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Hands-on experience with Payroll area – ECP – ABAP coding and monitoring tools
• Solid understanding of security principles in DevOps, particularly around sensitive data management, which is crucial in the Pay & Rewards area.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and a collaborative, cross-functional team approach.
• Fluent in English (both spoken and written), as it is essential to communicate effectively with teams and stakeholders across different locations.

What do we offer?

• To be courageous
• To live wholeheartedly
• To keep growing

What do you bring?

• A customer centric focus
• A positive attitude
• A healthy dose of energy

Why Ahold Delhaize?

• Huge Impact
• Work with fun and smart colleagues
• (Inter)national growth opportunities

"I realized how much impact you can truly have as an individual, working for such a huge international company.”
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