Medior DevOps Engineer Event Streaming Platform

Join Team Godzilla at Rabobank, the squad in charge of event streaming solutions. As a DevOps Engineer, you will help transform how Rabobank interacts with data in real time—enabling internal teams to send real-time notifications (e.g., low balance alerts, payment confirmations) and build enhanced real-time fraud detection capabilities.

Your work will involve connecting applications to the Kafka platform, troubleshooting issues, and exploring new event streaming technologies. You’ll contribute to platform governance processes, champion event-driven architecture, and enhance user experiences with the event streaming platform in a vibrant, international environment.

You & your role

We’re looking for a passionate and skilled engineer who’s excited about event streaming, building scalable systems, working with modern cloud technologies, and continuously improving through automation and collaboration.

Top responsibilities

• Ensure our users get onboarded to our Event Streaming Platform.
• Troubleshoot our users’ queries.
• Support the team to improve on event streaming guardrail specifications.
• Support automation of pipelines.
• Contribute to the introduction and testing of new innovative event streaming features.
• Develop and deliver tools and automation solutions, including CI/CD Azure pipelines and Azure DevOps extensions.
• Ensure a robust, future-proof Event Streaming landscape.
• Engage in the community as an Event-driven Advocate.
• Participate in rotational 24/7 standby support.

Our tech stack currently includes:

• Apache Kafka Ecosystem
• Programming languages: Java, .NET, Python
• CI/CD: Azure Pipelines and Azure Pipeline extensions
• Testing framework: pytest (Python), Junit (Java)

You & your talent

• Education: Bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Programming: Proficient in at least one programming language such as Java, .NET, or Python, with experience using Kafka client libraries.
• Event-Driven Architecture: Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, including producers, consumers, Connect, and stream processing. Knowledge of Avro and Json formats for schema contracts.
• Cloud Experience: Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud platform (e.g., Azure or AWS).
• CI/CD: Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Azure Pipelines.
• Pipeline Customization: Experience creating custom extensions for Azure Pipelines.
• Serverless: Familiarity with serverless technologies like AWS Lambda or Azure Functions.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Understanding of identity and access management (Azure Entra ID or AWS IAM), networking (VPC/VNet), and monitoring tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).
• Cloud Services: Experience working with cloud-native services such as Azure DevOps and serverless compute platforms.
• Security: Familiarity with secure coding practices. Knowledge of PKI, authentication and authorization mechanisms (MTLS and OAuth).
• IT Operations: Understanding of IT service management processes.
• Agile Mindset: Experience working in Scrum or Agile teams.

What we value

• Ownership & Initiative: You’re proactive, take responsibility, and aren’t afraid to speak up.
• Curiosity & Growth: You’re eager to improve processes through automation and open to learning new tools and technologies.
• Team Spirit: You’re a collaborative team player with a “can-do” attitude.
• Communication: You communicate clearly and effectively and can engage with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Language: Proficiency in English (spoken and written).

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Container Orchestration: Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, especially on platforms like OpenShift.
• Testing: Experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit, Jest, or Pytest.
• API Specifications: Familiarity with AsyncAPI or OpenAPI specifications.

Please note:

This role focuses on Kafka usage and best practices, not on Kafka administration. The candidate should be able to use Kafka effectively and guide others on how to integrate and connect to Kafka from various platforms, following best practices.

We are using Kafka Platform as Service (SAAS). Kafka administration tasks—such as broker installation, cluster maintenance, and configuration—are nice to have but not mandatory for this position.

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.