Senior DevOps Engineer | GitLab | OpenShift

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer in our Development Services team. In this role you will design, implement, and roll out standardized CI/CD pipelines across multiple product teams and regions. Do you want to play a key role in the platform transition from Jenkins to GitLab CI/CD, and in enabling secure, scalable deployments on Red Hat OpenShift and AWS-based platforms? Do you like to combine hands-on engineering, platform enablement, and DevSecOps governance in a regulated enterprise environment? Then please read further.

Your job

In your position as DevOps Engineer you have the following responsibilities:

CI/CD & Pipeline Engineering

• Design, implement, and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
• Migrate from Bitbucket & Jenkins, AWS CodeCommit & CodePipeline to GitLab.
• Maintain and support Jenkins pipelines during the transition and decommissioning phase.
• Continuously improve build, test, and deployment automation.

Infrastructure & Automation

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CDK and automation scripts.
• Encourage and build automation wherever feasible.
• Integrate monitoring and logging solutions, such as Splunk, into delivery pipelines.

Security & Compliance (DevSecOps)

• Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning.
• Ensure pipelines comply with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Support audit-ready pipeline designs and evidence generation.

Collaboration & Enablement

• Actively support development teams during migrations and onboarding.
• Deliver training sessions and workshops on pipelines, GitLab, and DevOps practices.
• Share knowledge and best practices across product teams and regions.

GitLab Platform Enablement

• Contribute to GitLab usage standards, pipeline templates, and best practices.
• Integrate GitLab with enterprise tooling, such as artifact repositories, security scanners, and observability solutions.
• Apply Git workflows, branching strategies, and merge-request standards, including trunk-based development with feature toggles.

OpenShift & Cloud Platforms

• Deploy and operate applications on Red Hat OpenShift (private cloud platform).
• Support deployments on AWS-based platforms, such as ECS/Fargate.
• Ensure scalability, availability, and security of containerized workloads.
• Collaborate with cloud platform teams and architects on migration solutions.

Working environment

ABN AMRO Clearing is a global clearing firm and a full subsidiary of the Dutch ABN AMRO Bank, providing an integrated suite of financial services to professional trading participants in the global financial market.

IT is at the heart of our organization, where over 300 developers from more than 30 different product teams and 10 different platform teams work to build products and services for clients.

Development Services is an international/global team. Our vision is to enable development teams to adopt Standardized Platforms, Pipelines and DevX across all teams. As a member of the Development Services team, you will interact very closely with product development teams in different regions across the globe. You will collaborate with IT Scrum Master colleagues, Product Owners, IT Engineers, IT Platform Engineers and Business Developers.

Your profile

Your nature is to take ownership and act in the driver seat, not waiting until others tell you what to do. You have a strong engineering mindset and problem-solving skills. You're flexible, adaptive, and eager to continuously learn. You're known for your excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills. You are able to effectively communicate with all levels of an organization, including senior management and stakeholders across regions and cultures. As we are a global company, global collaboration and communication is key, including incidentally outside EU business hours. On top of that, you match the following hard skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience maintaining or migrating Jenkins pipelines.
• Proven experience with Red Hat OpenShift, including deployments, scaling, networking, and security.
• Solid understanding of Docker and containerization.
• Strong Git knowledge and modern branching strategies.
• Scripting skills, for example Python and Bash.
• Experience working in complex, distributed enterprise environments.
• Relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

We Offer

We believe it is important to be a good employer. Joining us means stepping into a role with impact, supported by excellent employment conditions that foster your job satisfaction, development, and wellbeing.

In addition, we offer:

• An attractive gross monthly salary based on a 36-hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
• An excellent pension scheme, ensuring that you are well prepared for the future.
• Flexibility in working: working from home is possible in consultation with your team and depending on your role. We will provide an ergonomic home office setup for you.
• Plenty of room for relaxation with five weeks of vacation per year, supplemented by two mandatory days off. You can also purchase up to four additional weeks of vacation annually.
• Five “Banking for better days”: extra days off that you can use for personal development or volunteer work.
• Personal development is key: you receive a development budget of €1,000 per year, which can accumulate up to €3,000.
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands for both business and private use.