Technical Application Manager GDN

About this job

We are currently looking for a Technical Application Manager GDN to join the team in Utrecht.

As a Technical Application Manager, you will work both from the office in Utrecht and remotely to maintain and improve the GDN infrastructure and supporting applications. You see applications as services that should be deployed as efficiently as possible, playing a key role in application selection, setup, and automation.

Your role involves designing application setups, defining requirements, integration with authentication systems, and managing the application lifecycle. You document this in Confluence and coordinate with your team and end-users. Installations are automated using Puppet or Ansible, ensuring uniformity, reproducibility, and technical documentation within GitHub. You will also integrate existing applications into this framework while performing Life Cycle Management (LCM) tasks for underlying operating systems.

A typical workweek includes daily stand-up meetings, managing tasks in Jira, analyzing and resolving incidents, and ensuring the performance and availability of applications and infrastructure. You also handle large dataset archiving on tape storage and contribute to infrastructure projects, such as implementing a new GIS infrastructure. Additionally, you support Scrum and DevOps teams when they encounter infrastructure-related challenges.

You will be part of the Platform Team, a group of ten professionals within the Geo-IT department. The team includes specialists in databases, security, and architecture, offering a collaborative learning environment. If you enjoy complex technical challenges and want to make an impact on the future, this is the role for you! 😊

Main responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the GDN infrastructure and supporting applications.
• Automate installations using Puppet or Ansible and document them in GitHub.
• Design and document application setups, integration, and Life Cycle Management strategies.
• Analyze and resolve incidents efficiently based on priority.
• Ensure application performance, availability, and security.
• Manage large dataset storage and tape archiving.
• Participate in infrastructure projects such as GIS implementation.
• Support Scrum and DevOps teams in resolving infrastructure issues.
• Collaborate with team members to share knowledge and improve workflows.

Requirements

Education & Experience:

• Minimum HBO (Bachelor’s) work and thinking level.

Technical Skills:

• Extensive experience managing applications like ArcGIS, Alfresco, KeyCloak, Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise (including GitHub Actions), Prometheus, Grafana, Nexus, SonarQube, and Apache.
• Strong knowledge of (Red Hat) Linux, Windows, OpenShift Container Platform, Puppet, and/or Ansible.
• Familiarity with DevOps methodologies (Kanban, Scrum, CI/CD, GitOps).

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and stay calm under pressure.
• Problem-solving mindset: sees challenges as opportunities.
• Team player with a continuous learning mindset.

Language Skills:

• Fluent in English (spoken & written).
• Dutch proficiency is a plus, but Dutch language courses are offered otherwise if needed.

Our story

At S[&]T we contribute to a safer life on earth by translating space data into valuable and actionable insights. We oversee data from instruments to application, and apply our expertise within our software frameworks, information products and consultancy.

Our society relies on space and scientific instruments for climate change monitoring, navigation, defence and national security, and other crucial services we all use in our daily lives. These instruments produce an enormous quantity of complex data, and our goal is to unlock its value.

We have more than 20 years of experience working on instrument calibration, the creation of data quality monitoring tools, the development of real-time data processing frameworks, and the development of application-specific algorithms. With this, we help organisations, governments and industries to strengthen their information position and thereby improve their decision making. We focus on the following domains: Space & Science, Defence & Security, Environment & Sustainability, and High-Tech Consulting.