Configuration Manager

Are you passionate about shaping the future of multidisciplinary systems and ensuring seamless project execution, traceability, and automation? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic environment where configuration management and CI/CD tooling play a crucial role? Join Vanderlande as our new Configuration Manager and help us elevate the efficiency and quality of our airport automation solutions.

Configuration Manager

What will you be doing?

In this role, you will take responsibility for driving and improving configuration management processes across both customer projects and product development activities. You ensure that development, integration, and testing take place in a structured, controlled, and efficient environment. You will also play a key role in supporting CI/CD activities and providing configuration management expertise to engineering and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain structured work environments supporting efficient development, integration, and testing

• Continuously improve configuration management (CM) processes and documentation

• Identify and implement automation opportunities within CM workflows

• Support engineering and project teams with CM expertise throughout planning, execution, and delivery

• Provide tooling guidance and support to engineering teams

• Promote and embed Ways of Working across teams

• Define, track, and report on key CM performance indicators (KPIs)

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives

What do we ask from you?

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in ICT, Software Engineering, or a related field

• At least 5 years of experience in a software development environment

• Strong analytical and communication skills

• Proactive, eager to learn, and solution‑oriented

• Creative thinker with a helicopter view and a hands‑on mindset

Preferred technical expertise:

• Atlassian tools (JIRA, Bitbucket, Bamboo)

• Artifactory and PLM systems (e.g., Dassault Enovia)

• Dependency management tools such as Maven or Gradle

• Python scripting

• CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance

• Requirement and test management tooling (e.g., Polarion)

About the team

You will be part of the Airports domain, which is responsible for designing and delivering advanced airport automation systems to customers worldwide. This domain is highly innovative, fast‑moving, and central to Vanderlande’s global success. You will collaborate with dedicated experts across engineering, software, and project execution teams.

Vanderlande

Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market. Furthermore, we are also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses, which seamlessly integrate innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.

What do we offer

In the challenging and responsible position of Configuration Manager, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry‑leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international, and professional working environment with plenty of room for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company, you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.

On top of your fixed salary you’ll receive the following secondary benefits:

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days + 20 days via the flexible budget)

• Flexible working hours

• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home, 60% in the office)

• Health & Wellbeing budget of €300 per calendar year

• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement for public transport

• Working‑from‑home allowance

• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance

• On‑site company health centers with gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists

• Vanderlande Academy and extensive training facilities

• Access to Vanderlande communities and employee networks

• A great company restaurant and a coffee bar with barista