DevOps Engineer - Robotics - Rotterdam

Start date: ASAP
Duration: 6 – 12 months (with the option to extend)
Rate: 70-95
Hours: 32 – 40 hours per week
Location: Rotterdam area

For a leading organization in robotics and agritech, we are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong background in Linux environments, containerized applications, and deployment strategies.

The company is a global market leader in the agricultural sector and develops advanced technological solutions used worldwide. Within an international development environment, work is focused on optimizing and modernizing an existing PC-based platform that is deployed globally.

The focus of this role is the migration of an existing Windows-based platform towards Linux, with a strong emphasis on containerization, deployment, scalability, and maintainability. You will work closely with development teams and contribute to improving the stability and future-proofing of the platform.

In this role, you act as a hands-on technical specialist within the development team, helping to shape architecture decisions while supporting the practical implementation of the migration and deployment processes.

Your responsibilities

• Support the migration of an existing Windows platform to Linux;
• Contribute to architecture and deployment strategy decisions;
• Develop and maintain container-based installations;
• Support deployment on globally distributed industrial PC systems;
• Transfer knowledge and best practices to the internal development team;
• Improve the stability, maintainability, and scalability of the platform;
• Work closely with software engineers and technical stakeholders in an international environment.

Your profile

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree preferred;
• At least 5 years of work experience in a similar role like DevOps Engineer, Containerization Engineer or Platform Engineer;
• Strong experience with Docker and/or Podman;
• Experience with containerized applications and Linux ecosystems;
• Experience with migration projects from existing software platforms;
• A software engineering mindset with a practical and hands-on approach;
• Strong communication skills and team orientation;
• Proficiency in English is required; Dutch is a plus but not a requirement.

Please respond with your rate and availability.