Company Description
You’ll be part of a diverse, multidisciplinary team of 17 skilled DevOps Engineers. Each member brings unique technical expertise, but collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Sharing knowledge is in our DNA, and we automate wherever possible to make processes smarter and more efficient. The team is international, self-steering, and driven by a shared passion for technology and continuous improvement. Whether it’s solving complex infrastructure challenges or exploring new tools, we keep growing by learning from each other every day.
Job Description
As a DevOps Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain critical infrastructure that supports KPN’s next-generation platforms. You’ll work closely with a multidisciplinary team to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing environments. Your day-to-day includes integration, testing, maintenance, and automation to ensure systems are production-ready. You implement and support changes across multiple environments and help provision and develop datacenter edge solutions. You’ll play a key role in ensuring 24/7 availability — including participation in on-call duties — while continuously improving systems through innovation, tooling, and automation.

• Automate, test, and manage virtualized infrastructure (OpenStack, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)
• Collaborate with teams to optimize performance, scalability, and reliability
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Ansible, Git, and scripting languages
• Apply security and compliance best practices across all layers of infrastructure
• Implement and support changes in various environments, including edge provisioning
  Qualifications
  You thrive in complex environments where technology, automation, and collaboration come together. With a strong IT background and a natural drive to improve systems and processes, you combine technical knowledge with a practical, solution-oriented mindset. You enjoy sharing expertise, learning from others, and contributing to a high-performing team. Whether you’re scripting, fine-tuning infrastructure, or solving a critical issue — you take ownership and deliver.

To be successful in this role, you bring:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT and experience with business and operational processes
• Expertise in at least two areas such as Linux, OpenStack, networking (Cisco, Juniper, Nokia), or SDN (a plus)
• Solid programming skills (e.g. Python, Unix shell) and experience with automation tooling like Ansible and Git
• Familiarity with virtualized environments (OpenStack) and container platforms (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with fluency in English (and Dutch)

Additional Information

As an employer, we have a lot to offer you. Here’s what you get from us:

• A gross monthly salary starting from € 3,936 to a maximum of € 5,809, depending on your work experience, based on a 40-hour workweek.
• A guaranteed 13th-month salary: part of it is paid out monthly, and part in January of the following year. Or you can allocate it towards a FLEX & BOOST goal of your choice! Click here to learn more.
• Annual individual and collective salary increases according to our collective labor agreement (CAO).
• € 1,500 per year in a personal development budget that you can use at your discretion for training, coaching, or courses.
• Flexible leave days: our employees can (in consultation with their manager) decide how they want to handle their leave.
• A healthy work-life balance, with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home, transition leave, and the option to swap holidays for ones that align with your religious or cultural preferences.
• A home office setup workshop to optimize your remote workspace, including a mobile phone and laptop.
• 50% discount on our products and services, so you can enjoy affordable internet, calls, and streaming.
• Excellent travel reimbursement: full coverage for public transport or € 0.23 per kilometer if you travel by car. Prefer cycling? You can receive € 0.40 per kilometer.
• The option to purchase a lease bike co-funded by KPN (with a permanent contract): whether it’s a city bike, e-bike, racing bike, or speed pedelec, you get to choose.
• Outstanding pension benefits: a total contribution of 23% of your pensionable salary, with KPN contributing 16% and you contributing 7%.

Would you like to learn more? Feel free to contact our recruiter, Jade Chang, at 0647515632 or caroline.vandenbeukel@kpn.com