DevOps Engineer

The ideal candidate for this assignment is a

Senior DevOps Engineer

someone who can operate confidently in a complex, multi‑team platform environment and who enjoys building reusable, scalable services rather than one‑off features. Freelance mission! 6 month rolling! Full time! 1 day onsite! The strongest candidates share a blend of backend engineering depth and platform‑level thinking. Backend-for-frontend expertise

— able to design and implement a BFF layer that cleanly abstracts multiple backend platforms, normalises data, and exposes stable contracts to the frontend. Python proficiency

— not just scripting, but building structured, maintainable backend services with clear API boundaries. DevOps maturity

— comfortable with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab CI, containerisation, Kubernetes, DTAP environments, and release automation. Identity & access management

— hands‑on experience with OAuth2, OIDC, SAML; ideally familiar with eduID or similar federated identity systems. Security‑first mindset

— understands privacy-by-design, secure coding, and ISO27001‑aligned practices. Open‑source contributor

— experience working in transparent, collaborative, community‑driven development environments. Collaboration and mindset

This project requires someone who thrives in a multi-team, multi-stack environment. Consensus‑driven

— open to architectural choices made by other teams; able to align stakeholders. Proactive communicator

— flags integration risks early, proposes solutions, and keeps teams aligned. Comfortable with ambiguity

— can operate in a POC/MVP environment where experimentation (and failure) is expected. Reusable‑by‑default thinking

— designs components and services that can support multiple future portals, not just NKPH2. ️ Practical experience that stands out

Candidates who excel typically have worked in environments such as: Platform engineering teams

building shared services for multiple products. Large‑scale integrations

where multiple legacy and modern systems must be unified. Education, research, or public‑sector digital platforms

where identity, privacy, and interoperability matter. Open‑source ecosystems

where transparency and collaboration are core.

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