DevOps Engineer

Project overview

Only suitable for freelancers who can come on a construction basis. Ensure all requirements and wishes are reflected in the CV.

Hello Senior Platform Engineer!

Do you want to build the new platform at the heart of the energy transition?

32 to 40 hours | Amersfoort / Hybrid | Energy Market | Start date in consultation | Assignment duration in consultation

EDSN is a fast-growing organization. At EDSN, you contribute daily to the sustainability of the Netherlands, together with our partners in the energy sector. With your knowledge of cloud and platform engineering, you will help build Platform V2: the new platform that allows engineers within EDSN to develop and deliver software safely, compliantly, and independently. You will develop reusable platform building blocks for internal platform and business systems. This will improve the developer experience, increase the reliability of our services, and help EDSN accelerate the energy transition digitally.

We have significant ambitions and are therefore looking for your expertise.

Work at the intersection of cloud, platform engineering, and identity

Work with energy

You will work in the autonomous and product-oriented NextGen team. This team, along with other IT Foundation teams, builds the foundations of Platform V2, in addition to existing platform services. The ambition is that every engineer within EDSN can deliver software safely, compliantly, and as independently as possible from day one. Engineers should be able to spend their time on solutions for the energy transition, rather than on repeatedly setting up and managing infrastructure.

Within this assignment, you will build new, standardized platform building blocks that allow internal platform and business systems to connect safely and independently. You will work on, among other things, AWS Landing Zone provisioning with Terraform, Kubernetes as a runtime for platform flows, and GitLab standards for repositories, groups, CI/CD templates, and release processes. An important part of the assignment is further setting up the identity layer with Entra ID. You will create and manage reusable patterns for app registrations, service principals, and OIDC and SAML integrations.

You will also work with groups, access packages, and Privileged Identity Management for authentication and authorization within the platform.

You will be given the space to provide direction on technical choices and translate them into secure, robust, and manageable standards. Security, reliability, observability, and operational excellence are not separate activities but an integral part of everything the team delivers.

Responsibilities

Collaboration and knowledge sharing

You work in an autonomous, multidisciplinary team that is jointly responsible for the product and the quality of services. You regularly coordinate with other platform teams, architects, security specialists, and internal users. You view internal platform and business systems as users of your product. You delve into their issues, make needs concrete, and work with stakeholders to find sustainable solutions. You then translate these solutions into secure and reusable platform building blocks.

You actively share your knowledge with colleagues, clearly document technical choices, and help the team manage and further develop standards independently. In doing so, you not only contribute to the platform but also to the further professionalization of platform engineering within EDSN.

What energizes you

What you bring

About EDSN

Energie Data Services Nederland, EDSN, is a growing organization that is rapidly professionalizing its services. EDSN develops a reliable and innovative ICT infrastructure for all regional and national grid operators. We specialize in collecting and making energy data accessible. Other market parties use this data to develop new services and solutions. With our data services, we are paving the way for the energy transition and thus the sustainability of the Netherlands.

• Design, build, and improve reusable platform building blocks for Platform V2.
• Automate AWS Landing Zone provisioning with Terraform.
• Develop multi-tenant and self-service provisioning for internal platform and business systems.
• Set up and further develop Kubernetes as a runtime for platform and orchestrator flows.
• Develop tenant pipelines and orchestrator workflows for automated provisioning of platform services.
• Standardize GitLab repositories, groups, access structures, CI/CD templates, and release processes.
• Set up and manage Entra ID patterns for app registrations, service principals, groups, and access packages.
• Create secure OIDC and SAML integrations for authentication and authorization.
• Apply and improve Privileged Identity Management within platform services.
• Contribute to the networking and security setup of Platform V2.
• Integrate security, reliability, observability, and manageability into architectural and development choices.
• Translate technical issues into robust and reusable platform standards.
• Improve the developer experience and operational excellence for engineers within EDSN.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and work instructions.
• Actively contribute to knowledge transfer, reviews, and decision-making within the team.
• You enjoy helping to build a new platform that will ultimately be used throughout the organization.
• You like to reduce complex cloud and identity issues to simple, reusable solutions.
• You are energized by automation, standardization, and self-service.
• You think from the user's perspective and want to enable engineers to work faster and more independently.
• You enjoy working in a team with a lot of content autonomy and shared responsibility.
• You consider it self-evident to include security, reliability, and manageability from the start.
• You thoroughly investigate technical issues and can weigh different solution directions.
• You enjoy sharing your knowledge and are open to feedback, reviews, and joint decision-making.
• You feel comfortable in an environment where the platform and technical standards are still under full development.
• Demonstrable experience as a Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or in a similar technical role.
• Senior experience with Entra ID, including app registrations, service principals, groups, and access packages, and PIM.
• Experience in automating Entra ID processes: identity and access management within complex cloud environments.
• Knowledge of OIDC, SAML, and modern authentication and authorization patterns.
• Proactive attitude in communication with technical teams.
• Extensive practical experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Demonstrable experience with AWS and/or Kubernetes.
• Experience in developing reusable modules, components, and platform standards.
• Knowledge of GitLab
• Senior experience with repository structures, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes.
• Experience with security, networking, and observability issues within cloud platforms.
• The ability to clearly substantiate technical choices and translate them into robust, manageable standards.
• A service-oriented and product-oriented way of working.
• Good communication skills in Dutch and/or English.
• Experience with Argo Workflows is a plus.
• Experience with multi-tenant platforms and self-service provisioning is a plus.

Project details

• Start: 2026-11-30T23:00:00
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Amersfoort Utrecht, NL
• Languages: Dutch, English