We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Team Lead to join and lead our DevOps team. This role is a player-coach position where you will not only guide and mentor the team but also actively contribute as an engineer. You will help shape our cloud-native transformation, drive the adoption of GitOps and DevSecOps practices, and ensure the efficiency, scalability, and security of our development and deployment pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Coaching. Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Support career development and skill-building within the team.
• Act as a bridge between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams to align strategies and execution.
• Hands-On DevOps Engineering. Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Gradle.
• Optimize infrastructure for cloud-native deployments, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Support and refine build automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization strategies.
• Develop and maintain observability solutions, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of services.
• Cloud-Native & GitOps Transformation. Drive the transition towards GitOps practices, automating deployment workflows and reducing manual interventions.
• Implement DevSecOps principles to enhance security automation and compliance within CI/CD pipelines.
• Guide the team in leveraging cloud-native architectures and technologies effectively.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management. Work closely with development teams (Java & Angular) to enhance developer experience and streamline software delivery.
• Partner with security teams to embed security-by-design principles into DevOps workflows.
• Communicate technical strategies and progress to senior management and stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
• 2+ years of leadership experience (formal or informal) in a DevOps or software engineering team.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gradle, and GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux).
• Solid background in cloud-native architectures and deployment strategies.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
• Understanding of DevSecOps best practices and security automation.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work across teams and geographies.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their DevOps toolchains.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK tack).
• Background in performance tuning and system reliability engineering (SRE).
• Familiarity with progressive delivery techniques (e.g., feature flags, canary releases).

Location: Gent, Belgium (hybrid working)

What We Offer:

• A collaborative and technically engaging environment.
• Opportunities to lead and shape the future of our DevOps practices.
• Support for training and professional development.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

If you're a passionate DevOps leader looking to make an impact in a fast-moving, cloud-native environment, we’d love to hear from you!