DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Location: Netherlands

Contract Type: Freelance / Contractor

Duration: Initial 12-Month Contract

Start Date: ASAP

Working Model: Predominantly Remote

Overview

We are supporting one of the largest organisations in Europe on a major network transformation and automation programme. We are seeking an experienced Telecommunications DevOps Engineer to join a long-term initiative focused on network orchestration, automation, and cloud-native telecom environments.

This is a design and development-focused role where you will be responsible for building, enhancing, and automating telecom network services and orchestration solutions within a large-scale carrier environment.

Candidates with experience of Nokia Orchestration Center (NoRC) are highly preferred. However, engineers with strong experience across other telecom orchestration platforms and network automation environments will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain telecom orchestration and automation solutions
• Build and enhance automated workflows for network service provisioning and lifecycle management
• Develop integrations between orchestration platforms, network functions, OSS/BSS systems and cloud environments
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering and operations teams to improve automation capabilities across the network estate
• Create, test and deploy infrastructure and application automation solutions
• Support CI/CD implementation and DevOps best practices within telecom environments
• Contribute to cloud-native networking initiatives including containerised and Kubernetes-based deployments
• Drive improvements in network reliability, scalability, efficiency and service delivery processes

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• Experience as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Network Automation Engineer, or Telecommunications DevOps Engineer
• Strong software development and automation experience
• Hands-on experience with:
• Python
• Ansible
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Git
• CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working with orchestration or automation platforms
• Strong Linux administration skills
• Experience designing and developing automation solutions rather than purely operational support
• Must be currently located in the Netherlands

Highly Desirable

• Nokia Orchestration Center (NoRC) experience
• Nokia NSP (Network Services Platform)
• Nokia NetAct
• Telecom OSS/BSS integration experience
• OpenShift
• Terraform
• Helm
• REST API development and integration
• Cloud-native networking environments

What We're Looking For

We are particularly interested in engineers who can demonstrate:

• Strong design and development capabilities
• Telecom network automation expertise
• Orchestration platform experience
• Cloud-native engineering skills
• A proactive and consultative approach
• Experience operating within complex enterprise-scale environments