Senior Infrastructure Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026.
Tech stack: Kubernetes, Flux, Ceph, Prometheus, Terraform, Ansible, HAProxy, Helm, NGINX
Fulltime | 32 - 40 h/w | hbo/wo level | Headquarters Groningen
- You are able to work at the office in Groningen, we have a remote working policy of a maximum of 2 days per week.
- Fully self-managed, across 3 colocations in the Groningen region
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Our tech & workflow
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Infra: Private cloud with Kubernetes, Ceph storage, Helm, NGINX, HAProxy
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Automation & monitoring: Terraform, Ansible, GitOps (Flux), Prometheus, Loki, Grafana
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Security & secrets management: Hashicorp Vault
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Stack: Fully self-managed, across 3 colocations in the Groningen region
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Workflow: High responsibility, short iterations, full technical freedom. We document well, release frequently, and continuously improve
Our team takes full ownership of our infrastructure. We actively replace legacy systems, experiment with new tech, and constantly look for ways to improve.
What you'll do
You lead projects, make technical decisions, and contribute to improving our infrastructure strategy. You collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other teams to deliver platform-wide improvements.
Examples of what you’ll work on:
- Designing and implementing robust, scalable infrastructure
- Defining strategy for observability, security, and automation
- Improving incident response processes and leading postmortems
- Executing large-scale migrations (e.g. CI/CD, data centers, platform changes)
- Mapping and managing complex dependencies between teams and systems
- Coaching colleagues, doing technical reviews, and sharing knowledge
What do we offer?
Are you joining our team? Then we’ll not only make sure you have a great job, but also attractive employment benefits.
In addition to a good salary, a favorable pension scheme, and 25 vacation days per year (option to buy 5 more), you can also count on:
Terms of employment
Monthly vacation allowance so you don’t have to wait for it.
Lots of discounts at local businesses.Friends & Family vouchers.
Personal growth
Training programs, one-on-one coaching, and peer learning sessions.
The opportunity to take on more and more responsibility.
Culture & activities
Plenty of (optional) social activities such as board game and video game nights, chess, bouldering, and Friday afternoon get-togethers.
Tools & hybrid working
A good laptop.
Flexible starting times (between 8:00 and 9:00).Hybrid working: up to two days working from home.
What we're looking for
You have extensive experience in infrastructure engineering and can think both strategically and pragmatically. You’re technically strong, communicate clearly, and help others grow.
We expect:
- Deep experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining complex infrastructure systems
- Experience with large-scale systems (cloud, Kubernetes, multi-data center)
- Strong knowledge of security, monitoring, storage, and networking
- Ability to manage cross-team dependencies and drive large technical changes
- Ownership mindset and a strong presence within the team
- Fluent in English and comfortable collaborating with others