DevOps Engineer Cryptographic Infrastructure

About Squad Ultra

Squad Ultra is at the core of secure cryptographic services within the bank, enabling critical applications to store and transfer data while protecting confidentiality and integrity. Our services are tailored to the applications facing the most demanding compliance regulations and complex cryptographic needs. We specialize in:

• HSM Services: Managing and maintaining on-premises HSM hardware for I=3 and C=3 applications.
• Cryptographic Key Management: Ensuring secure lifecycle management of keys for mission-critical systems.
• Consultancy & Architecture Guidance: Advising on cryptographic architecture and post-quantum cryptography.

Your Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be instrumental in driving the secure implementation and management of cryptographic infrastructure. This role is about hands-on technical skills in combination with a high security mindset. With the team, you create solutions for other squads to use in the most efficient way. You'll take ownership, lead initiatives, and guide the team and stakeholders through complex technical challenges. You will not accept the status quo, but actively suggest improvements for the managed services. You automate manual processes, improve monitoring and alerting, and keep security up to date with ever-stricter standards. You navigate the full process to bring your ideas to fruition, including conception, design, implementation, documentation, and approval.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement secure networking and automation solutions (Ansible, Windows/Linux server setup).
• Take the lead in key management procedures and maintenance of on-premises HSM hardware.
• Fix vulnerabilities and incidents with high impact to crucial payment systems.
• Champion process-driven approaches and uphold high standards of security and reliability.
• Ensure robust documentation and knowledge sharing across the team.

Position Details

Title: Senior DevOps Engineer – On Prem Systems
Duration: 09-07-2025 - 30-06-2026 (with option for extension)
Language: English mandatory
Location: Utrecht
Freelance: Not allowed
Application Deadline: 06-07-2025 16:00

Type: Full-time
Level: Senior

What We’re Looking For

Seniority & Leadership

• Proactive in driving progress and improvements.
• Takes full responsibility for deliverables and outcomes.
• Comfortable leading initiatives and mentoring peers.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with on-premises hardware management (Windows server, Linux server, z/OS, Storage, Monitoring, Critical infra availability & redundancy awareness).
• Coding & scripting skills (for example Java, C#, Cobol, OpenSSL, XML, PHP).
• Solid understanding of networking principles and secure configurations (TLS, Load balancing, Firewalls).
• Proficient in automation tools and scripting (Ansible, server installation/configuration).
• Foundational knowledge of security best practices.

General Skills

• Process-oriented and structured in approach.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Team player with a professional attitude.

Why Join Us?

• Work on core payment systems, where cryptography and security is a priority.
• Be part of a team that can balance 100% uptime, a high client service level, collaboration, and innovation.
• Influence the future of secure infrastructure in a critical domain.

Join Us in Making a Difference!

Sharing would be appreciated!

Do you want to work for our client in The Netherlands? Let’s meet! Are you the person we’re looking for? If you are, we are happy to receive your application including your motivation.

Growing a Better World Together

You'll already be aware that our client is a financial services provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries. But did you know that we aim to contribute to real change with our 'Growing a better world together' mission? We do so in countless ways, such as:

• A third of all the food we purchase is thrown away. Together with Nature & Environment, we’re working to increase awareness among consumers of how to reduce food waste.

• As part of a project with Humanitas, we are helping people who are experiencing financial difficulties to get their household finances in order.

• Together with ‘Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland’ (the Dutch Council for Refugees), we are helping 1,500 refugees find suitable jobs.

Interested? Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you fuel and invest in your career and ambitions in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional.

About Rabobank

At Rabobank, we embrace diversity and inclusion, fostering a collaborative environment where every team member can thrive. We are committed to innovation and excellence, ensuring our solutions meet the highest standards for our customers.

Talking of Rabobank: we are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9.5 million customers. Together with these customers, our members, and partners, we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands, we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work, and do business.

Rabobank is a global leader in the Food & Agri value chain, sharing knowledge, networks, and financing to help farmers, suppliers, processors, distributors, and retailers worldwide. Our mission is to contribute meaningfully to the challenge of sustainably feeding 10 billion people by 2050. Growing a better world together.

Rabobank is a financial services provider for over 8.5 million customers in 40 countries. We work together to create a better world in many ways, such as:

• Raising awareness about food waste with Natuur & Milieu.

• Being climate-neutral since 2007 and promoting sustainable living environments.

Working Conditions

This job role is split between operational (run) and project (build) work, with a 75%/25% distribution. Some changes are planned outside business hours to minimize impact on the business. This job vacancy is for the location Utrecht (NL).

Do You Want This Too?

Be the best version of yourself! We are here to help by focusing on your development and investing in an environment where you can continue to learn. We provide the space for you to innovate and undertake new challenges. For example, we offer plenty of growth opportunities to help you surpass your expectations and excel in doing the right things exceptionally well, allowing you to grow as a professional.

On top of that, you can count on us (based on a 36-hour working week):

• An Employee Benefit Budget (10% of your monthly income). How you spend this budget is up to you! Consider purchasing extra holiday days or adding to your pension.

• Relatively high flexibility in working hours and location-independent work, depending on the team’s planning.

• 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel by OV! If you drive a car or motorcycle, you can choose a commuting fee.

• A pension scheme where you only contribute 5%.

Let’s get acquainted!

Are You the One?

Are you the new colleague who wants to strengthen our clientele and make a difference for yourself, our customers, and society? We would love to receive your application for this vacancy.

Useful to Know:

Even if you do not meet the profile 100%, but you believe you can fulfill the role perfectly, we encourage you to apply. We invest in your growth and development.

Responses are handled in accordance with vacancy management. Felix de Bruin, our IT Recruiter, is happy to answer any questions about the application process via email or through the provided application link.

Screening is part of the application process. We conduct checks based on the screening procedures that apply within our client to ensure that new employees are sufficiently reliable to carry out work with our clients. For this vacancy, individual assessments and skill tests may be part of the application process.

Everyone is different, and it's precisely these differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we are curious about you!