Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer (Visa Supported)

Overview

Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer (Visa Supported) – Talcom Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Hybrid)

Job Type: Full Time

Etpa (formerly

Energy Trading Platform Amsterdam ) is an independent energy trading venue in the Netherlands. It was originally launched within TenneT to support real-time grid balancing and has since evolved into a fully independent platform, backed by the ABN AMRO Impact Fund and Z-ventures. With private equity investment, Etpa is now entering a phase of European expansion.

Etpa enables intraday electricity trading across Europe, allowing members to trade in 15-minute intervals. The platform supports a large number of time-critical transactions and requires a highly reliable technical infrastructure.

Your Role

You will ensure the platform can process thousands of bulk transactions per second with high availability and low latency. Working with developers (Java, React) and infrastructure engineers, you will design and operate AWS-based systems that are secure, observable, and resilient.

Your focus will include infrastructure automation, monitoring, incident response, and improving the reliability of existing systems.

Responsibilities

Architect and manage AWS infrastructure with Terraform for high throughput and low latency

Operate and scale Kubernetes clusters with a focus on resilience and fault tolerance

Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Docker, and ArgoCD

Implement observability practices with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki

Define and monitor SLOs and SLIs to measure and improve reliability

Lead incident response, post-mortems, and disaster recovery exercises

Apply security and compliance standards across infrastructure and pipelines

Requirements

At least one role in a Western, European, or Dutch working environment

Ideally one position held for 30+ months, showing long-term ownership of technical decisions

Preferably experience in a

product company

rather than consultancy

Clear examples of work on

high-load or high-availability systems

Background in

Fintech, Energy, or Telecom

is a strong plus

Demonstrated experience handling

transactions at scale

Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience, ideally 7+ years

Solid, recent

AWS expertise

(not reskilling from Azure/GCP, not light exposure)

Strong in multiple of the following:

Kubernetes, AWS, high-load/high-availability, CI/CD

Proven ability to

take existing infrastructure and improve it significantly

Offer / Benefits

Gross annual salary: €80.000 – €90.000 (including 8% holiday allowance)

Visa sponsorship and relocation support for international candidates (within Europe/Turkey)

Hybrid work model: 2–3 days per week in-office (Amsterdam Sloterdijk)

25 vacation days

Pension plan

Direct responsibility for business-critical systems in a European energy trading platform

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

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