Azure DevOps Platform Specialist

September 15, 2026

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Senior

Den Haag, Netherlands

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Description

Senior Azure DevOps Platform Specialist role at a public sector organization in the Netherlands. Responsible for analyzing and redesigning the existing Azure DevOps setup, which has grown organically with limited standardization in governance, security, and CI/CD. The assignment covers a full migration of the Azure DevOps environment between Azure subscriptions, designing branching strategies, pipeline standards, governance models with policy as code, and implementing security tooling (SAST/SCA) with shift-left approach. Also involves coaching development teams and providing knowledge transfer through workshops and documentation. Contract is 36 hours/week for 6 months; ZZP/freelance is not possible under Dutch DBA law.

Responsibilities

Review the current Azure DevOps setup (repos, pipelines, agent pools, security)
Identify improvement points and risks in the existing environment
Design branching strategy, pipeline standards and templates, and a governance model with policies and guardrails
Migrate the entire Azure DevOps environment from one Azure subscription to another
Establish guidelines for branch policies and pull request strategy, CI/CD standards, and security and compliance controls
Develop policy as code principles and reusable blueprints for automation and enforceability
Configure branch policies (reviews, quality gates), YAML pipeline templates and central libraries
Set up access control and secret management
Implement standardized CI/CD pipelines
Integrate security tooling in pipelines (SAST, SCA) and set up quality gates, compliance checks, reporting and auditability
Optimize usage of self-hosted agents, redesign agent pools and standardize agent configurations
Automate agent image management (build and maintenance)
Support and coach development teams; introduce best practices and new working methods
Provide documentation and knowledge transfer; deliver technical workshops

Requirements

HBO ICT degree (e.g., Informatica) required
Valid Microsoft Azure DevOps certification Level 3
Minimum 5 years of hands-on Azure DevOps experience in complex IT/IV environments (usage and initial setup/configuration)
Minimum 3 years of experience supporting developers and DevOps teams with CI/CD software building
Minimum 2 years of experience translating policy to implementation and stakeholder management in IT/IV environments, working with Development, Security and Architecture
Demonstrated experience integrating security within Azure DevOps and pipelines, including SAST/SCA security tooling
Knowledge and experience with Sonatype and/or Fortify
Hands-on specialist with strong DevOps and security focus
Proactive, strong communicator and result-oriented
Coaching and enablement of DevOps teams (desired)
Experience in complex semi-government environments (desired)

Conditions

36 hours per week
6-month contract duration
Role is performed under supervision and oversight, ZZP/freelance not possible due to Dutch DBA law
Public sector organization context

Azure DevOpsYAMLSAST/SCACI/CDpublic sectorSonatypeFortify

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