AI Platform Engineer

Career at WUR About Us Plenty of variety and challengesPleasant working atmosphereTime for personal developmentProper work-life balanceInternationally leading Your job Within WUR, we are setting up our own chatAI environment in which our users (students, teachers, researchers) can use the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence for research and education safely and within established guardrails. This includes the WUR AI Chat, the WUR LLM Hub and integrations with internal data sources. As an AI Platform Engineer, you will be part of an ambitious and technically strong team that is responsible for developing and maintaining our WUR AI Facility. You play a key role in setting up and managing the necessary infrastructure in Azure, provisioning of the CI/CD pipeline, monitoring and improving performance and improving the user experience. The system management covers infrastructure, platform, applications and functional services. We are looking for someone with a passion for IT, who has experience in building reliable infrastructure solutions based on Azure cloud solutions and on-premise cloud-native container environments. Your tasks and responsibilities as an AI Platform Engineer are: provisioning, managing, and further developing secure, reliable, and scalable Azure and Kubernetes environment(s) for the AI Facility;provision and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes, including rollback and release procedures;manage environments, infrastructure resources, technical configurations, and dependencies, while ensuring version control and consistent provisioning across all environments;documenting technical architecture, management procedures and runbooks;automate the use and management. Supporting releases and analyzing technical incidents, malfunctions and performance issues;monitoring and improving platform performance, security, manageability and reliability. Setting up and maintaining the necessary monitoring, alerting and observability;collaborate with software developers to improve the user experience;you build it, you own it: you solve disruptions and performance issues together with your colleagues. Your team You will work in a team with a product owner, a scrum master, a solution architect, software developers and IT engineers. Our IT teams work according to agile principles. Collaboration, communication, transparency and continuous feedback are essential. You will work on campus at least two days a week and can choose to work partly from home as well, for good focus and a healthy work-life balance. You will work here You will work in a professional IT organization with more than 200 IT specialists where you can learn a lot and develop yourself well. We have two of our own data centers on our beautiful, green and spacious campus and we are committed to digital sovereignty, the use of open source solutions and a sustainable use of our environment. You will work with state-of-the-art technology in the field of Artificial Intelligence and the infrastructure used for this. Your qualities You are an independent and inquisitive IT professional with a DevOps mindset. You like to work together with other professionals and different stakeholders in an agile environment. You are a connector and dare to speak out and ask questions. You are a real go-getter, have strong communication skills and have a warm heart for education and research. In addition, you are analytically minded but also solution- and customer-oriented. You are enterprising and have the drive and organizational talent to get things done as a driving force. You are creative and always look for new solutions to make existing environments more effective and new functionalities possible. You also have a good eye for the availability, stability, scalability and user-friendliness of the infrastructure provided. You Also Possess HBO working and thinking level, preferably through a completed HBO ICT education;experience as a System Administrator or DevOps Engineer in an enterprise environment;knowledge of and experience with Linux and Kubernetes environments and Azure cloud solutions;knowledge of designing and managing cloud-native concepts;experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible) and a declarative mindset;experience with containerization and CI/CD tools (e.g. ArgoCD, Git(lab));basic knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Python or Bash;a good command of Dutch and English. The working language within the IT organization is Dutch, but in our international working environment, more and more communication is in English. You can see that there are plenty of challenges for you. These challenges can also be seen as development opportunities. So if you do not yet have the track record required in the vacancy, but do have solid work experience, we would also like to invite you to apply. We offer Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment . A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include: working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;a fixed year-end bonus of 8,3%;excellent pension scheme. Of course, these excellent fringe benefits also include an appropriate salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a salary of a minimum of € 3,554.- to a maximum of € 6,471.- for a full working week of 36 hours according to Collective Labor Agreement Wageningen Research (scale 10/11). For this role, an appointment of 32 hours is also negotiable. We initially offer a one-year contract, with the intention of converting it to an indefinite contract We encourage development and internal mobility within our organisation. Our recruitment and selection policy sets out the conditions that apply specifically to you as a (former) employee. If you have any questions, we are happy to help. You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working atmosphere. If you are an internal employee, your current contract is the starting point. Ask your HR Business Partner about your situation specifically. Coming from abroad Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees. Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our Welcome Center . This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job. Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands. Important information For more information about the position, please contact Roy Bartels (Department Manager) via email: roy.bartels@wur.nl. Questions about the procedure? Please contact Edvard Jongschaap, Sr Corporate Recruiter, via email: edvard.jongschaap@wur.nl or by phone: +31 371 – 489 178. Ready to apply? Click on the application button for the vacancy on our website. Only applications via our website will be processed. You can respond until Monday, November 2, 2026. The first interviews are scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2026. Preferably, internal candidates apply before October 2, 2026. Applications are reviewed regularly. It is therefore possible that the vacancy has been filled earlier than the stated closing date. Screening policy. Submitting a valid Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) and requesting references are part of the application procedure. Procedure Within our selection procedure, an assessment of working and thinking level can be included as part of the process. Welcome, safe, and valued Wageningen University & Research (WUR) highly values diversity and inclusion because we believe that different insights lead to innovative solutions. We create a work environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, and appreciated, regardless of background, identity, or experience. Together, we are building a culture where everyone's unique contribution adds to the success of our organization. We are The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines. Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus! We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated. Locations Wageningen Professional field IT Educational level Bachelors degree Apply before 3-11-2026 Salary range €3554 - €6471 Hours 32 - 36