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Within the Education Services department, we are looking for a driven team leader for our new Development team . In this role, you will lead a team of creative and technical professionals. Your team is responsible for the software development of various services and innovative projects. Your team will also develop and manage our recently established internal developer platform. Are you a people-oriented team leader, an expert in strategic workforce planning and do you enjoy contributing to the professional growth of colleagues? Do you also want to take software development within SURF to the next level? Then this is the challenge for you!

Where you will work

SURF is the ICT cooperative for Dutch educational and research institutions. Together with them, we work on digital services and complex innovation challenges to enhance the quality of education and research.

The team you will join

The Development team is one of four teams within the department working on developing and using services in the field of digital learning materials and educational logistics for MBO, HBO and WO. The team provides software developers to various scrum teams and projects. The team is also responsible for the further development and management of the recently launched internal developer platform. In doing so, the team collaborates intensively within SURF with teams developing software.

Those who work at SURF work at a unique and open organization. You notice this in everything: the structure of the organization, the set-up of the project teams, the culture at our offices and the mutual atmosphere. SURF offers excellent terms of employment and takes a flexible approach to work-life balance. Employees enjoy working independently. In addition, everyone is given the space and freedom to use and develop their talents in the best and broadest way possible.

What you will do

You will lead a team consisting of software developers, devops experts , scrummasters and a design lead. The team is under construction, so you will also be responsible for team composition and strategic workforce planning. You are also responsible for the organisation of software development within the department. Besides leadership, this position has a content side. Together with your team, you develop a clear vision on software development and how to use it efficiently and innovatively. You translate this vision into the composition of the team, training and coaching and an optimal organization of software development within the department.

What else will you be involved in

• You are responsible for the reliable and high-quality deployment of the team and coordinate with all stakeholders.
• You take care of the budget and monitor resources.
• You ensure the continuous improvement and development of software development within SURF.
• You work closely with teams and departments within SURF and Npuls.
• You draw up the annual plan and monitor planning and implementation, including associated reports.
• As team head within the department, you will contribute to the direction of the Education Services department and of SURF in general.

Your skills and experience

• You have hbo/wo working and thinking level;
• You have at least 5 years of relevant work experience in a managerial position;
• You have experience with agile software development;
• You have experience managing professionals;
• It is an advantage if you have substantive expertise in software development, devops and development environments.

With this vacancy an assessment can be part of the selection procedure.

SURF takes pleasure in doing its recruitment itself; acquisition is therefore not appreciated.

Research and education are increasingly using online applications. Fundamental to this is access to these applications by the right people - user-friendly, secure and trusted. Do you want to be the crucial link in this? Highly available infrastructure, privacy, security, open source software development and open standards: that makes you happy! Will you join our team?

Where you will work

SURF is the ICT cooperative of Dutch education and research institutions. Together with them, we work on digital services and complex innovation issues with an important social task: raising the quality of education and research. As technical specialist Identity & Access Management, you will contribute by helping to build an indispensable foundation - identity and access - for all students, lecturers, researchers and staff in the sector.

The team you will join

The Trust & Identity team is a team with several subject matter experts. We are experts in authentication and authorisation (such as SAML, OpenID Connect), infrastructure (such as Linux, Ansible, Docker) and (open source) software development (we develop our own services ourselves in Java, Python and PHP, among others). Our service portfolio consists of SURFconext, SURFsecureID, eduID and SURF Research Access Management (SRAM). Want to know more? Check https://www.surf.nl/themas/identiteits-toegangsbeheer.

We love team spirit, cooperation and collegiality: because everyone has or has built up his or her own specialization, we share a lot of knowledge and ask each other for feedback. Your personal development is therefore very important to us: depending on what you bring and what you want to specialize in, together we look at which activities and responsibilities suit you best!

What you will do

Together with the product manager, you are responsible for SRAM services. You are responsible for operations, further development and architecture. You will also think about how new features can best fit into the platform, you will be in contact with customers and users, for instance about technical integrations with their systems, you will manage the developer(s), you will test the delivered work and execute new releases.

You will have the space to follow, explore and contribute to new (technological) developments and standards. Via proofs of concept and pilots, you test new functionalities and ideas. In doing so, you always keep public values in mind, such as autonomy, privacy and transparency.

What else you will be involved in

• You will contribute to the Trust and Identity team's vision, roadmaps and new services.
• You ensure that the services meet SURF's (technical) quality requirements such as availability, security and privacy.
• You think along with other technical specialists about challenges and solutions for their services.
• You maintain an internal and external relationship network and (international) partnerships.

Your skills and experience

• You certainly don't have to know everything (yet) when you start with us - we will give you plenty of room to develop and specialise. You have a basis in devising and developing (open source) applications and/or setting up and managing servers and infrastructure.
• You are inquisitive and understand that we at SURF only get further together. You listen to our members, spar with colleagues and share your knowledge as you see fit.
• You have strong communication skills, both in Dutch and in English, and feel at home in a team of experts. You have a preference for scientific research and you value public values. You have a university level of education and at least 1-5 years of relevant work experience.
• You have up-to-date knowledge of and demonstrable (coordinating) experience with modern internet protocols, digital services and/or software development.
• It is an advantage if you have experience with scientific research and/or identity and access management services, but it is certainly not required!

SURF takes pleasure in doing its recruitment itself; acquisition is therefore not appreciated.