Rijkswaterstaat Tech Stack
Dutch national water and infrastructure agency managing roads, waterways, and flood defense
Rijkswaterstaat operates the Netherlands' critical water and transportation infrastructure—a 5,000+ person government agency tasked with maintaining dykes, managing national roads and waterways, and protecting against flooding. The tech stack reveals a hybrid-cloud environment (Python, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Oracle, plus Azure) undergoing modernization: actively adopting Apache Kafka and OpenShift while managing a complex legacy IT footprint. Hiring velocity is accelerating, with engineering roles dominating (39 open positions) and a notable pivot toward real-time data processing (traffic, water systems monitoring) and cloud-native infrastructure—signaling a shift from static asset management toward continuous operational visibility.
Tech Stack 34 technologies
What Rijkswaterstaat Is Building
◆Challenges
- Complex it environment
- Ensuring system availability
- Largest maintenance task in history
- Maintaining water infrastructure
- Ensuring water safety
- Managing large complex infrastructure projects
- Professionalizing procurement processes
- Scalable real-time traffic data processing
- Instandhoudingsopgave waterkeringen
- Reducing environmental risks
▲Active Projects
- A27 houten–hooipolder
- Hybrid cloud platform implementation
- Openshift-based components
- Ndw-backbone
- Logistics service
- Via15
- Landelijk programma betonnen bruggen en viaducten
- Onderhouds- en renovatieprojecten voor bruggen
- Signage planning projects
- Haringvliet bridge replacement
Hiring Activity
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Notable leadership hires: Lab Team Lead
