Expert Platform Engineer – Cloud & Kubernetes Operations
Digital
Development
Secondary, Bachelor, Master
Medior (3+)
- Location
- Brussels, Brussels-Capital
- Work type
- Consultancy
- Work model
- Fulltime, Hybrid
Our client, a leading European transmission system operator, is committed to building a sustainable and green energy infrastructure for the future. The organization is looking for an expert to take ownership of the reliability, security, and stable operation of a high-availability cloud platform.
Responsibilities
- Manage the full lifecycle and day-2 operations of multi-cluster Kubernetes environments to ensure 24/7 platform availability.
- Lead incident triage, mitigation, and root cause analysis (RCA) for critical services within a production on-call rotation.
- Optimize platform observability using open-source tools to manage metrics, logs, and distributed traces.
- Execute complex platform changes and maintenance tasks using structured change management and GitOps workflows.
- Implement and maintain platform security controls, including RBAC, network boundaries, and secret management.
- Automate repetitive operational tasks and standardize procedures through a Platform-as-Code approach.
Requirements
- You have 8+ years of production experience with Kubernetes, multi-cluster architecture, RBAC, Network Policies, and CSI.
- You bring 5+ years of experience with GitOps and continuous delivery using ArgoCD, Harness.io, Helm, and Kustomize.
- You possess 5+ years of experience in container and artifact management with Docker, Harbor, and JFrog Artifactory.
- You have experience with security and identity tools, specifically HashiCorp Vault for secret management and TLS certificate lifecycles.
- You're proficient with observability stacks including OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and Grafana.
- You have a strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, reverse proxies, and mTLS.
- You bring experience in infrastructure automation using advanced Bash scripting.
- You're a structured, risk-aware, and detail-oriented professional capable of troubleshooting distributed systems under pressure.
- You are fluent in English.
Nice to Haves
- Experience with Kong API Gateway for traffic management and authentication.
- Operational knowledge of Redis, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB deployment patterns on Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with Kargo for advanced release orchestration.
Offer
- Start date: ASAP
- Work regime: Full-time
- Location: Brussels
- Working model: Hybrid with 2 days per week onsite.
- Contract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers
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