Kubernetes Platform Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer (AWS): Provisioning, maintaining, and improving Kubernetes platforms on Amazon EKS and Azure AKS for production workloads, with an accent on security integrations, policy management, and operational metrics. Focus on building the platform as a software product, optimizing for simplicity and agility, and implementing cloud-native services with AWS CDK and GitOps.

Location: Hybrid working in The Hague, Netherlands

Salary: €3,908–€5,583 per month (based on 40 hours/week)

Company

hirify.global is a socially responsible tech company supporting over 20 million customers in an international working environment.

What you will do

• Enable business by providing a highly scalable, managed Cloud-Native platform for microservices development.
• Provision, maintain, and improve Kubernetes platforms (50+ clusters on Amazon EKS and Azure AKS), including mission-critical workloads.
• Develop rock-solid add-ons using GitOps processes and CNCF ecosystem tools for secure, cost-efficient, and stable services.
• Ensure smooth operational sailing of the platform.
• Apply smart design principles to reduce cost per container.

Requirements

• Approximately 4 years of experience with Kubernetes, particularly on EKS.
• Strong AWS cloud knowledge and experience (Networking, PaaS, IaaS, IAM).
• Experience with GitOps deployment management and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK).
• Skilled in writing TypeScript code.
• Basic experience in Linux and CI/CD.
• Ability to think about system and platform designs at scale.
• Strong communication (at least English), analytical and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with popular CNCF technologies (e.g. ArgoCD, Crossplane, Kyverno, Grafana).
• CKA or CKAD certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model.
• 13th month and holiday allowance, 27 leave days + 1 Diversity Day.
• Modern pension plan and plenty of training and learning opportunities.
• NS Business Card (unlimited private travel) or kilometer reimbursement.
• Allowances for home office setup and internet use.
• Autonomy to steer personal development path within an international network.