Platform Engineer

Work Experience (in Years)

At least 3 years of work experience

Languages*

Dutch & English

What you’ll be doing

Enhancing our CI/CD platform (GitLab):

You will develop and refine our CI/CD platform, aiming to enable teams across the company to work more efficiently and achieve better results. Through continuous iteration and improvement, you will help build a robust and flexible technological foundation.

Managing our Kubernetes platform (AWS EKS):

As the administrator of our dedicated K8S platform for CI/CD, you will ensure that pipelines for DevOps teams run securely, reliably, and on time. You will perform regular maintenance and implement best practices to ensure optimal platform performance.

Expanding CI/CD platform capabilities:

You will work on expanding the CI/CD infrastructure to meet the growing demands of DevOps teams. By ensuring scalability and reliability, you will contribute to the system's resilience.

Collaboration and backlog management:

You will work closely with the team and the Product Owner to ensure the task backlog is well-managed and ready for execution. Through effective communication and planning, you will enable the team to achieve its goals and deliver value to the organization.

Collaboration with DevOps teams:

You will collaborate with other DevOps teams to ensure that the building blocks and infrastructure you develop align seamlessly with their needs. Through consultation and cooperation, you will help create an integrated ecosystem of tools and processes.

Implementing CI/CD pipelines and GitOps processes:

You will build and maintain Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to deploy applications to production quickly and reliably. By using a declarative GitOps process, such as Helm and Argo, you automate deployments and ensure consistent, repeatable releases.

Driven to make an impact

What energizes you

You are a versatile Platform Engineer with a can-do attitude, inspired by the innovative environment we have in Team Guard. You are a DevOps professional who truly takes ownership of the work you deliver.

You bring the following:

At least 3 years of work experience;

Willingness to perform standby duties (EDSN and we consider it important that this is communicated to candidates upfront; please refer to the full policy under the requirements and preferences in the request);

An inquisitive mindset regarding the exploration of new technologies;

A natural team player who enjoys collaborating on complex technical challenges;

In-depth experience with GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines, runners, and platform management;

Experience with AWS, preferably with EKS, IAM, and networking;

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and managing cloud environments at scale;

Experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, and containerization;

Experience with GitOps principles and tooling such as ArgoCD;

Experience with Linux platforms and automation;

Experience with scripting (preferably Python or Bash);

Affinity for security, compliance, and further automating security controls within the development pipeline.

Also useful:

Experience with large-scale GitLab administration, including groups, projects, and integrations;

Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana and Prometheus;

Experience with Renovate and JFrog Artifactory or similar tools for dependency management and software supply chain automation;

Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, including identity and access management;

Knowledge of or experience with the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC);

Knowledge of or experience with software supply chain security and SLSA (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts);