Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer

As a Senior System Architect in the Container Department, you will be the technical authority shaping our containerized platform landscape. You will design scalable, secure, and resilient architectures that enable engineering teams to build and run modern cloud-native applications efficiently.

• Define and own the target architecture for container platforms
• Design end-to-end system architectures covering compute, networking, storage, observability, and security
• Translate business and technical requirements into architectural standards and reference designs
• Act as a trusted advisor to product teams, engineers, and stakeholders on container and cloud-native decisions
• Drive architectural governance, ensuring solutions align with enterprise standards and best practices
• Evaluate, select, and introduce new technologies and patterns within the container ecosystem
• Collaborate closely with DevOps, SRE, security, and development teams to ensure successful implementation
• Mentor engineers and architects, raising the overall architectural maturity of the department
• Identify risks and bottlenecks early and design mitigation strategies

• Experience with Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Azure
• Familiarity with cloud-native applications
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

• An attractive gross monthly salary based on a 36-hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
• An excellent pension scheme, ensuring that you are well prepared for the future.
• Flexibility in working: working from home is possible in consultation with your team and depending on your role.
• Plenty of room for relaxation with five weeks of vacation per year, supplemented by two mandatory days off. You can also purchase up to four additional weeks of vacation annually.
• Five “Banking for better days”: extra days off that you can use for personal development or volunteer work.
• Personal development is key: you receive a development budget of €1,000 per year, which can accumulate up to €3,000.
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands for both business and private use.