[MSO] Senior DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes) | 6-month contract

Project – the aim you’ll have

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes) to join the team running managed Kubernetes services for a Dutch managed services provider.

The clusters run on the provider's own infrastructure, on-premises and at scale, and they are production for the provider's customers, who deploy and run their own workloads on them. One team both builds and operates the platform - there is no separate ops team, so what you automate is what you are on call for.

The workload is growing faster than the current capacity can handle, which is why two senior engineers are joining. That shapes the first months: the priority is learning the environment quickly enough to take real work off the team, rather than spending a quarter reading documentation.

Your first milestone is operational independence - handling production incidents on the clusters on your own, and taking your place in the on-call rotation once onboarding is complete. From there the work moves into cluster lifecycle, automation and direct work with the customers running on the platform.

Role – how you’ll contribute

• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents in production Kubernetes clusters, on-premises and at scale - this is the core, day-to-day work of the role
• Deploy, upgrade and maintain the lifecycle of the clusters
• Work directly with the customers running on the platform: helping them deploy their workloads, and diagnosing problems with them when something breaks
• Improve the platform through automation and GitOps
• Write and maintain runbooks, so operational knowledge sits with the team rather than with individuals
• Join the on-call rotation after an onboarding period

Department: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Function: Information Technology
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level