Experience Required : 8+ YearsSenior-level hands-on experience leading and operating production-grade Kubernetes platformsStrong experience in cloud-native platform engineering with ownership of reliability, security, and scalabilityProven experience working as a Technical Lead / Senior Individual ContributorExperience collaborating with Product Owners and cross-functional engineering teams
Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.LocationZwijnaarde – Ghent, BelgiumMinimum 2 days onsite per week requiredPrimary SkillsKubernetes (Production Operations)Cluster operations, upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, performance tuningRancher / RKE2Kubernetes provisioning, lifecycle management, operationsAWS Cloud ServicesIAM, VPC, EC2, EKS, Load Balancers, Route 53, CloudWatchLinux AdministrationNetworking, storage, system security hardening, scripting/automationKubernetes & Cloud NetworkingTCP/IP, DNS, TLS/Certificates, ingress, load balancing, routing, firewallsMonitoring & Incident ManagementObservability (metrics, logs, alerts), incident response, root-cause analysisCI/CD & Version ControlGitHub, GitHub ActionsDocumentationArchitecture documents, runbooks, SOPs, onboarding guidesxjsrcvq Secondary Skills (Good to Have)Infrastructure as Code / AutomationTerraform, Crossplane, PuppetGitOps & Kubernetes Delivery ToolsArgo CD, Flux, Fleet, Helm, KustomizeSecurity & Compliance ToolingImage scanning, OPA/Gatekeeper/Kyverno, secrets managementSRE PracticesSLIs, SLOs, error budgets, post-incident reviewsCertifications (Preferred)CKA / CKAD / CKS, AWS Certifications