Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Defense, Air-Gapped)

ILIAS Solutions; Diegem; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ILIAS Solutions is building a Kubernetes-based platform to deploy its defense software. You will shape cluster design, networking, storage, RBAC and multi-tenancy while keeping today’s environment healthy.

You will own end-to-end architecture, production readiness, and security considerations across the stack, from design to live operations, enabling teams to take ownership and ship securely.

Qualifications

• Built Kubernetes environments from scratch and operated them in production.
• Experience taking containerized workloads to Kubernetes in production environments.
• Strong Linux knowledge and troubleshooting across the stack.
• Familiarity with GitOps and infrastructure automation practices.
• Proven ownership of production systems including observability, upgrades and backup/recovery.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the Kubernetes foundation for the next generation platform.
• Own architecture, networking, storage, RBAC and multi-tenancy topics.
• Ensure security, auditable delivery, SBOMs and provenance from development to prod.
• Create guardrails and automation to empower engineering teams.
• Collaborate across architecture, engineering, operations and security to run in production.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Docker

Docker Swarm

Kubernetes migration

GitOps

Infrastructure automation

Observability

Upgrades and recovery

System thinking

Security in regulated environments

Troubleshooting

Tools

Keycloak

OpenBao

Mend

SonarQube

Nexus

PostgreSQL

MinIO

Apache Spark

Job description

ILIAS Solutions is building a Kubernetes-based platform to deploy its defense software. You will shape cluster design, networking, storage, RBAC and multi-tenancy while keeping today’s environment healthy.

You will own end-to-end architecture, production readiness, and security considerations across the stack, from design to live operations, enabling teams to take ownership and ship securely.