Senior Platform Engineer

Husprey (acq. by Collibra); Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 110 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive compensation

Health coverage

Time off

Résumé du poste

Collibra's Platform Infrastructure Engineering team builds and operates the cloud foundation for all Collibra services. In this role you’ll evolve multi-cloud Kubernetes, Terraform/Helm, and Go-based controllers, advancing automation and GitOps for efficiency and resilience.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll contribute to architecture, support production workloads across AWS and GCP, and collaborate with product engineering, security and SRE to drive secure, scalable platforms and continuous

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Platform Engineering, SRE, or software engineering with a CS degree or equivalent.
• Experience designing, building, and managing production services on Kubernetes with GitOps/IaC at scale.
• Experience managing production workloads on AWS, GCP, or Azure and running containerized services in production.
• Proficiency with Terraform and Golang for controllers and automation; strong automation mindset.
• Preferred: CKA/CKAD, Istio, observability tools, and AI tooling usage.

Responsabilités

• Contribute to platform architecture using GitOps, IaC and Kubernetes.
• Develop and operate shared data platform services (Go operators, Kafka, Neo4j) for scalable data capabilities.
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot complex issues, and maintain documentation.
• Collaborate with product engineering, security and SRE to drive secure, compliant, and resilient architectures across AWS and GCP.
• Continue to stay current with platform trends and automation opportunities.

Connaissances

Kubernetes

GitOps

Terraform

Go

AWS

GCP

Azure

AI Tools

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Outils

Datadog

Grafana

Honeycomb

ArgoCD

Description du poste

Joining Collibra’s Platform Infrastructure Engineering team

Become a key member of Collibra's Platform Infrastructure Engineering team, reporting to the Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineering Manager. This team builds and operates the essential cloud foundation for all Collibra services. In this role, your contribution is critical as we evolve our multi-cloud, Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform/Helm), Golang controllers and automation, and GitOps infrastructure environment for maximum efficiency and resilience, directly impacting Collibra's operational excellence. Guided by our value of “Embrace and Drive Change,” we foster a collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement that never settles long for good enough, offering you a dynamic environment to advance your technical skills and make a tangible difference.

Senior Platform Engineers at Collibra are responsible for

• Platform Contribution: Contribute to the overall architecture of the platform infrastructure, collaborating with other infrastructure engineers using GitOps, IaC and Kubernetes.
• Developer Enablement: develop and operate shared data platform services (operators in Go, Kafka, Neo4j, and related infrastructure) in order to provide scalable, reliable, and self-service data capabilities for product and analytics teams
• Operational Excellence: Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot complex service issues, implement security best practices, and maintain clear documentation (architecture, procedures).
• Collaboration: Partner with product engineering, security, and SRE teams in order to drive adoption of platform best practices and ensure secure, compliant, and resilient architectures across AWS and GCP
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with platform engineering trends and infrastructure automation, identifying and implementing improvements.

You have

• 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, SRE, or softwar engineering roles with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, OR equivalent practical experience demonstrating the skills below.
• Proven experience designing, building, and managing production services using Kubernetes and gitops / IaC at a scale of between tens and hundreds of Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience managing production workloads and infrastructure on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes clusters and managing containerized services in production.
• Demonstrable experience writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably with Terraform, and proficiency in Golang for controller and automation development
• Preferred skills: CKA / CKAD, Istio, ArgoCD, deep experience with networks, linux and Kubernetes, experience with monitoring/logging tools and observability spans / traces (e.g., Datadog, Grafana, Honeycomb), and proficient in creating Golang controllers and other automation patterns to manage Kubernetes resources.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related working experience is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot) to solve real-world business challenges, drive measurable outcomes, or streamline workflows.

You are

• Experienced in applying systematic troubleshooting and critical thinking to diagnose root causes within distributed cloud infrastructure and propose effective solutions.
• Able to demonstrate initiative in learning and utilizing evolving technologies related to cloud platforms, container orchestration, GitOps, IaC and automation.
• An effective communicator in articulating complex technical details, designs, and trade-offs clearly to both technical peers and potentially other stakeholders within a distributed team setting.
• Possess a mindset geared towards efficiency, proactively seeking and evaluating ways to automate manual processes and improve system reliability.
• Independently manage and complete assigned work, ensuring deliverables consistently meet defined requirements and acceptance criteria.

Measures of success

• Within your first month, you’ll gain exposure to our technical environment and meet the teams you’ll be consistently partnering with.
• Within your third month, you’ll independently execute assigned tasks accurately, demonstrating understanding of core platform technologies (Cloud, K8s, Operators, IaC, GitOps) and team workflows.
• Within your sixth month, you will be participating in key initiatives, alongside delivering reliable mid-complexity infrastructure improvements, driving towards reduction of complexity through refactoring existing automations.

Benefits at Collibra

Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra’s benefits.

We create inclusion and belonging through how we onboard, meet, connect, engage, and communicate. Learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion at Collibra.

At Collibra, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We realize the key to creating a company with a world‑class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone.

With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category. If you have a need that requires accommodation, let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.