Application Engineer: Kubernetes & Elasticsearch

Thaleria SA; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thaleria SA in The Hague area seeks an experienced IT professional to manage application installation, configuration and administration across production and non-production environments. You will monitor performance, tune systems and support incidents, changes and releases, while enhancing procedures and knowledge bases.

You will bring 6+ years in large IT infrastructures, 5+ years in application administration, and 2+ years with microservices and containers (Docker/Kubernetes).

Qualifications

• B2 level of English minimum.
• 4 years of studies with at least 9 years of professional experience OR 3 years of studies with at least 10 years of professional experience.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in mid/large IT infrastructure environments, including deployment, support and maintenance of applications.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in application administration.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience with micro-services, container orchestration and container-based stacks such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience administering and supporting Elasticsearch.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with enterprise Microsoft or Linux server solutions.
• Good knowledge of the deployment and administration of Elasticsearch clusters.
• Good knowledge of micro-services, container orchestration and container-based stacks using Kubernetes, Helm charts, Docker and Rancher.
• Good knowledge of configuration management concepts and technologies (e.g. Puppet, Ansible, Chocolatey).
• Good knowledge of shell and/or PowerShell scripting
• Good knowledge of ITIL, including the incident, change and release management processes

Responsibilities

• Application installation, configuration and administration in production and non-production environments.
• Application monitoring, performance tuning and continuous improvement of the efficiency and quality of service
• Applications support and maintenance activities such as incident, change, release and problem resolution;
• Writing and validating application procedures manuals, including troubleshooting guides, backup and restore plans;
• Automating administrative procedures for recurring system administration activities and provide installation and technical support documentation where required;
• Contributing to the structuring, maintenance and development of the technical knowledge base supporting the ICT Operations activities;
• Reporting on application availability, performance, capacity and overall usage where required.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Application administration

Microservices

Kubernetes

Docker

Elasticsearch administration

ITIL processes

Shell scripting

PowerShell scripting

Education

4 years of IT studies

3 years of IT studies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm charts

Rancher

Puppet

Ansible

Chocolatey

Job description

Thaleria SA in The Hague area seeks an experienced IT professional to manage application installation, configuration and administration across production and non-production environments. You will monitor performance, tune systems and support incidents, changes and releases, while enhancing procedures and knowledge bases.

You will bring 6+ years in large IT infrastructures, 5+ years in application administration, and 2+ years with microservices and containers (Docker/Kubernetes).