Cloud Platform Engineer - Remote, Part-time (16-24h/wk)

RED Global; Randstad; Remote; EUR 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

RED Global is seeking an experienced freelance Cloud Native / Platform Engineer to support a highly automated cloud platform. The role is 16–24 hours per week, fully remote, with an initial 6-month term in a Netherlands-based project.

You will build and improve cloud-native platform components, automate deployments with ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, GitOps, Kubernetes, Docker, and GitHub Actions, and contribute to platform design while maintaining security and reliability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps.
• Experience with CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native and declarative infrastructure.
• Able to work independently in a small team.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and solution-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve cloud-native platform components and automation.
• Develop scalable and declarative deployment workflows.
• Work extensively with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Build and maintain automation and tooling in Python.
• Work with ArgoCD, Argo Workflows and GitOps principles.
• Improve CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions.
• Contribute to technical choices, platform design and automation standards.
• Help ensure a secure, stable and maintainable platform environment.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

ArgoCD

GitOps

GitHub Actions

Cloud-native

Declarative infrastructure

Independent work

Proactive mindset

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Argo Workflows

Python

Job description

RED Global is seeking an experienced freelance Cloud Native / Platform Engineer to support a highly automated cloud platform. The role is 16–24 hours per week, fully remote, with an initial 6-month term in a Netherlands-based project.

You will build and improve cloud-native platform components, automate deployments with ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, GitOps, Kubernetes, Docker, and GitHub Actions, and contribute to platform design while maintaining security and reliability.