Kubernetes Platform Engineer – GitOps & IaC on EKS

JUMBO; Veghel; On-site; EUR 63,612 - 79,236; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gross salary between €5.700 - €7.100

Annual bonus of max 7.5%

30 days of paid holiday

Pension through Pension Fund for the Food Industry

Lease car

Room for entrepreneurship and development

Daily fresh lunch in Foodcafé

Colleague discounts

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Veghel is seeking a Container Platform Engineer to design, manage, and optimize their Kubernetes platform on Amazon EKS. You will implement GitOps and security policies while collaborating with teams to ensure efficient application deployment. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Kubernetes, AWS services, and IaC tools like Terraform. This role offers a gross monthly salary between €5.700 - €7.100, bonuses, and extensive benefits including paid holidays, a pension plan, and discounts.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS in production.
• Skilled in GitOps, Helm, Kustomize, and IaC tools like Terraform.
• Familiar with AWS services (e.g: EC2, VPC, IAM, ALB/NLB).
• Knowledge of networking (Cilium experience is a major plus!), RBAC, and container security.
• Experience with observability tools and troubleshooting complex distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage Kubernetes clusters in production, including upgrades, migrations, and troubleshooting.
• Configure and maintain EKS architecture, implement GitOps deployment patterns, and enforce security policies.
• Work with tools like Karpenter, Cilium, CoreDNS, Kyverno, and External Secrets Operator.
• Integrate AWS services and Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize.

Skills

Kubernetes

Amazon EKS

GitOps

Terraform

Helm

Kustomize

AWS services

Networking

RBAC

Container security

Scripting

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

A leading grocery retailer in Veghel is seeking a Container Platform Engineer to design, manage, and optimize their Kubernetes platform on Amazon EKS. You will implement GitOps and security policies while collaborating with teams to ensure efficient application deployment. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Kubernetes, AWS services, and IaC tools like Terraform. This role offers a gross monthly salary between €5.700 - €7.100, bonuses, and extensive benefits including paid holidays, a pension plan, and discounts.