Platform Engineer

RTL; Hilversum; On-site; EUR 50,220 - 78,120; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in the Netherlands is searching for a motivated Platform Engineer. In this role, you will build and support infrastructure for scalable applications, ensuring efficiency and reliability. You will work with cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes and Terraform, collaborate with a team of engineers, and contribute to security practices. If you have a solid technical foundation and a desire to grow, this opportunity is for you. Salary ranges from €4,500 to €7,000 per month based on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud services like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Familiar with Kubernetes and container ecosystems.
• Proficiency in Go, Terraform, Helm, and bash scripting.

Responsibilities

• Build and support scalable applications infrastructure.
• Promote a culture of ownership: 'you build it, you monitor it.'
• Assist developer teams with technical requests.

Skills

Experience with cloud service providers (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Container technologies (Kubernetes)

Go programming

Terraform

Basic cloud security knowledge

Tools

Linux

Grafana

NGINX

Job description

Your Profile

RTL’s Platform Engineer should possess the following skills and experience:

• Some experience with one or more cloud service providers such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or a similar system.

• Familiarity with the cloud-native ecosystem, containers, Kubernetes, etc.

• Basic proficiency in building and deploying with some of the technologies: Go, Helm, Terraform, and bash scripting, with a desire to deepen these skills.

• A foundational understanding of cloud security systems, techniques, and tools, with a willingness to learn more.

• Focus on ensuring efficiency, stability, observability and reliability in system operations.

• Ability to work collaboratively with the team and independently on assigned tasks.

• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and applying them to improve infrastructure.

If you are a motivated platform engineer with a solid technical foundation and a desire to grow, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity at RTL. Join us in Team Cloud Platform to collaborate and learn from 6 other platform and SRE engineers.

Your Tasks

As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Assisting in building and supporting infrastructure for scalable applications that handle high levels of traffic.

• Collaborating with the team to support our culture of "you build it, you monitor, run, and secure it" by providing tools and support.

• Utilizing external services when needed to find effective solutions.

• Supporting and assisting with technical requests from developers teams as required.

• Contributing to the building and deployment of development environments using skills such as Go, Terraform, Helm, and bash scripting

• Developing a growing understanding of security systems, techniques, and tools.

• Participating in scaling and performance optimization efforts by helping to identify potential growth areas and suggesting solutions.

• Sharing your knowledge/experience/interests with others - be it through pairing, a company passion talk or speaking externally.

• Working with our technical stack: Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, Argo Rollouts, Azure, Grafana Stack, NGINX, Kong, Akamai

About us

RTL started in 1989 as the first commercial broadcaster in the Netherlands. Our mission has not changed since then: we want to reach and inspire everyone in the Netherlands with essential stories that touch the heart and mind. RTL has five television channels (RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8 and RTL Z), streaming platform Videoland, three digital theme channels (RTL Lounge, RTL Crime, RTL Telekids), sales organization Ad Alliance and the platforms RTL.nl and RTL Weer / Buienradar. RTL Nieuws, Editie NL and RTL Z bring you 24/7 the latest news, their own journalistic research and interpretation via the broadcasts, website, app and socials.

Salary range: €4,500 – €7,000 per month, depending on experience