Senior Platform Automation & Infra Engineer

Cluster - Data professionals; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Home office allowance

Pension scheme with employer contrib

Personal development budget

Vitality Budget

Travel expense reimbursement

NS Business Card

Bike lease option

Modern laptop and phone

Job summary

Cluster - Data professionals seeks an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer to shape the tooling behind a global SaaS platform. You will own the infrastructure lifecycle, automate processes, and drive scalability across Linux, cloud, and databases.

You’ll work with Python for backend automation, Kubernetes for container orchestration, and IaC tools like Terraform, Puppet and Ansible to deliver reliable, scalable systems. Hybrid work and international collaboration are expected.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python, preferably for infrastructure, backend development or automation.
• Good knowledge of Linux and Bash.
• Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration or similar technologies.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, with Azure being particularly relevant.
• Experience automating and managing complex production environments.
• An interest in modern AI-assisted or AI-native software development.
• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable tooling for managing SaaS customer environments.
• Orchestrate containerized workloads and deployments using Kubernetes.
• Build systems for deploying and managing applications, databases and network components across global infrastructure.
• Develop backend and automation tooling, primarily using Python.
• Automate operational processes and create self-service solutions.
• Improve the performance, scalability, monitoring and reliability of critical infrastructure tooling.
• Work with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management using Terraform, Puppet and Ansible.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across Linux, cloud, database and infrastructure environments.
• Collaborate closely with SRE, Hosting, Observability and Development teams.
• Participate in L2/L3 support and rotating on-call for incidents.

Skills

Python

Linux

Bash

Kubernetes

Terraform

Puppet

Ansible

SQL

Azure

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

Cluster - Data professionals seeks an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer to shape the tooling behind a global SaaS platform. You will own the infrastructure lifecycle, automate processes, and drive scalability across Linux, cloud, and databases.

You’ll work with Python for backend automation, Kubernetes for container orchestration, and IaC tools like Terraform, Puppet and Ansible to deliver reliable, scalable systems. Hybrid work and international collaboration are expected.