Platform Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer for a client in the financial industry. In this role, you will help design, build, and improve a modern cloud platform based on Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes (AKS).

You will focus on platform reliability, scalability, automation, and security, applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to ensure a stable and resilient environment. Working closely with engineering teams, you will drive technical decisions, establish architectural standards, and continuously improve platform performance and reliability.

Your Job

• Designing and maintaining end-to-end cloud platform architectures using Azure and Kubernetes (AKS)
• Applying SRE principles, including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, observability, and incident management
• Developing automation and tooling to improve platform operations and reliability
• Implementing GitOps practices using Flux CD
• Designing disaster recovery strategies and supporting multi-cluster and multi-region Kubernetes environments
• Embedding security, compliance, and risk requirements into platform architecture and engineering practices
• Leading or supporting major incidents, game days, and resilience testing
• Defining and maintaining reference architectures and technical standards
• Reviewing code and driving architectural and technical decisions across engineering teams
• Developing complex platform tooling, preferably using Go
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and implementing reliable, scalable solutions
• Coaching and supporting other engineers while influencing technical direction across teams

Your Profile

• Extensive experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a similar technical role
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes, particularly AKS
• Proven experience applying SRE principles, including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and reliability engineering
• Experience with GitOps and Flux CD
• Knowledge of Kubernetes security, container security, and security-by-design principles
• Experience designing resilient platforms, including disaster recovery and multi-region environments
• Strong software engineering skills, including code reviews, clean code, error handling, logging, and performance optimisation
• Experience developing automation and platform tooling; proficiency in Go is a plus
• Ability to define technical standards and reference architectures and influence decisions across teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to continuous improvement
• Experience mentoring or coaching engineers
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple technical teams
• Experience working in complex enterprise environments is a plus

We Offer

• Hybrid working environment
• Salary up to 85K per year on 36H/Week
• 22,5 vacation days

Interested?

Apply directly or reach out to Ghazal.

📞 +31 6 15 36 67 90

✉️ [email protected]