Kubernetes & Cloud Platform Engineer
Manage and support Kubernetes production environments, ensuring platform stability, scalability, and performance. Design and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure using Rancher RKE2 and AWS cloud services. Collaborate with development, DevOps, and security teams to improve CI/CD and platform reliability.
Key Highlights
Key Responsibilities
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Nice to Have
Job Description
Contract: 12 months (subject to extension).
Location: Ghent, Belgium.
Salary: Not a constraint for the right candidate!
Experience: 8-10 years.
Hybrid: Minimum 2 days onsite per week required in Zwijnaarde, Ghent, Belgium
Your Profile & DNA:
We are seeking an experienced Kubernetes & Cloud Platform Engineer to manage and support Kubernetes production environments, ensuring platform stability, scalability, and performance.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Manage and support Kubernetes production environments, ensuring platform stability, scalability, and performance.
- Perform cluster upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, and operational maintenance activities.
- Design and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure using Rancher RKE2 and AWS cloud services.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes to ensure high availability.
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and security teams to improve CI/CD and platform reliability.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts, infrastructure templates, and operational documentation.
- Support security, compliance, and governance initiatives across Kubernetes and cloud environments.
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Qualification & Experience
- A Bachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent.
- Strong experience in Kubernetes production operations, including cluster management, upgrades, patching, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
- Hands-on expertise with Rancher RKE2 for Kubernetes provisioning, lifecycle management, and day-to-day operations.
- Good knowledge of AWS cloud services including IAM, VPC, EC2, EKS, Load Balancers, Route 53, and CloudWatch.
- Strong Linux administration skills with experience in networking, storage, system security hardening, and scripting/automation.
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes and cloud networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/Certificates, ingress, load balancing, routing, and firewalls.
- Experience in monitoring and incident management, including observability (metrics, logs, alerts), incident response, and root-cause analysis.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools such as GitHub and GitHub Actions.
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation including architecture documents, runbooks, SOPs, and onboarding guides.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, and Puppet.
- Knowledge of GitOps and Kubernetes delivery tools including Argo CD, Flux, Fleet, Helm, and Kustomize.
- Familiarity with security and compliance tooling such as image scanning, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, and secrets management solutions.
- Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and post-incident reviews.
Preferred Certifications
- CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
- CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
- CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist)
- AWS Certifications
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What do we offer?
If your profile matches the job requirement and you are interested to be presented to our clients, then please apply and don’t forget to attach your updated CV in line with the JD!
This position is for 1 year with possibility of extension. We offer competitive Gross Salary in line with the market standard.
Besides that, we offer following benefits, such as:
- 20 days of holiday per year
- Encourage Personal Development - Certification (Certification Charges reimbursed)
- Income Tax Return Filing
- We provide Visa Sponsorship for Candidate & Dependants
- Possibility of bonus
Who we are:
A2G Consulting also known as "A2G Technologies" is one of the fastest growing staffing companies in North Brabant region, Netherlands. We cater to Asia and Europe market focusing on high tech & non-high-tech clientele; headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands with a branch office in India (Bangalore & Pune) & Dubai. We successfully find a candidate and ensure that they get opportunities in line with their aspirations. We offer visa sponsorship for local & international candidates for career-enhancing opportunities. We strongly believe in equal opportunities and hence have a pool of resources with diversified ethnicity.
You will be deployed and work at one of our client sites.
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