Site Reliability Engineer - Cloud Native
Site Reliability Engineer - Cloud Native (OpenShift) | Netherlands
Start date: as soon as possible
No visa sponsorship
Fluent Dutch
Over het Bedrijf
Deze organisatie levert bedrijfskritische cloud- en platformdiensten voor klanten binnen onder andere de overheid, zorg en industrie. Met een sterke focus op automatisering, security en cloud-native technologieën werken engineeringteams aan schaalbare en betrouwbare platformen waarop klanten dagelijks vertrouwen.
Over de Rol
Als Site Reliability Engineer ben je verantwoordelijk voor de betrouwbaarheid, beschikbaarheid en veiligheid van een OpenShift/Kubernetes-platform. Je combineert platform engineering, automatisering en operations om de stabiliteit van kritieke diensten continu te verbeteren.
In deze rol ligt de focus niet alleen op het oplossen van incidenten, maar vooral op het voorkomen ervan. Door middel van automation, observability en Infrastructure as Code help je een moderne cloud-native omgeving verder te ontwikkelen en optimaliseren.
About the Company
This organization operates critical cloud and infrastructure services that support customers across sectors such as government, healthcare, industry, and other business-critical environments. The company is heavily invested in cloud-native technologies, automation, security, and platform engineering, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. Teams work on large-scale managed platform services where innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement are central to the engineering culture.
About the Role
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for the reliability, availability, scalability, and security of a cloud-native platform built on OpenShift and Kubernetes. This is a highly engineering-focused role where you'll combine automation, platform engineering, and operational excellence to ensure critical services remain stable and performant.
Rather than simply responding to incidents, you'll focus on preventing them through automation, observability, and continuous improvement. You'll work in a modern cloud-native environment where Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and data-driven decision-making are at the heart of how platforms are built and operated.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the reliability, performance, and availability of cloud-native platform services.
- Drive automation initiatives using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor platform health and leverage operational data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Define and measure service reliability through SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
- Lead root cause investigations and implement long-term solutions to recurring issues.
- Improve observability through monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions.
- Support platform upgrades, lifecycle management, capacity planning, and disaster recovery activities.
- Collaborate closely with Platform Engineering, Security, Architecture, and Operations teams to continuously improve platform services.
- Reduce operational risk and technical debt through proactive engineering and continuous improvement initiatives
What we're looking for
- 5+ years' experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes plus OpenShift.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, and GitOps.
- Strong Linux and cloud infrastructure knowledge.
- Data-driven approach to problem solving and operational excellence.
- Someone who enjoys ownership, responsibility, and working with a high degree of independence.
- Naturally curious and always looking for ways to improve systems and processes.
- Dutch language skills are preferred
- Candidates must already have the right to work in the Netherlands; visa sponsorship is not available.
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