System Engineer – Managed Kubernetes

About the Position

System Engineer – Managed Kubernetes

The Container Services team at Leaseweb is responsible for delivering Leaseweb Managed Kubernetes: a platform that empowers customers to deploy, manage, and update their own Kubernetes clusters while simplifying the complexity that comes with running them at scale. We are looking for a motivated System Engineer to help build and evolve this product.

Responsibilities

• Automate deployment, management, patching, and deletion of Kubernetes clusters across Leaseweb's compute offerings
• Architect, explore, evaluate, integrate, and tune Kubernetes components, advising on best practices and identifying issues before they reach production
• Build and tune alerting & observability: Develop the monitoring, alerting, and logging that tells us our clusters are healthy - create & tune dashboards, alert, and metrics, using the SRE philosophy.
• Maintain the platform: Deploy new Kubernetes version, Update components, and make sure our components are secure.
• Investigate production issues, Troubleshoot, contribute to runbook and create permanent fixes for the issue we discover.
• Help the team design new features for Leaseweb's customers
• Support customers and development teams, Participate in regular on-call duty (Engineer on Duty)
• Grow the engineers around you: Share your Kubernetes expertise with engineers in other teams, mentor colleagues within your own team, and contribute to cross-functional efforts on problems bigger than any single team
• Align with the wider architecture: Make sure the team's solutions line up with the department's architecture standards, and spot where the team can improve

Requirements

• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes at scale, supporting multiple clusters across different environments including production
• Good knowledge of the CNCF & Kubernetes ecosystem, knows enough to be able to compare choices, and state tradeoff for common technology choices.
• Mastery of ArgoCD or a similar GitOps tool for continuous delivery, with a solid understanding of GitOps, SRE, and DevOps principles
• Demonstrable knowledge of Kubernetes inner-workings, components, networking and storage fundamentals
• Experience working & architecting cloud-native applications
• Solid knowledge of Linux operating systems, with experience performing standard system administration tasks (OS maintenance, networking, DNS, backups)
• Good communication skills (in English)
• Experience with containerized application packaging and deployment
• Scripting skills in Shell and/or Python for automation and tooling
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling

Nice to Have

• Experience with Golang
• Previous contributions to open-source projects such as Kubernetes or related tools

We Offer

• Participation in annual company bonus scheme and company pension
• Internet allowance and travel allowance
• Working from home policy
• Work from abroad: Up to 4 weeks per year, following policy guidelines
• Lease bike plan
• 25 days of paid time off (and the option to buy or sell up to 5 more days)
• Free lunch, parking, and fresh fruit provided when in the office
• Access to the Leaseweb Academy, a personalized learning platform offering a variety of studies, (Dutch) courses, and trainings
• Attractive relocation packages and an agency that takes care of the entire visa process
• Fun events year-round – from virtual pub quizzes to summer parties, company runs, quarterly hackathons and much more
• A multicultural work environment (our colleagues are from over 60 countries!) in a company where you can truly make a difference

About the Company

At Leaseweb, we have close to 600 colleagues working for us around the world, representing more than 60 different nationalities. We are small enough to remain personal and flexible but big enough to have a global impact. Together, we have created a real family vibe to give everyone the feeling of a home away from home. From your interview to meeting your new team, and throughout each step of your onboarding, we will be there for you. Plenty of personal and professional growth opportunities, paired with a friendly culture, will make you want to stay and work with us.

Founded in 1997, Leaseweb is a global leader in cloud and colocation services.