Kubernetes Platform Engineer

NN Digital Hub is a subsidiary company of Nationale Nederlanden Group located in Madrid, Spain. We deliver IT services and solutions for the different international Business Units from Nationale Nederlanden Group.

Our objective is to create, deliver and maintain insurance product management solutions, as service propositions to enable any agent (linked or direct), machine or company to create and sell insurance products in Europe in an automated way and real time.

We're looking for a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team.

- As a Platform Engineer on AKS, you will be responsible for provisioning, maintaining and improving our Kubernetes platform that hosts multiple production workloads, including mission-critical ones.

- The NN Container Platform consists of multiple distinct platforms built on top of Azure AKS,  Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Hybrid nodes. It is our mission to empower NN's engineers by offering them a highly scalable, managed Cloud-Native platform that integrates the best fitting technologies, all according to NN security and compliancy standards. It is your job to make sure that compute resources are provisioned, policy management is taken care of, security integrations are done, operational metrics and dashboards are available, and more to deliver an enterprise grade Kubernetes platform in Azure. This should enable NN's engineers to focus on developing their microservices on top of the platform.

• You enable the business to focus on where it matters and adds value; developing containerized business applications. 

• You deliver one of NN's most advanced hosting solutions based on Kubernetes on Azure, used by DevOps teams to host their containerized microservices.

• You develop rock-solid add-ons within our Kubernetes platform using GitOps processes and tools (based on projects from the CNCF ecosystem), that make a short time to market possible and help our developers deliver secure, cost efficient and stable services; 

• You are operationally responsible for the smooth sailing of the platform, this includes participating in the 24-7 on-call rotation with the whole team;

• By applying smart design principles, you help reduce the price per container, which minimizes the cost footprint.

You will be part of the AKS Platform Team, which is part of NN's Engineering Experience & Platforms domain. In this environment, you will also find the CI/CD and Internal Developer Platform teams as your direct colleagues. This domain has a scale-up type of culture and consists of a group of energetic and empowered engineers and product teams. We strive to make Cloud-Native technology successful across the entire company (including our international units). We really value our culture and nourish it at every opportunity. Team events are regularly organized. Team events are regularly organized.  

As part of our Employee Experience, we offer you a range of competitive benefits that are available to you in order to improve the physical, mental, and professional wellbeing of our workers. Among the benefits are:

• We work with a hybrid model

• Starting financial aid so you can equip your workspace at home

• Allowance and telework subventions

• Flexible working hours and 2 months of intensive working hours in summer so you can fully take advantage of your time

• We hire a life insurance and a pension plan for all our employees

• We establish objectives bonus as a performance reward

• You can get to the office as you please. We have a free parking lot for cars, motorbikes, electric cars with chargers, and bikes.

• Get to know our flexible retribution facilities such as transport card, nursery checks, health insurance with Sanitas, trainings…

• We care about people. That is why we are involved in society by facilitating volunteer actions and time to all our employees.

• We care about your wellbeing. We have a Wellness Program available.

• We are digital and we love technology. Also, every team works under agile methodology.

You like to engage with your team and come to solutions through collaboration. Your innovative mindset means you're always brimming with new ideas, seeing possibilities, and learning from every situation.

You recognize yourself in several of the following skills and experiences:

• 2 to 3 years of experience working with Kubernetes, particularly on Azure AKS;

• Solid Azure cloud knowledge and experience, including Networking, PaaS, IaaS, and IAM

• Proficiency in GitOps deployment management;

• Affinity with modern programming languages like Typescript, Python or Go;

• Preferably, some experience with popular CNCF technologies such as ArgoCD and Cilium;

• CKA or CKAD certified is a plus;

• Ability to think about system and platform designs at scale.

• Moreover, you possess the following soft skills:

• You derive energy from coaching and mentoring younger/junior team members;

• Ability to enable and train our end users to develop and deploy microservices on the platform while following best practices;

• Strong communication skills (in English), along with excellent analytical and collaboration abilities.

If you are a passionate and experienced Kubernetes Platform Engineer looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply for this position. We are waiting for you

Please send your CVs in English language.

In Nationale-Nederlanden we are committed with diversity. We are proud to be an inclusive organization and we offer equal opportunities, regardless of race, cultural background, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, and sexual orientation. One of our core values is taking care of our employees so they can give their best within a respectful environment.