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We investeren in digitale en “deep tech” innovaties - zoals Big Data, kunstmatige intelligentie, connectiviteit, cyberbeveiliging en kwantumtechnologie - om te bouwen aan een toekomst waarop we allemaal kunnen vertrouwen.\nBinnen de markten defensie & veiligheid, lucht- en ruimtevaart, digitale identiteit & beveiliging en transport levert Thales oplossingen, diensten en producten die onze klanten helpen hun kritieke missies uit te voeren.\nDe IS/IT-organisatie van Thales Nederland bestaat uit ongeveer 160 collega’s, verdeeld over 15 teams. We ondersteunen ruim 2500 Nederlandse collega’s in diverse Business Lines. We werken nauw samen met internationale IS/IT-teams binnen de Thales Group en hanteren een agile organisatiemodel gebaseerd op Tribes, Chapters en Squads.\nOnze missie is: “Providing secure access to Thales information in one click.”\nOnze cultuur: “Fit for our future.”\nWe zijn een lerende organisatie die continu verbetert, experimenteert en innoveert.\nOver IT Engineering Support\nHet IT Engineering Support Chapter is onderdeel van IS/IT en bestaat uit circa 45 engineers en consultants, verdeeld over vijf zelfsturende squads. Het Chapter omvat systeem- en software-architecten, applicatiespecialisten en infrastructuurspecialisten.\nIT Engineering Support levert veilige, gebruiksvriendelijke en up-to-date engineeringomgevingen met gestandaardiseerde tooling, terwijl we de best mogelijke ondersteuning bieden.\nVoor het Cloud Services Team zoeken wij een Platform Engineer die helpt onze Kubernetes-platformen te bouwen, te beheren en verder te professionaliseren.\nOver de functie\nAls Platform Engineer werk je aan het fundament waarop onze engineeringteams hun software ontwikkelen, testen en deployen. Je bouwt en beheert moderne Kubernetes-platformen gebaseerd op vSphere Supervisor (voorheen bekend als VMware Tanzu) en werkt intensief samen met collega’s in Frankrijk, Duitsland en Australië om standaarden, tooling en best practices te harmoniseren.\nJouw verantwoordelijkheden\nOntwerpen, bouwen en beheren van Kubernetes-clusters op basis van vSphere Supervisor (VKS) voorheen bekend als VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG).\nUitvoeren van cluster lifecycle-management en multi-cluster governance\nInrichten van monitoring, logging en alerting voor platform en applicaties\nIntegreren van security- en compliance-standaarden in alle platformcomponenten\nTroubleshooten van complexe platformproblemen en verbeteren van operational excellence\nSamenwerken met internationale Thales-teams om platformen en processen te harmoniseren\nActief bijdragen aan innovatie en het introduceren van nieuwe technologieën\nWat jij meebrengt\nWe verwachten niet dat je alles beheerst, maar je herkent jezelf in meerdere van onderstaande punten en wilt groeien in de rest.\nKubernetes cluster concepts, API objects, namespaces\nRBAC, Network Policies\nCRDs & Operators\nCluster lifecycle management\nvSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)\nSoftware defined networking, NSX\nLoad balancing, Avi ALB, AKO middleware, NSX LB\nMulti-cluster management\nSDDC / LCM / VxRail\nvCenter / vSphere beheer en troubleshooting\nPrometheus, Grafana, metrics, dashboards, alerting\nFluentBit, Aria Operations for Logs, Loki, log shipping & parsing\nApplicatielog-integratie\nCSI-drivers, PVC-tuning, storage-optimalisatie\nKubernetesbackup-integratie, backup policies, restore-testing\nAutomation, Bash & Python scripting, Ansible\nGit workflows, CICD, Flux, ArgoCD\nPod Security Standards, image scanning, secret management (Vault, Conjur)\nOver jou\nJe hebt een technische (IT/Engineering) achtergrond\nJe bent klantgericht, communicatief sterk en analytisch\nJe hebt doorzettingsvermogen en een gestructureerde manier van werken\nJe beheerst de Engelse taal uitstekend\nJe hebt ervaring met het beheren en optimaliseren van platformen of engineeringtools\nJe hebt ervaring van Linux (bij voorkeur RHEL) en Windows\nErvaring met containers (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) is een pre\nErvaring met Prometheus/Grafana is een pre\nWat wij bieden\nEen functie binnen vakgroep 55/60 conform cao Metalektro-HP\nEen leuk team in een high-tech, innovatieve en internationale omgeving\nDoorgroeimogelijkheden richting technische, management-, commerciële of internationale rollen\nRuimte voor persoonlijke ontwikkeling en eigen initiatief\nEen moderne werkplek, hybride werken en een gezonde work-life balance\n40 vakantiedagen, reiskostenvergoeding en flexibele arbeidsvoorwaarden (o.a. fietsplan, bedrijfsfitness, aankoop/verkoop uren)\nSecurity requirements\nDue to the sensitive nature of our work, this position requires eligibility for a Dutch security clearance (AIVD B screening). 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