About the job

Your job in a nutshellAs a Container Platform Engineer, you design, manage, and optimize Jumbo’s Kubernetes platform on Amazon EKS. You implement GitOps, security policies, and automation using Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize to create scalable and secure container environments.

What are we doing it forBy building a reliable and secure container platform, you ensure applications are deployed quickly and stably. This supports Jumbo’s digital innovation and contributes to an optimal customer experience

Your new teamYou work in the Container Platform team at the headquarters in Veghel. Together with cloud engineers, developers, and security specialists, you create infrastructure that supports more than 60 DevOps teams

Who do you work with?You collaborate with domain-specific cloud engineering teams, DevOps teams, and security partners to deliver secure, scalable container solutions and integrations with AWS services and Infrastructure as Code practices

What will you do?As a Container Platform Engineer at Jumbo, you’ll design, operate, and optimize our container platform based on Kubernetes and Amazon EKS. You’ll ensure reliability, security, and scalability while collaborating with development and DevOps teams to enable fast and efficient application delivery. Your responsibilities include:

You’ll manage Kubernetes clusters in production, including upgrades, migrations, and troubleshooting.
You’ll configure and maintain EKS architecture, implement GitOps deployment patterns, and enforce security policies.
You’ll also work with tools like Karpenter, Cilium, CoreDNS, Kyverno, and External Secrets Operator.
You are integrating AWS services and Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize

You’ll join the Container Platform team at our Veghel headquarters, working closely with developers, cloud engineers, and security specialists in an informal, collaborative environment that values initiative and innovation.

Collaboration is at the core of our approach. We work closely with domain-specific cloud engineering teams to support over 60 DevOps teams. Together, we deliver essential infrastructure building blocks tailored to their unique needs.

Who are you?Strong experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS in productionSkilled in GitOps, Helm, Kustomize, and IaC tools like TerraformFamiliar with AWS services (e.g: EC2, VPC, IAM, ALB/NLB)Knowledge of networking (Cilium experience is a major plus!), RBAC, and container securityExperience with observability tools (we use mostly Datadog, and tiny bits of Grafana and Prometheus)Proficient in scripting and troubleshooting complex distributed ssytems.

What do you get from us?A gross salary between €5.700 - €7.100 per month (based on 40 hours).
An annual bonus of up to 5% of your annual salary based on company objectives;
30 vacation days (with the option to buy or sell additional days) and 8% holiday allowance;
Pension accrual through the Pension Fund for the Food Industry;
Plenty of room for entrepreneurship, growth, and development through our Jumbo Academy, GoodHabitz online training courses, and an education budget;
A fresh and diverse lunch in our Foodcafé, good coffee, and fresh fruit. You can also work out in our Jumbo Gym for a small fee;
Various employee discounts, such as 10% discount on groceries (up to €325 per year), participation in our collective health insurance, and discounts through Benefits at Work.

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Responsibilities

About the job

You’ll manage Kubernetes clusters in production, including upgrades, migrations, and troubleshooting.
You’ll configure and maintain EKS architecture, implement GitOps deployment patterns, and enforce security policies.
You’ll also work with tools like Karpenter, Cilium, CoreDNS, Kyverno, and External Secrets Operator.
You are integrating AWS services and Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize

What do you get from us?A gross salary between €5.700 - €7.100 per month (based on 40 hours).
An annual bonus of up to 5% of your annual salary based on company objectives;
30 vacation days (with the option to buy or sell additional days) and 8% holiday allowance;
Pension accrual through the Pension Fund for the Food Industry;
Plenty of room for entrepreneurship, growth, and development through our Jumbo Academy, GoodHabitz online training courses, and an education budget;
A fresh and diverse lunch in our Foodcafé, good coffee, and fresh fruit. You can also work out in our Jumbo Gym for a small fee;
Various employee discounts, such as 10% discount on groceries (up to €325 per year), participation in our collective health insurance, and discounts through Benefits at Work.