Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes, OpenShift)

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At Levi Nine we are passionate about what we do. We love our work and together in a team we are smarter and stronger. We work in a dynamic and challenging environment with talented and forward-thinking people who are part of creative and innovative teams. We are looking for skilled team players who make change happen. Are you one of these players?

Our Partner:

Our partner, ABN AMRO Clearing, is a global leader in the domain of clearing, offering access to a wide range of listed instruments on markets across the globe.

IT is at the heart of their organization with more than 30 different product teams and 10 different platform teams that are trying to build the best products & services for their customers.

Their presence in important financial centers like Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo Hong Kong, London, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt and Iasi, allows them to effectively serve clients worldwide and maintain close proximity to their diverse customer base.

The Role Involves:

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our customer’s small but global Private Cloud Platform team.

In this role, you will help design, build, and operate modern platform services that empower development teams across their organization. The focus will be on Kubernetes in on-premises environments (OpenShift experience is a strong plus).

You will be expected to actively contribute to the technical feasibility evaluations in collaboration with the product teams, engineering teams and infrastructure teams to determine the technical approach and action plan and to ensure the services operate at a high-quality level.

Responsibilities:

• Take a hands-on role in developing and maintaining the engineering platform services that support our customer’s private cloud ecosystem.
• Provide and improve infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps tools, and platform standards for their internal customers.
• Lead and support the migration of legacy systems to containerized platforms.
• Partner with technical leads, product owners, and developers to shape the future state of our platform architecture.
• Monitor and troubleshoot critical services, ensuring timely resolution of production issues and driving preventive actions.
• Design and co-architect new services with resilience, scalability, and self-healing by design.
• Actively participate in specific ceremonies and engineering forums to ensure alignment across teams.
• Continuously improve platform services to enhance automation, observability, and operational efficiency.

Technical Playground:

• 5+ years of experience as a Senior Platform Engineer or similar role.
• Strong hands-on expertise with on-premises Kubernetes (OpenShift experience is a strong plus).
• Proficiency in Linux administration (RHEL) and scripting (Bash; Python is a plus).
• Solid understanding of infrastructure automation (Ansible, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines).
• Experience with monitoring, troubleshooting, and ensuring reliability of critical production systems.
• Good grasp of networking fundamentals (firewalls, load balancing, DNS, TLS, security).
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals.
• Ability to create clear and comprehensive documentation.

Nice To Have:

• Practical experience with Red Hat OpenShift in bare-metal or virtualized environments.
• Familiarity with observability and logging platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Splunk).
• Exposure to migration projects from legacy to containerized platforms.
• Understanding of cloud-native and DevSecOps practices.
• Awareness of software and cloud development trends.
• Understanding of financial services and risk management.
• A degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or a related field.

Soft Skills:

• Fluent in English, with excellent communication skills.
• Analytical, solution-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, self-organized, and able to manage competing priorities.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to work in global, agile environments.
• A passion for continuous learning and growth in a dynamic environment.

WHAT WE HOPE YOU MIGHT ENJOY:

• Great colleagues, a tech and fun oriented place to work
• Personal and technical development through courses, training, conferences, and certifications under Levi9 Academy umbrella
• Udemy for business
• A delightful book with Bookster
• Parenting sessions if needed
• Team buildings (with the company, your project team, or your department)
• Fun activities with colleagues sharing your passion (Ex: CSR campaigns, Movie Nights, Football, etc.)
• 21 annual vacation days + 1 extra day every two years
• Floating holidays
• Vacation Bonus
• Meal tickets
• Medical subscription
• Hybrid way of working
• Unlimited access to Levi9 gym