Container Platform DevOps Engineer

As a Container Platform DevOps Engineer in Engineering Platforms, part of the Tribe Tech4Engineering, you will help shape the future of the Container Platform by joining a new team building a new platform on Azure (AKS).

You and your role

Design, build, and operate a modern Azure AKS container platform, collaborating across IT and business to deliver secure, reliable financial services, including upgrades, automation, fault resolution, and continuous innovation.

As part of a DevOps team you will be developing, maintaining and supporting the container platform environment, performing version upgrades, undertaking fault prevention and resolution, implementing roadmap items, and providing specialist product advice. IT never stands still and with new technologies and integrations being introduced, innovation and research will be part of the role. As a DevOps Engineer you make an impact on the way our customers perceive the services we deliver at Rabobank.

Tech4Engineering

Tech4Engineering's mission is to minimize the cognitive load of engineers throughout the bank. You contribute by implementing and operationalizing the container platform on Azure/AKS, which will be the standard for containerized applications in AKS. The Tribe Tech4Engineering, as part of Engineering & Enterprise Tech, consists of approximately 500 FTE.

It is necessary, among other things, to have a strong focus on self-service, enabling consuming DevOps teams to operate with full autonomy. This is complex to realize in times of reorganization and pressure to get the environment operational. The impact of this change affects processes, team structure and the way in which employees within the tribe perform their work.

Examples for practices

• Built and operated an enterprise Azure AKS container platform with secure networking and CI/CD integration for multiple teams.
• Improved reliability and stability by leading Kubernetes upgrades, automating incident resolution, and implementing proactive fault prevention.
• Enabled development teams through self-service deployments, enhanced monitoring, and clear platform standards and best practices.

Characteristics for this context that are relevant to the assignment

• A complex network of applications, with complex communication flows.
• A culture in which rolling up your sleeves is highly valued, craftsmanship is central and changes are not embraced in advance.
• A very high degree of complexity (Container, Cloud, Security, DevOps and Rabobank knowledge).

Top 3 responsibilities

• Build and operate a standardized Azure AKS container platform, including networking, security, CI/CD integration, and observability.
• Maintain and improve platform reliability through Kubernetes upgrades, fault prevention, incident resolution, and automation.
• Enable and support DevOps teams with self-service capabilities, platform guidance, and ongoing innovation to reduce cognitive load.

The role also includes driving platform standardization, improving security and compliance, introducing new cloud-native capabilities, and continuously reducing developer cognitive load by simplifying platform usage, automation, and documentation across engineering teams.

Together we achieve more than alone

We are curious about what you can bring to the team within Tech4Engineering. With colleagues in this environment, you will work on improving a complex container platform and secure processes.

You and your talent

• You have good communication skills.
• English proficiency in speech and writing.
• You are a true team player with a goal-driven mindset.
• Eager to keep learning new technologies.
• You have an Agile and DevOps mindset.
• You are willing to experiment, while adhering to established Rabobank security guidelines and risk controls.
• Able to adopt new technology and introduce new ideas.
• You are able to initiate and maintain cross-functional collaboration.
• You are able to contribute to psychological safety within the team and be respectful.
• You always work towards constructive conflict resolution.
• You are able to participate in a learning culture.
• Able to lower cognitive load by minimizing the mental effort required by DevOps teams to understand the platform’s capabilities and ensuring that the platform is easy to use, encouraging adoption across the organization.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to separate main and side issues.
• Strong expertise in containerization, particularly with AKS, ACS, Docker, and Kubernetes (K8S).
• Advanced Azure experience, covering storage, networking, IAM, serverless, and related services.
• Proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• In-depth understanding of Git, CI/CD pipelines, ArgoCD, and DevOps practices.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Certifications in Azure or Kubernetes are preferred but not required.

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands or elsewhere in the EU and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.