Platform Engineer

Join the Platform Engineering Team at GÉANT

At GÉANT, our infrastructure supports the most advanced research and education networks across Europe. Behind that infrastructure is a team of engineers who ensure our platforms are secure, scalable, and ready for what is next. We are now looking for a Platform Engineer to join that team in Amsterdam. This role sits at the heart of our platform engineering function, working closely with colleagues in Amsterdam and Cambridge.

You will be part of a team that designs, builds, and operates the core services that power everything from compute and storage to container orchestration and cloud platforms. You will bring hands-on experience with Kubernetes and OpenStack, a strong grasp of automation and Infrastructure as Code, and a mindset focused on continuous improvement. Whether it is deploying a new cluster, refining CI/CD pipelines, or improving observability, you will be trusted to make a real impact.

You will work across the full lifecycle of our platform environments, both physical and virtual, and collaborate with development, network, and security teams to ensure our services are resilient, efficient, and secure. You will also play a key role in shaping how we modernize and scale our infrastructure to meet future demands. This is a role for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, thrives in a collaborative environment, and takes pride in building systems that just work.

What you will be doing

• Designing and maintaining infrastructure across corporate and hosting data centers.
• Managing OpenStack or similar cloud platforms to unify physical infrastructure.
• Deploying and operating Kubernetes clusters and supporting CI/CD workflows.
• Applying automation and Infrastructure as Code to reduce manual operations.
• Ensuring platform reliability, observability, and performance. Supporting containerized workloads and self-service capabilities.
• Contributing to platform security, compliance, and governance.

What you will bring

• Proven experience in infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and OpenStack or similar.
• Proficiency in Linux and Windows system administration, networking, and storage.
• Experience with tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools, version control systems, and ITSM frameworks.
• A collaborative mindset, strong analytical skills, and a commitment to documentation and continuous learning.

Why work for GÉANT?

GÉANT is at the heart of research and education networking, offering talented people the opportunity to be part of something meaningful and worthwhile. With 150 employees based in Amsterdam and Cambridge, together we deliver an information ecosystem of infrastructure and services to advance research, education, and innovation on a global scale. Thanks to our terabit network, 50 million researchers, scientists, academics, and students can share record volumes of data unconstrained by location, solving some of humankind’s biggest challenges. Work at GÉANT and you’ll be supporting critical research into sustainable energy, deep space, high-energy physics, earth observation, environmental disasters, medicine, and much more!

Benefits of working for GÉANT

• Generous holiday allowance and a 5% end of year bonus/allowance as standard.
• Benefits include an appropriate pension scheme and medical insurance, depending on the country of employment.

Working Arrangements

We have adopted a flexible-hybrid model which means that employees will work flexibly between a remote and office environment. Weekly visits to the office are required for most employees to support our values and collaborative culture and enable our teams to deliver great work. For this role, we anticipate that you may be required in the office for around 2 days per week.