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# Kubernetes Engineer

- **Company:** Uni Systems
- **Location:** Eigenbrakel, Belgium
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Computer Networks, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Prometheus, Zero Trust Network Access, VMware VSphere, Scripting, Google Cloud, SUSE Linux, Istio, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Software Troubleshooting, Multi-Cloud, Gitlab, SC Clearance, Kubernetes, Rancher, Bare Metal, Hardware Infrastructure, Nutanix
- **Published:** May 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.be/jobad/be96030a4fcddc3aca5f6d6bd40a014c0a

## About the Role

* Hold at least a High School certificate
 * 4+ years in DevOps / Platform Engineering.
 * 4+ years designing, deploying, and operating highly available production Kubernetes clusters with deep expertise in SUSE Rancher / Rancher Manager
 * Proven success leading migrations from legacy virtualized systems to containerized microservices architectures
 * Strong experience with Ansible, plus scripting in Python and Bash
 * Expert in zero-downtime deployment pipelines using GitLab, ArgoCD, and/or Rancher Fleet
 * Advanced Helm chart development for complex stateful/stateless workloads
 * Hands-on with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, SLIs/SLOs, automated remediation; Rancher Observability is a plus.
 * Deep knowledge of RKE, RKE2, K3s, K8s and appropriate use cases.
 * Expertise in Zero Trust, Rancher RBAC, Pod Security Admission, container scanning, and governance enforcement
 * Advanced understanding of CNI technologies (Calico, Cilium, Canal), SDN, network policies, Ingress, and Istio Service Mesh
 * Expert with CSI, disaster recovery, and highly available storage platforms such as SUSE Longhorn
 * Extensive experience across bare metal, vSphere, Nutanix, AWS, Azure, and GCP
 * Strong troubleshooting across full stack, from kernel/container runtime to networking
 * Experience mentoring junior engineers, acting as escalation point, and driving DevOps best practices
 * Active NATO SECRET clearance or higher
 * English proficiency at B2 level or above

## Description

At Uni Systems, we are working towards turning digital visions into reality. We are continuously growing and we are looking for a Kubernetes Engineer to join our UniQue team.
What will you be doing in this role?

 * Design, build, and evolve highly scalable, secure, and resilient Kubernetes platforms utilizing SUSE Rancher as the central management plane.
 * Develop robust automation scripts in Python or Bash.
 * Handle the end-to-end lifecycle of RKE/RKE2 clusters (provisioning, scaling, patching and upgrading) across hybrid, multi-cloud or bare-metal environments with minimal to zero downtime.
 * Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines and implement GitOps workflows (using tools like Gitlab, ArgoCD or Rancher Fleet) to streamline continuous application delivery.
 * Monitor platform health using tools like Prometheus and Grafana, respond to system alerts and troubleshoot complex containerized workload issues.
 * Enforce security policy's, including network policies, Rancher RBAC configurations and automated container image scanning.
 * Proactively monitor resource utilization (CPU, memory, persistent storage) to right-size clusters, scale nodes dynamically and optimize cloud or on-prem infrastructure.
 * Create and maintain technical documentation, including runbooks and architecture diagrams.


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