Platform Engineer
Work Arrangement
Office Days per Week: 3 days
Key Skills
Job Description
Who We Are At Accenture Industry X we like to do it differently. We embrace change. We reimagine. We transform. How companies design, engineer, manufacture, service and maintain their products. We embed sustainability and bring digital into every part of the company’s enterprise. We create value by strategy and design, unraveling complexities with our approach as a powerful instrument of change. The way we do so is by designing and engineering products, platforms and services that build bridges between users, technology and business needs. Putting people and planet in the center of everything we do to add value to our clients’ businesses. Role overview We are seeking a Platform Engineers to design, code, and secure our high-performance, completely isolated (On-Premises Air-Gapped) computing infrastructure. This platform serves the largest manufacturer of lithography machines in the Netherlands supporting mission-critical software, data-heavy computations, and advanced automated system controls. In an environment where internet connectivity is strictly prohibited to safeguard global trade secrets and national infrastructure security, you will write the core software that governs platform automation, identity management, supply chain validation, and secure software delivery. Your goal is to provide a seamless, cloud-like self-service Internal Developer Platform (IDP) for software application teams while guaranteeing zero risk of downtime or security breaches to physical factory floors and high-tech fabrication nodes. If you’re passionate about software development, infrastructure, automation, and DevOps in a highly technical environment, this role offers a unique challenge! Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that abstracts complex raw datacenter into clean, self-service APIs for internal development teams; Customize and extend DevOps tools and IAM components to suit air-gapped infrastructure requirements (no external dependencies, limited internet access) Write production-ready, systems-level Go code to extend native Kubernetes capabilities and create custom Operators/Controllers that automate the lifecycle of local infrastructure resources Build and manage Kubernetes-based infrastructure in an on-prem / restricted production environment, including: Setting up Helm charts, ConfigMaps, Services, LoadBalancers, Ingress; Secure service-to-service communication; Database integrations (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.) Design and provision immutable local infrastructure (Bare Metal, hypervisors, and distributed storage systems like Ceph) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform/OpenTofu and Ansible. Integrate DevSecOps practices throughout the CI/CD process. Implement local IAM systems from scratch using OpenID Connect (OIDC), Keycloak, and strict Kubernetes RBAC models Manage local secret storage utilizing HashiCorp Vault in air-gapped mode Implement and code automated ingestion gates to validate Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) in CycloneDX/SPDX formats Skills required: 3-5 years of experience in DevOps/Platform engineering with software development background Experience using Golang to develop custom Kubernetes controllers and operators Kubernetes mainly in production environment IaC experience using Terraform Practical experience engineering physical infrastructure stacks (Bare Metal, networking protocols like BGP, local load-balancers, and CSI storage drivers) under extreme internet restrictions. Keycloak, LDAP, OAuth2, RBAC, and SSO integration Experience in CI/CD automation using Jenkins, Bitbucket, GCP or Azure Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and secure API design Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a customer-focused mindset. Why Join Accenture Industry X? Contract: 1-Year initial contract with potential to a permanent position Location: Eindhoven(3 days onsite) Competitive salary and performance bonuses and other benefits Connect with our global network of 700.000 colleagues Unlimited learning: access to thousands of free courses, classes and workshops. Paid transport (budget for electric bicycle or car, NS-Business card), a laptop, iPhone, and home office setup allowance Paid leave: Parental leave, Paternity leave for all non-birthing parents, Bereavement leave, and Gender affirmation leave Many social activities like Friday Drinks, sport events, community events and parties together with the option to spend time on volunteering and do-good initiatives. And many others 🚀 Ready to make an impact? Apply now! Send your resume to [email protected] Let’s shape the future together!
Core Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain an air-gapped Internal Developer Platform, including Kubernetes infrastructure, custom Go-based operators, infrastructure automation, and identity and secrets management. Implement secure software delivery and supply-chain validation, including DevSecOps practices and automated SBOM ingestion gates.
Requirements
Requires 3–5 years of DevOps or platform engineering experience, a software development background, and practical experience with Go, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Candidates should also have experience with physical infrastructure, identity and access management, CI/CD, databases, and secure API design, along with strong troubleshooting and collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Performance Bonuses
- Learning Courses, Classes, and Workshops
- Paid Transportation
- Laptop
- iPhone
- Home Office Setup Allowance
- Paid Leave
- Parental Leave
- Paternity Leave
- Bereavement Leave
- Gender Affirmation Leave
- Social Activities
- Volunteering Opportunities
About Accenture the Netherlands
Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Accenture helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $74 billion in FY26 revenue.