Summary
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A platform engineering role centered on operating cloud infrastructure and supporting the migration of a large microservices environment to Kubernetes. You will partner with application teams, deploy Java and Python services, standardize CI/CD pipelines, build observability capabilities, improve production reliability, handle incidents, and drive technical improvements that reduce operational effort.
Highlights
Hands-on platform engineering role focused on modernizing cloud infrastructure and enabling the migration of a large microservices estate to Kubernetes. The position provides broad ownership across CI/CD, observability, reliability, security, incident response, and developer experience.
Description
Engineer and operate the target platform on GCPGKE to support migration of 100 microservices.
About the Role
Partner with application delivery pods to onboard services to Kubernetes including deployment patterns runtime configuration and operational readiness.
Responsibilities
Provide Hands-on support deploying Java and Python microservices into Kubernetes manifests, Helm config, secrets, scaling, health checks.Build and standardise CICD pipelines for containerised workloads, build, test, security scanning, deploy, rollback.Implement and evolve observability metrics, logs, and distributed tracing (Grafana stack preferred) including dashboards and SLO style reporting where applicable.Drive platform reliability and production support, incident triage, root cause analysis, and preventative improvements.Identify technical debt and prioritise platform improvements that reduce toil and improve developer experience.Ensure solutions follow technology guidelines, security controls, and operational constraints.Work effectively in a geographically dispersed team, pair with colleagues, and share knowledge through documentation and enablement sessions.
Required Skills
Strong Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, ideally GKE, including deployments, services, ingress, config management, and troubleshooting.Proven experience migrating or operating microservices platforms at scale.Hands-on experience deploying and supporting Java and Python services in Kubernetes.Solid experience with monitoring, observability, tracing, preferably using Grafana products (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Tempo) and best practices.Experience building and maintaining CICD pipelines for containerised applications.Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and automated environment provisioning.Strong production mindset, reliability, incident response, and continuous improvement.Ability to work with local and global teams, clear written and spoken English.Delivery driven, pragmatic approach, comfortable balancing speed with control and risk management.Open-minded, keen to learn, and able to coach/guide others where needed.
Preferred Skills
GCP Cloud FunctionsGCP Cloud RunJenkinsPythonTerraform
