Skills
Kubernetes
Kubernetes control plane
etcd
Multi-cluster orchestration
SAP Gardener
Cluster API (CAPI)
Air-gapped environments
Open Component Model (OCM)
Software delivery pipelines
IAM/PAM automation
Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM)
Cloud-native infrastructure
Public cloud
Private cloud
Sovereign cloud
kube-apiserver
kube-controller-manager
kube-scheduler
IAM
PAM
Summary
✨ AI‑Generated
A remote EU platform engineering role for building and automating sophisticated cloud-native infrastructure across diverse cloud environments. You will develop and harden Kubernetes control-plane components, manage multi-cluster platforms, engineer software delivery pipelines for disconnected environments, and automate identity and privileged-access workflows. The position suits engineers interested in highly available, secure, and large-scale Kubernetes platforms.
Highlights
Remote EU opportunity focused on advanced cloud-native platform engineering across public, private, and sovereign cloud environments. The role involves Kubernetes control-plane engineering, high-availability cluster orchestration, automated delivery for air-gapped environments, and infrastructure security and access automation.
Description
Position Overview
The Cloud Native & Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and automating core cloud-native infrastructure components across public, private, and sovereign cloud environments.
This role focuses on Kubernetes control plane development, multi-cluster orchestration, automated software delivery pipelines for Air-Gap environments, and Identity & Access Management (IAM/PAM) automation using the Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM).
Key Responsibilities
● Control Plane Engineering: Develop, harden, and optimize Kubernetes Control Plane components (kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager, kube-scheduler) and etcd key-value clusters for high availability and performance.
● Multi-Cluster Orchestration: Build and maintain multi-cluster management platforms using SAP Gardener (Shoot/Seed cluster management, extensions, providers) and Cluster API (CAPI).
● Air-Gap Pipeline Engineering: Construct Open Component Model (OCM)-based software delivery pipelines for Air-Gap/disconnected environments, implementing
Component Descriptors, OCI transport bundles, SBOM generation, and automated compliance validation.
● State & Sync Management: Implement Core-to-Fog state synchronization mechanisms, inventory reconciliation, and offline data transfer workflows.
● PaaS & IAM/PAM Automation: Automate Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) toolchains using GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Crossplane, KRO).
Technical Qualifications & Skills
● Must Have:
○ 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes internals, architecture, and operatordevelopment (Go, Kubebuilder).
○ Proven experience with multi-cluster management (SAP Gardener, Cluster-API).
○ Hands-on knowledge of software supply chain tooling (OCM CLI, OCI Registries, Harbor, SBOM SPDX/CycloneDX).
○ Experience with GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, Flux, Crossplane, Terraform, GitLab CI).
○ Proficiency in Go programming, gRPC/Protobuf, Linux administration, and Shell scripting.
● Nice to Have:
○ SAFe / ITIL knowledge, Open Source IAM (Keycloak/Zitadel), Teleport PAM integration.
