Cloud Platform Engineer – Kubernetes

Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer with deep Kubernetes expertise to join a platform engineering team supporting enterprise cloud environments and application teams. The role combines hands-on Kubernetes engineering and troubleshooting with broader cloud platform responsibilities, including infrastructure-as-code, automation and engineering through GitHub-based workflows.

The successful candidate must be capable of going beyond basic Kubernetes administration and independently diagnosing and resolving complex Kubernetes and container-platform issues.

Key Responsibilities

Engineer, operate and troubleshoot enterprise Kubernetes platform capabilities. Diagnose complex Kubernetes issues across clusters, workloads and supporting platform services. Support application teams deploying and operating workloads on shared cloud platforms. Investigate Kubernetes-related support requests and drive technical issues through resolution.

Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and reusable infrastructure-as-code patterns. Work within GitHub-based engineering repositories and CI/CD workflows. Develop automation and supporting tooling using Python; experience with Go is beneficial. Understand and troubleshoot interactions between Kubernetes, cloud networking and surrounding infrastructure.

Collaborate with internal engineering teams and client/application teams while working to externally driven delivery priorities. Contribute to the evolution, reliability and maintainability of shared cloud platform services.

Requirements

Required Skills Deep hands-on Kubernetes experience, including the ability to independently debug and troubleshoot complex platform and workload issues. Strong cloud platform engineering background. Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code. Strong experience using GitHub for source control and collaborative engineering.

Development or automation experience using Python. Understanding of cloud networking and the connectivity requirements of Kubernetes-based platforms. Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills. Ability to work directly with application/client teams and independently resolve technical problems. Additional Assets Experience with Go.

Familiarity with GitHub Actions and CI/CD workflows; deep workflow-development expertise is not essential. Experience with managed database services. Experience with cloud security capabilities such as Key Vault and customer-managed encryption keys. Experience developing reusable enterprise cloud platform components. Experience working in a large, regulated enterprise environment.

Ideal Profile The ideal candidate is a Kubernetes specialist with broad cloud platform engineering skills—not simply someone who has deployed workloads to Kubernetes. They should be comfortable getting into a difficult Kubernetes problem, diagnosing what is happening and resolving it, while also being able to work with Terraform, Python, GitHub and the broader cloud infrastructure surrounding the platform.