Cloud Platform Engineer - Kubernetes, Terraform, GKE

Prolific

United Kingdom

Remote

GBP 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Prolific is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join the Platform team. You will help keep our cloud infrastructure scalable, reliable, and secure, enabling developers to deploy rapidly and safely.

You will work across GCP/GKE, Terraform, and GitOps tooling while maintaining production readiness and compliance with security standards. The role offers remote work options and a collaborative, mission-driven culture.

Qualifications

Extensive experience administering and optimising large-scale Kubernetes clusters.
Strong experience with Kubernetes tooling and related configuration management (Helm, kustomize).
Solid GitOps experience with ArgoCD and modern deployment patterns.
Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform services and architecture (GCP, GKE).
Strong Terraform skills for infrastructure provisioning and automation.
Programming proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.
Ability to create developer-focused documentation and self-serve solutions.
Customer empathy and ability to support internal teams (Prolificos).

Responsibilities

Manage and optimise Kubernetes clusters in GKE via Terraform.
Support SOC2, ISO-27001, and Cyber Essentials compliance in cloud environments.
Design golden paths and automation to empower self-serve while reducing complexity.
Create and maintain scalable infrastructure enabling safe, fast deployments.
Serve as technical point-of-contact for GCP and Kubernetes queries across teams.
Be part of the rolling on-call rota.