Kubernetes Platform Engineer

BT Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A telecommunications company based in Manchester is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design and develop a Kubernetes managed service within a private cloud environment. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Linux, hands-on Kubernetes knowledge, and proficiency with automation tools like Terraform and Ansible. This role offers a variety of benefits including a bonus scheme, comprehensive leave options, and world-class training opportunities.

Benefits

10% on target bonus

BT Pension scheme

25 days annual leave

24/7 private virtual GP appointments

World-class training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in on-prem or private cloud environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of SDN, DPDK, and SR-IOV is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a Kubernetes managed service.
• Automate cluster deployment, scaling, and management using IaC practices.
• Support operations teams with documentation and incident management.

Skills

Linux OS experience

Kubernetes experience

Networking fundamentals

Terraform or Ansible

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design and development: Working closely with an agile development team of Kubernetes engineers to co-design and develop a Kubernetes managed service for telco functions within a high security private cloud environment.
• Automation: Automating cluster deployment, scaling, and management using infrastructure as code (IaC) and container orchestration tools. Collaborating with development teams on infrastructure deployment best practices, encompassing CI/CD pipelines and related frameworks such as Terraform, Jenkins, and Ansible.
• Operations: Utilising a DevOps approach, providing documentation and incident escalation support to operations teams to facilitate in life service and incident management of the Kubernetes managed service.
• Integration: Building a deep understanding of varied software spanning security, logging, monitoring, cloud infrastructure, networks, and how best to integrate these into a cohesive platform solution.
• Innovation and Evaluation: Contributing to the exploration of cutting-edge technologies through the deployment of new technology proof-of-concept projects related to Kubernetes, participation in their assessment, and development into an in-life service.
• Communication: Adept communicator facilitating effective collaboration within and across engineering and delivery teams, with a demonstrated ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Cloud engineering: Proficient in developing Terraform, Ansible, and Python in a cloud environment with an emphasis on developing robust, scalable, and maintainable infrastructure.
• Design and development: hands on design, build, maintenance and development of a Kubernetes managed service.
• Networking: Working knowledge of IP networking, routing, switching, and firewall principles and protocols. Experience with SDN, DPDK and SR-IOV would be a plus.
• Security tools and practices: Configuration of PKI, certificates, HashiCorp Vault, and software supply chain security, in the context of cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• CI/CD: Expertise in integrating with a GitOps workflow, employing infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices. Proficient in implementing CI/CD pipelines to ensure consistent, automated deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience Required for the Role Mandatory
• Strong Linux OS experience
• Worked in on-prem or private cloud environments
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience (using K8s, not necessarily running the control plane)
• Experience with at least one automation/IaC tool (Terraform or Ansible ideal)
• Strong networking fundamentals

Nice to have

• Experience with OpenStack
• Bare-metal provisioning
• Experience with Rancher/RKE2, or other on-prem K8s flavours
• CI/CD tooling
• Scripting in Python/Golang
• GitOps concepts
• Telco networking technologies (SR-IOV, DPDK)

Benefits

• On target 10% on target bonus
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It\'s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
• Enhanced women\'s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
• 2 weeks carer\'s leave
• World-class training and development opportunities
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.