Kubernetes Platform Engineer: CI/CD, Security & Observability

Insight; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight in Manchester is seeking an experienced Kubernetes platform engineer to design, build and operate scalable Kubernetes platforms (GKE/OpenShift), and to drive platform engineering patterns. You will develop reusable services with Backstage, automate cloud environments with Terraform, implement CI/CD pipelines with Harness and Jenkins, and establish observability with Dynatrace.

Collaborate across product, security, and operations to embed security, SRE practices, and golden path standards

Qualifications

• Hands-on Kubernetes engineering experience; GKE preferred, OpenShift required.
• Strong background in Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, and reusable infrastructure automation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools (Harness, Jenkins) and modern delivery engineering.
• Familiarity with Backstage and developer self-service/golden path concepts.
• Expertise in observability tools (Dynatrace), monitoring, alerting, and SRE practices.
• Solid understanding of security (HashiCorp Vault, IAM, certificate management, platform controls).
• Networking experience, especially with Istio Service Mesh and service/traffic management.
• Proficiency in GitHub/Git, scripting, automation, troubleshooting, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms (GKE and OpenShift).
• Develop reusable platform services and self-service capabilities using Backstage.
• Create secure cloud environments and reusable IaC modules with Terraform.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Harness and Jenkins; manage GitHub/Git.
• Implement end-to-end observability with Dynatrace, including dashboards and alerts.
• Define and track SLI/SLOs; automate runbooks and incident remediation.
• Engineer secure service-to-service connectivity using Istio Service Mesh.
• Manage secrets and workload identities securely with HashiCorp Vault.
• Embed platform controls and promote best practices across engineering teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and coach members on standards.

Skills

Kubernetes

GKE

OpenShift

Terraform

IaC

CI/CD

Harness

Jenkins

Backstage

Dynatrace

Istio

HashiCorp Vault

GitHub/Git

SRE practices

Tools

GKE

OpenShift

Terraform

Harness

Jenkins

Backstage

Dynatrace

Istio

HashiCorp Vault

GitHub

Git

Job description

Insight in Manchester is seeking an experienced Kubernetes platform engineer to design, build and operate scalable Kubernetes platforms (GKE/OpenShift), and to drive platform engineering patterns. You will develop reusable services with Backstage, automate cloud environments with Terraform, implement CI/CD pipelines with Harness and Jenkins, and establish observability with Dynatrace.

Collaborate across product, security, and operations to embed security, SRE practices, and golden path standards