Kubernetes Platform Engineer — Hybrid London

Context Recruitment Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Performance bonus

Job summary

Context Recruitment Limited is seeking a seasoned DevOps Platform Engineer for a hybrid role in London. You will advance a modern cloud and on‑prem infrastructure, focusing on Kubernetes, Linux, automation and platform reliability to support a global entertainment organisation.

Join a hands‑on team delivering scalable, secure systems with strong monitoring, CI/CD and IaC practices while collaborating across time zones and engineering chapters.

Qualifications

• We are seeking hands‑on engineers with Kubernetes, Linux, and automation experience.
• Experience with cloud and on‑prem infrastructure and monitoring platforms.
• Familiarity with IaC tooling and database administration is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage and scale Kubernetes clusters across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Support and administer MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.
• Manage monitoring, alerting and logging platforms.
• Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and scripting.
• Maintain high availability and resilience of critical systems.
• Manage access controls within cloud platforms and ensure security.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Automation

Monitoring

Platform reliability

Terraform

Ansible

GKE

Bash scripting

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK Stack

rsyslog

Packer

Terraform

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Context Recruitment Limited is seeking a seasoned DevOps Platform Engineer for a hybrid role in London. You will advance a modern cloud and on‑prem infrastructure, focusing on Kubernetes, Linux, automation and platform reliability to support a global entertainment organisation.

Join a hands‑on team delivering scalable, secure systems with strong monitoring, CI/CD and IaC practices while collaborating across time zones and engineering chapters.