Platform DevOps Engineer: Kubernetes, IaC & Observability

Generative Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Generative Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and evolve our production infrastructure, focusing on Kubernetes, observability and security. You will apply infrastructure-as-code practices, own critical systems, and collaborate across platform and product teams to ensure reliability as we scale.

The role emphasizes ownership, forward-thinking use of AI in engineering, and strong communication to drive safe, scalable production environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform or equivalent).
• Strong, practical Kubernetes experience and cloud-native apps familiarity (Azure preferred, AWS relevant).
• Experience scaling systems and taking responsibility for safe, reliable production infra.
• Good understanding of security, observability and production risk, with clear communication and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and evolve production infrastructure for products.
• Strengthen observability across products and underlying systems.
• Apply sound security practices and guardrails to production environments.
• Collaborate with platform and software teams to own reliable infrastructure.

Skills

Infrastructure as code

Kubernetes

Observability

Production risk

Tools

Terraform

Azure

AWS

Job description

Generative Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and evolve our production infrastructure, focusing on Kubernetes, observability and security. You will apply infrastructure-as-code practices, own critical systems, and collaborate across platform and product teams to ensure reliability as we scale.

The role emphasizes ownership, forward-thinking use of AI in engineering, and strong communication to drive safe, scalable production environments.