Platform Engineer: Cloud-Native Infra & Automation

Akuna Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Akuna Capital is seeking a Platform Engineer to take ownership of cloud initiatives and scale our hybrid-cloud environment. You will work with Trading, Development, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to design, implement, and automate cloud-native platforms.

You will deploy and manage Kubernetes across EKS and on-premise, build robust CI/CD pipelines, and drive observability and security across distributed systems. Strong scripting and collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification preferred.
• Deep experience deploying, operating, and scaling Kubernetes in production, including on-premise clusters and Amazon EKS.
• Strong expertise designing and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS; experience with GCP is a plus.
• Advanced proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including reusable module development, state management, and platform automation.
• Experience building and operating highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms.
• Strong knowledge of observability, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational troubleshooting.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills in distributed production environments.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting with Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud-native data services, including Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, and DynamoDB.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architectural decisions, and mentor engineers.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience partnering across engineering, operations, and business teams.
• The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems are essential functions of the role.

Responsibilities

• Own projects end-to-end and drive cloud initiatives within Akuna’s ecosystem.
• Collaborate with Trading, Development, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to design scalable solutions.
• Design and implement cloud solutions and automate infrastructure as code.
• Monitor and secure hybrid-cloud environments and improve governance.
• Provision, configure, upgrade, and monitor Kubernetes (EKS and on-premise), Spark, Kafka, and other large-scale databases.
• Automate infrastructure management and pipelines with Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins and GitLab.
• Explore new cloud-native technologies and improve performance across systems.
• Lead engineering initiatives and mentor engineers, communicating effectively across teams.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Linux administration

Python/Bash

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab

Spark

Kafka

Amazon RDS / Aurora / DynamoDB

Job description

Akuna Capital is seeking a Platform Engineer to take ownership of cloud initiatives and scale our hybrid-cloud environment. You will work with Trading, Development, Infrastructure, and Operations teams to design, implement, and automate cloud-native platforms.

You will deploy and manage Kubernetes across EKS and on-premise, build robust CI/CD pipelines, and drive observability and security across distributed systems. Strong scripting and collaboration skills are essential.