Platform Engineer: Cloud-native Infra & Kubernetes at Scale

Akuna Capital Llc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Akuna Capital is hiring a Platform Engineer to own and advance cloud-based infrastructure and automation. You will partner with Trading, Development, Infrastructure and Operations to design scalable, secure systems and drive production-grade platforms.

You will deploy and manage Kubernetes (EKS & on-prem), automate with Terraform and Ansible, and optimize CI/CD pipelines. A strong background in Linux, cloud services (AWS, GCP), and observability is required.

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.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of platform engineering projects and drive them to completion.
• Design and implement cloud solutions, automation, and governance.
• Collaborate with Trading, Development, Infrastructure, and Operations teams.
• Monitor cloud deployments, troubleshoot performance issues, and ensure reliability.
• Provision, configure, upgrade, and monitor Kubernetes environments (EKS & on-prem).
• Automate infrastructure management and development pipelines with Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins and GitLab.
• Explore new technologies in cloud-native/container ecosystems.
• Lead initiatives and mentor engineers while communicating across teams.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Linux administration

CI/CD expertise

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS & on-premise)

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab

AWS

GCP

Docker

Job description

Akuna Capital is hiring a Platform Engineer to own and advance cloud-based infrastructure and automation. You will partner with Trading, Development, Infrastructure and Operations to design scalable, secure systems and drive production-grade platforms.

You will deploy and manage Kubernetes (EKS & on-prem), automate with Terraform and Ansible, and optimize CI/CD pipelines. A strong background in Linux, cloud services (AWS, GCP), and observability is required.