Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Darktrace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days’ holiday

Public holidays

Birthday day off

Private medical insurance

Life insurance 4x base salary

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Enhanced family leave

Confidential Employee Assistance Plan

Cycle to work

Job summary

Darktrace seeks a Specialist Platform Engineer in R&D to design, build, and maintain foundational infrastructure, tooling and automation enabling product teams to develop software efficiently.

You will collaborate with development teams to ensure scalable, reliable deployments, leveraging container orchestration and automation, while improving observability and security across the platform.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python and scripting for automation.
• Experience with IaC and provisioning tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Understanding of networking and security principles essential.
• Experience with CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to ensure scalable infrastructure.
• Utilize container orchestration knowledge to deploy reliable apps.
• Drive automation to improve performance and observability.
• Adapt development approaches to business needs and pressures.
• Promote security practices and educate users on best practices.
• Support activities to improve development processes and metrics.
• Design solutions with integrated security controls.
• Manage service components to meet KPIs and business needs.
• Coordinate changes across teams and components.

Skills

Python

IaC

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Networking

Security basics

English fluency

Job description

Darktrace is a global leader in AI for cybersecurity that keeps organizations ahead of the changing threat landscape every day. Founded in 2013, Darktrace provides the essential cybersecurity platform protecting nearly 10,000 organizations from unknown threats using its proprietary AI.

The Darktrace Active AI Security Platform™ delivers a proactive approach to cyber resilience to secure the business across the entire digital estate – from network to cloud to email. Breakthrough innovations from our R&D teams have resulted in over 200 patent applications filed. Darktrace’s platform and services are supported by over 2,400 employees around the world. To learn more, visit http://www.darktrace.com.

Job Description:

As a Specialist Platform engineer in R&D, you will design, build, and maintains the foundational infrastructure, tooling, and automation that product teams rely on to develop and deliver software efficiently.

What will I be doing:

• Collaborating with development teams to ensure infrastructure meets their requirements while promoting scalable application practices,
• Utilizing your knowledge of container orchestration tools to facilitate the seamless deployment of applications, focusing on reliability, observability, and performance,
• Staying current with technological advancements, introducing innovative solutions to the team, and addressing operational challenges through automation and optimization,
• Adapting software development approaches to meet business pressures,
• Informing security practices and coaching other users on best practices,
• Supporting specific activities to improve development processes,
• Designing solutions and services with security controls included, specifically engineered to mitigate security threats,
• Managing service components to ensure they meet business needs and key performance indicators,
• Liaising with other team members to coordinate changes across components.

What experience do I need:

You should have skills in scripting or application development, with proficiency in Python. Familiarity with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation, along with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies, is important. A good understanding of networking and security principles is crucial, as is the ability to solve problems and analyze patterns in behavior and logs. Additional qualifications include:

• Experience with continuous integration systems such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins,
• Proficiency in working with source control systems,
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with fluency in English both in written and verbal forms.

Benefits:

• 23 days’ holiday + all public holidays, rising to 25 days after 2 years of service,
• Additional day off for your birthday,
• Private medical insurance which covers you, your cohabiting partner and children,
• Life insurance of 4 times your base salary,
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme,
• Enhanced family leave,
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program,
• Cycle to work scheme.