Senior Cloud Native Engineer — Remote

Academic Key; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary + benefits

Flexible remote work

London office optional visits

Professional development budget

Private medical and dental insurance

Job summary

ControlPlane in London seeks a Senior Cloud Native Consultant to lead client engagements in cloud-native and security-focused projects. You will collaborate across internal labs and open-source initiatives, delivering robust, scalable architectures.

The role supports remote work with optional in-person time at the London office, and may involve pre-sales activities to help grow the business. Strong Kubernetes and GitOps skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes in cloud environments (GKE/EKS/OpenShift).
• Proficient in GitOps tooling and infrastructure as code practices.
• Development experience in Golang, Python or Java.

Responsibilities

• Advise and hands-on consulting on cloud-native architectures for clients.
• Work across internal labs projects and open-source contributions.
• Engage in pre-sales or business development activities as needed.
• Lead secure-by-design and secure-by-default approaches in deployments.
• Collaborate with customers remotely, with optional in-person London office time.

Skills

Kubernetes

GKE

EKS

OpenShift

GitOps

Golang

Python

Java

Tools

FluxCD

ArgoCD

Terraform

Job description

ControlPlane in London seeks a Senior Cloud Native Consultant to lead client engagements in cloud-native and security-focused projects. You will collaborate across internal labs and open-source initiatives, delivering robust, scalable architectures.

The role supports remote work with optional in-person time at the London office, and may involve pre-sales activities to help grow the business. Strong Kubernetes and GitOps skills are essential.