Senior Kubernetes Engineer

CBRE; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global real estate services firm in London is hiring a Senior Kubernetes Engineer to support their multi-cloud Kubernetes platform. The role includes extensive responsibilities in building and maintaining the infrastructure, assisting engineers, and ensuring efficient deployment processes. Candidates should have significant experience in Kubernetes, preferably in multi-tenant environments, along with strong skills in cloud technologies and tools. The firm promotes a collaborative culture and provides ample resources for professional growth.

Benefits

Challenging work and fast-paced assignments

Support and resources of a global firm

Commitment to training and development

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Kubernetes Engineering or related field.
• Experience designing and operating multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters.
• Industry-related certifications preferred – CKA, CKS, CKAD.

Responsibilities

• Support customer needs and resolve incidents in a timely manner.
• Assist in designing and implementing new Kubernetes technologies.
• Document service configuration and configuration procedures.

Skills

Extensive Kubernetes design and support experience

Deep knowledge of Gitops tooling using ArgoCD

Experience with AWS & Azure cloud components

Strong communication and conceptual skills

Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

Chef

Job description

Senior Kubernetes Engineer

Job ID

227620

Posted

14-Jul-2025

Service line

Corporate Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Digital & Technology/Information Technology

Location(s)

England - England -

Senior Kubernetes Engineer, London

The Senior Kubernetes Engineer position will be assisting our cloud platform team in building in CBRE's multi-cloud Kubernetes platform. This position is responsible for delivering and maintaining Kubernetes infrastructure and platform delivery systems & processes. They will also support the customer, employees and CBRE’s interests in all day-to-day functions. They will be responsible for the assisting the team in designing and implementing new Kubernetes technologies as well as ensuring the mission and customer’s requests are met in a timely and accurate manner.

What you will be doing:

• Extensive Kubernetes design and support experience (preferably with AKS and EKS)

• Demonstrable experience & knowledge of supporting multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters

• Extensive experience of supporting application teams running complex Kubernetes applications

• Deep knowledge of Gitops tooling using ArgoCD

• Deep understanding and experience of Kubernetes networking components, CNI, ingress controllers, network policy (preferably Cilium) etc.

• Understanding and experience of Istio Service Mesh

• Demonstrable experience of building and operating Kubernetes logging and monitoring platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki etc

• Demonstrable experience & knowledge of implementing Kubernetes upgrades

• Deep understanding of AWS & Azure cloud & cloud networking components.

• Documenting service configuration and configuration procedures.

• Applying software development fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.

• Configuring, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Cloud strategies, policies, and procedures.

• Monitoring and analyzing cloud server and service usage.

• Build and deploy secure, scalable, immutable, and reusable modules integrated in DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

• Providing and implementing recommendations on server and service configuration changes and operational procedures to increase efficiency.

• Administering and assisting cloud users.

• Support Engineers during critical and time sensitive production events to ensure a timely resolution.

• Support Engineers in the Root Cause and correction of error flow to ensure we detect and avoid future customer impacts

• Support and nurture process improvements and knowledge base improvements

• Assist in the generation of major incident metrics and reports.

• Other duties as assigned.

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) in related field of work or equivalent work experience.

• Industry related certifications preferred – CKA, CKS, CKAD etc

• 5+ years’ experience in Kubernetes Engineering or related field.

• Experience designing and operating multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, preferably using a Kubernetes management platform (Rancher, Rafay etc)

• A strong desire to produce high quality platform documentation and mentor colleagues new to Kubernetes

• Ability to assist engineers in understanding how to optimize their services for utilization, response time, throughput, latency, relative, absolute, variance, instrumentation, parallelism, asynchronous calls, utilization, bottleneck, tracing, resource contention, and MTTR.

• Familiarity with tools and services such as Azure DevOps (ADO), GitHub Enterprise, Terraform, Terraform Enterprise, Chef, Jenkins and Azure AD.

• Experience with Microsoft Active Directory related to domain authentication and domain groups in an enterprise environment.

• Experience with cloud firewalls: Azure Firewall, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Cisco FTD, Check Point.

• Experience with routing and switching: Express routes, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VPC, VRF, STP, VLAN.

• Experience with Terraform Enterprise, PowerShell and chef.

• Experience with Cloud IaaS/PaaS: Firewalls, LBs, App GW, VPN/ER GW, SQL MI, UDR, NSG, ASG.

• Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively.

• Strong communication and conceptual skills.

• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines: Energy, enthusiasm, strong work ethic, and ability to work independently is a must

Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do—from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it’s like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE

About CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

Equal Opportunities

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