Senior Platform Engineer (GCP) - Kubernetes & Cloud Infra

Clavium; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive compensation package

25 days holiday + Bank holidays

Hybrid, flexible working

Personal Pension Scheme

Life Insurance

Gym & Fitness Reimbursement Programme

Work from Anywhere Scheme

My Learning Pocket

Language Classes

Job summary

A forward-thinking software company in London seeks a Senior Platform Engineer specializing in GCP to enhance its blockchain infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Kubernetes management, cloud experience with GCP and AWS, and a strong background in CI/CD practices. This role involves collaborating across teams to optimize system reliability and performance, implementing automation improvements, and ensuring efficient deployment processes. Attractive benefits and hybrid working are offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing Kubernetes clusters at scale.
• Familiarity with public (GCP, AWS) and private clouds.
• Strong experience with IaC tools.
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools.
• Expertise in observability tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages.
• Strong background in Linux system administration.
• Ability to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize multiple Kubernetes clusters.
• Plan and execute upgrades for large systems.
• Oversee technical releases and manage deployments.
• Identify and evaluate alternative design options.
• Work closely with engineering teams for seamless integration.
• Drive automation improvements in deployment pipelines.
• Participate in incident response and contribute to root cause.

Skills

Deep Kubernetes Expertise

Cloud Experience

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Continuous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD)

Observability & Monitoring

Programming & Scripting

System Administration

Collaboration Skills

Problem-Solving Mindset

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

GitLab

Maven

Gradle

SonarQube

Prometheus

Grafana

Fluentd

Kibana

Job description

A forward-thinking software company in London seeks a Senior Platform Engineer specializing in GCP to enhance its blockchain infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Kubernetes management, cloud experience with GCP and AWS, and a strong background in CI/CD practices. This role involves collaborating across teams to optimize system reliability and performance, implementing automation improvements, and ensuring efficient deployment processes. Attractive benefits and hybrid working are offered.