Staff Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Collibra; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Platform Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design and architecture of cloud services, focusing on Kubernetes and service mesh technologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing infrastructures with a strong grasp of cloud networking concepts and automation tools like Terraform. You will have the opportunity to work in a remote-first culture that supports continuous learning and improvement.

Benefits

Flexible benefits program

Health coverage

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• Production experience managing infrastructure on a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes and service mesh technologies (preferably Istio).
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and operational tooling in Golang.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and architecture of platform services.
• Design, develop, and manage Kubernetes Operators in Golang.
• Engineer the platform's use of our observability stack.

Skills

Production experience managing infrastructure

Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes

Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts

Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Experience supporting stateful applications

Familiarity with cloud security principles

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience

Job description

Overview

Joining Collibra's Platform Infrastructure team to help build the cloud foundation for all Collibra products. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Platform Infrastructure, your contribution is critical as we evolve our multi-cloud environment, including Kubernetes, Istio, WAFs, and Golang automation to drive product innovation and reliability. We foster a remote-first, geographically diverse culture of shared learning and continuous improvement, offering a supportive environment to grow your skills and make a tangible impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and architecture of platform services, with a focus on networking, service mesh (Istio), and service-to-service communication.


• Design, develop, and manage Kubernetes Operators in Golang, custom tooling, and our Istio service mesh to automate and enhance platform capabilities.


• Partner with product teams to co-design infrastructure solutions that improve velocity and reliability while efficiently serving our developers.


• Engineer the platform's use of our observability stack (metrics, logs, traces), define SLOs, and implement DevSecOps best practices, including WAF configuration and management.


• Mentor other engineers, champion technical excellence, and drive cloud cost optimization through automation.

You have

• Production experience managing infrastructure on a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).


• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes and service mesh technologies (preferably Istio).


• Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts (VPCs, routing, load balancing, WAFs, network policies).


• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and operational tooling in Golang.


• Experience supporting stateful applications like GraphDB and / or Kafka.


• Familiarity with cloud security principles (IAM, security groups).


• A bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience.

You are

• Critical thinker who skillfully analyzes complex distributed systems, including intricate network flows.


• A proactive learner, curious about evolving technologies in cloud, container orchestration, and service mesh.


• Open-minded and approach problems from an assumption of positive intent and demonstrate emotional intelligence.


• Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences and identify opportunities for simplification and automation.


• Able to work with a high degree of care and independence.

Measures of Success

• Within your first month: you will integrate with the team, understand our architecture, and make your first platform contribution.


• Within your third month: you will be actively shipping platform tooling that delivers measurable value to the engineering organization.


• Within your sixth month: you will become a go-to expert and steward for a key platform component, such as our service mesh, guiding its design and implementation.

Benefits at Collibra

Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra's benefits.

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At Collibra, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone.

With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category. If you have a need that requires accommodation, let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.