Cloud-Native Infrastructure Architect: Kubernetes & Crossplane Lead

Principle; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 72,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Weekly pay via PrincipleHR

Contract: 11 months

Job summary

Principle is seeking an architect to design cloud-native Tier-0 service infrastructure in Dublin. You will shape Kubernetes architecture across Azure, AWS and GCP and drive Crossplane orchestration across hyperscalers, containerising tooling where needed.

You should bring 7+ years in infra/SRE, strong Kubernetes in production, and IaC expertise with Terraform. This role offers an 11-month contract with extension potential and weekly PAYE in a hybrid Dublin setting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in infrastructure, platform engineering or SRE.
• 3+ years of Kubernetes in production at the architecture level.
• 2+ years of Terraform/IaC for public cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Strong container ecosystem knowledge – Docker, registries, image strategies.
• Proven experience leading infrastructure modernisation or migration programmes.
• Comfort with "everything is code" in a cloud-native context; Go development skills where needed.

Responsibilities

• Architect the cloud-native re-engineering of Tier-0 services.
• Design Kubernetes cluster architecture and operational readiness across hyperscalers.
• Lead Crossplane architecture for infrastructure orchestration.
• Containerise internal tooling and orchestration workflows.
• Support migration planning and execution.

Skills

Infra architecture

Kubernetes architecture

Terraform IaC

Go development

Infrastructure migration

Cloud-native

Tools

Docker

Container registries

Image strategies

Job description

Principle is seeking an architect to design cloud-native Tier-0 service infrastructure in Dublin. You will shape Kubernetes architecture across Azure, AWS and GCP and drive Crossplane orchestration across hyperscalers, containerising tooling where needed.

You should bring 7+ years in infra/SRE, strong Kubernetes in production, and IaC expertise with Terraform. This role offers an 11-month contract with extension potential and weekly PAYE in a hybrid Dublin setting.