Platform Engineer - Hybrid, Global Impact & Growth

Smartbox Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Study assistance

Sabbatical after 5 years

Salary bands transparency

Job summary

Smartbox Group in Dublin is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Technical Operations team. You’ll keep user-facing and production systems running 24/7, work on on-call rotations, and partner with development teams to improve services and the stack.

This role requires 3+ years in platform/infrastructure roles, strong Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS/Terraform experience. A hybrid work setup is offered with opportunities for growth and impact across Europe.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in technical support, systems administration, or platform/infrastructure engineering.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with modern CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or equivalent).
• Strong Linux systems knowledge and troubleshooting capability.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP, load balancing, TLS).
• Experience with cloud automation on AWS and Terraform.
• Experience with Elasticsearch and log management.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience administering MySQL databases.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef/Cinc.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve code quality and establishing AI-related workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure in AWS using Terraform, including development of reusable modules.
• Operate and enhance production Kubernetes clusters using Helm, Karpenter, ArgoCD, and AWS EKS.
• Implement and maintain GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
• Improve platform reliability through proactive monitoring, alerting, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, CheckMK, and internal tools.
• Automate operational processes using Bash, Python, Go, and Rust.
• Troubleshoot production incidents across infrastructure, networking, containers, and application layers.
• Support and optimise large-scale, database-driven systems (MySQL required; PostgreSQL a plus).
• Contribute to capacity planning, scaling strategies, and performance optimisation initiatives.
• Drive operational excellence improvements and incident reduction initiatives.
• Manage and optimise centralised logging using Elasticsearch, Filebeat, rsyslog, and Kibana.
• Maintain documentation and participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with development teams on tools development, service improvements, and change management activities.

Skills

Platform engineering

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux troubleshooting

Networking basics

AWS Terraform

Python Bash scripting

MySQL administration

Elasticsearch / logging

CI/CD tooling

Tools

Terraform

AWS

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Elasticsearch

Job description

Smartbox Group in Dublin is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Technical Operations team. You’ll keep user-facing and production systems running 24/7, work on on-call rotations, and partner with development teams to improve services and the stack.

This role requires 3+ years in platform/infrastructure roles, strong Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS/Terraform experience. A hybrid work setup is offered with opportunities for growth and impact across Europe.