Cloud Platform Engineer

Queen Square Recruitment; Polska; Remote; PLN 193,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote working from anywhere in/

Remote Poland work

Long-term contract through Mar 2027

Job summary

Queen Square Recruitment Ltd is sourcing a Cloud Platform Engineer for a major cloud transformation. The role focuses on building automated ARM64 Linux image pipelines, governance and secure, scalable image lifecycle management in Microsoft Azure.

You will implement IaC with Terraform, create CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, and automate testing, validation and vulnerability management across the platform. Fully remote from Poland. Contract until 31 March 2027 with extension potential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in DevOps/Cloud/Platform Engineering.
• Strong Azure infrastructure management experience.
• Proven Git and GitHub expertise.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions.
• Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Packer for image creation and management.
• Ansible for configuration and automation.
• Experience administering Ubuntu environments.
• Experience with AlmaLinux or other RPM-based Linux distributions.
• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build automated ARM64 Linux image creation pipelines.
• Implement image validation, testing, publishing and lifecycle management processes.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for image build and release automation.
• Build image versioning, retirement and cleanup automation.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and related tooling.
• Integrate platform agents, security tooling and governance controls into images.
• Automate vulnerability scanning, compliance validation and QA processes.
• Support controlled image rollouts and upgrade strategies.
• Collaborate with engineering teams adopting standardised ARM64 images.
• Create technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Provide platform support and operational guidance to end users.

Skills

DevOps / Cloud Engineering

Azure infrastructure management

Git / GitHub

GitHub Actions

CI/CD design

Security tooling & vulnerability mgmt

Observability (Grafana/Loki)

Linux (Ubuntu)

Tools

Terraform

Packer

Ansible

Git

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Ubuntu

AlmaLinux

Job description

Contract: Initial contract until 31st March 2027, with potential for extension

Rate: Up to 170 PLN per hour

Start Date: ASAP in November 2026

About the Role

We're supporting a large-scale cloud transformation programme and are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to help build and automate a next-generation Azure ARM64 Standard Image Platform.

This is a highly technical, hands-on engineering role focused on creating automated image pipelines, infrastructure automation and cloud governance capabilities that will be used across multiple business units. You will play a key role in establishing secure, scalable and fully automated Linux image lifecycle management within Microsoft Azure.

The platform will provide centrally governed ARM64 base images with embedded security controls, platform tooling and automation, helping to reduce image engineering overhead while improving consistency and compliance across cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build automated ARM64 Linux image creation pipelines
• Implement image validation, testing, publishing and lifecycle management processes
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for image build and release automation
• Build image versioning, retirement and cleanup automation
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and related tooling
• Integrate platform agents, security tooling and governance controls into images
• Automate vulnerability scanning, compliance validation and quality assurance processes
• Support controlled image rollouts and upgrade strategies
• Work closely with engineering teams adopting standardised ARM64 images
• Create technical documentation, operational procedures and support materials
• Provide platform support and operational guidance to end users

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years' experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering or Platform Engineering
• Strong Azure infrastructure and virtual machine management experience
• Proven Git and GitHub expertise
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions
• Terraform for infrastructure automation
• Packer for image creation and management
• Ansible for configuration and automation
• Experience administering Ubuntu environments
• Experience with AlmaLinux or other RPM-based Linux distributions
• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
• Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Automated testing and code quality frameworks
• Vulnerability management and security tooling
• Cloud security baselines and hardening standards
• Automated compliance validation
• Grafana, Loki or similar observability platforms

What's on offer?

• Long-term contract through March 2027 with potential extension
• Fully remote working from anywhere in Poland
• Opportunity to shape a strategic Azure platform used across multiple teams
• Modern cloud-native tooling and automation environment
• Competitive rate up to 170 PLN per hour