Lead SRE Engineer: Kubernetes & Cloud Reliability

Talanto; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Talanto is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable systems on Kubernetes (AWS EKS). You will drive reliability, security, and technical direction while collaborating with development teams to embed best practices across the lifecycle.

The role is hands-on and requires real impact on production reliability, incident response, and resilience testing in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of commercial experience in SRE, systems engineering, infrastructure, or related roles.
• University degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (AWS EKS), including networking, scaling, and security.
• Proven experience with Terraform, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters (AWS EKS) with a focus on networking, scalability, security, and reliability.
• Architect and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Automate provisioning, deployment, and configuration processes following GitOps practices with ArgoCD and GitHub Actions.
• Define and enforce guardrails for infrastructure, applications, and databases to ensure secure and consistent operations.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and related tools.
• Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines and progressive delivery strategies.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to embed reliability and security best practices throughout the application lifecycle.
• Participate in incident response, post‑incident reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives, including resilience testing and chaos engineering.
• Design and manage secure networking solutions, including AWS VPCs, Kubernetes networking, and firewalls.

Skills

SRE

Distributed systems

Automation

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Terraform

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Talanto is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable systems on Kubernetes (AWS EKS). You will drive reliability, security, and technical direction while collaborating with development teams to embed best practices across the lifecycle.

The role is hands-on and requires real impact on production reliability, incident response, and resilience testing in a fast-paced environment.