Platform Engineering Lead — Kubernetes (Hybrid, Poland)

GFT TECHNOLOGIES SE; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 186,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Hybrid work model

Opportunities for training and growth

Global engineering exposure

Job summary

GFT Poland is seeking a Platform Engineer to lead a local team in Kraków, delivering and maintaining an enterprise Kubernetes platform for internal customers worldwide. You will drive platform automation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement within a large banking environment.

Responsibilities include building automation, monitoring system performance, creating dashboards, and guiding DevOps transitions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Linux, containers and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes ecosystem components such as Istio, Cilium and CSI solutions.
• Experience in platform engineering, infrastructure automation and lifecycle management.
• Proficiency in Bash and programming with Python or Golang.
• Experience with Jenkins, Ansible and infrastructure orchestration tools.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Splunk and Datadog.
• Experience working with GitHub and software development lifecycle processes.
• Knowledge of infrastructure operations and enterprise platform management.
• Proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset.
• Openness to work hybrid from Kraków 6 days a month.
• Availability to participate in planned maintenance activities outside standard business hours, including approximately two weekends per month.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end platform engineering and lifecycle management for the Internal Kubernetes Platform.
• Build automation, APIs and platform operations solutions to manage infrastructure and service lifecycle.
• Improve reliability, quality and efficiency of platform and service upgrades.
• Monitor, measure and optimize system performance, availability and capacity.
• Create dashboards and visualizations to increase platform transparency.
• Develop self-healing solutions and automate operational processes.
• Support software development teams with platform engineering, architecture and operational guidance.
• Implement infrastructure changes during maintenance windows when required.
• Manage the monthly schedule and workload of the local engineering team.
• Collaborate with the Global Engineering Team Lead on planning and delivery activities.
• Implement infrastructure changes during maintenance windows, including approximately two weekends per month.

Skills

Linux

Containers

Kubernetes

Istio

Cilium

CSI solutions

Bash

Python

Golang

Jenkins

Ansible

Splunk

Datadog

GitHub

SDLC processes

Infrastructure operations

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Private Cloud

Job description

GFT Poland is seeking a Platform Engineer to lead a local team in Kraków, delivering and maintaining an enterprise Kubernetes platform for internal customers worldwide. You will drive platform automation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement within a large banking environment.

Responsibilities include building automation, monitoring system performance, creating dashboards, and guiding DevOps transitions.