Platform Engineering Lead: On-Call Ops & GitOps

CXC; Polska; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

CXC seeks a Lead Platform Engineer to oversees technical operations for an on-premises infrastructure and container platform, from bare metal to workloads. You will own runbooks, automation, and GitOps pipelines, and line-manage engineers while handling L3 escalation during major incidents.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage on-call processes, and ensure platform reliability with strong focus on scalability and auditability.

Qualifications

• Scale-enabled server/infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management using bare-metal tooling (MAAS/Foreman).
• End-to-end node lifecycle workflows: drain, reassign, reprovision, validate, return to service.
• Container image lifecycle: build, scan, sign/approve, promote and replicate OCI images in a registry (Artifactory/Harbor).
• Kubernetes administration across multiple clusters: lifecycle, upgrades, CNI, CSI-backed storage.
• Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, VLANs, Ethernet troubleshooting at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own technical standards and runbook estate, ensuring versioning and reviews stay current.
• Own automation and GitOps pipelines, including Git-backed config, Ansible, and ArgoCD-managed Kubernetes state.
• Own rota and on-call escalation across coverage bands, balancing rotation with risk.
• Line-manage senior engineers and coordinators, setting objectives and developing talent.
• Act as L3 escalation point and incident commander for major incidents, restoring service.

Skills

Bare-metal provisioning

End-to-end node lifecycle

Container image lifecycle

Kubernetes administration

Networking fundamentals

Tools

MAAS

Foreman

JFrog Artifactory

Harbor

Kubernetes

Job description

CXC seeks a Lead Platform Engineer to oversees technical operations for an on-premises infrastructure and container platform, from bare metal to workloads. You will own runbooks, automation, and GitOps pipelines, and line-manage engineers while handling L3 escalation during major incidents.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage on-call processes, and ensure platform reliability with strong focus on scalability and auditability.