Senior Cloud Engineer

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 268,000 - 368,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

Medicover sports card

Life insurance financed by employer

30‑minute lunch break

Training & Buddy programme

Wellbeing programme

Co-financing of monthly tickets

Office + home office option

Language courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Co-financing studies & certification

Employee referral programme

Job summary

Kingfisher plc is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer in Kraków (hybrid, 1 day in the office). The role focuses on building and expanding AWS-based cloud capabilities, with emphasis on automation, collaboration, and continuous delivery to support scalable platforms.

You will mentor the team, work with delivery squads, and drive operational maturity while maintaining platform reliability and best practices in IaC and security.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Cloud Engineer with hands-on AWS cloud delivery.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams.
• Strong background in build/release management and Linux/Windows environments.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation and automation tooling.
• Familiarity with IaC tooling and telemetry practices (monitoring, alerting, anomaly detection).
• Understanding of networking concepts and security considerations in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and improve AWS/cloud capabilities with a focus on automation and CD.
• Lead and consult with on‑site teams to implement best practices and automation.
• Mentor team members and raise operational maturity across the platform.
• Oversee backlog grooming, planning, and process automation for platforms.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Config mgmt

Networking

English

Python

Tools

GitLab Runners

Jenkins

GitHub

Linux

Windows

Job description

Overview

Senior Cloud Engineer

(Hybrid/Kraków – 1 day per week in the office)

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:

• 24,000 - 33,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day
• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere
• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
• Wellbeing programme for employees
• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow
• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

About the role

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in building, managing, and enhancing our AWS-based cloud capabilities, leveraging skills in automation, collaboration, and continuous delivery. This hands‑on role requires a broad skill set and a consultative approach to ensure best practices are implemented effectively, as well as serving as a technical mentor for the team.

You will work closely with delivery teams to increase operational maturity, automate processes, and maintain a high level of platform reliability.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and improve AWS/cloud capabilities, focusing on automation and continuous delivery.
• Lead and consult with on‑site teams to implement and automate best practices.
• Share knowledge and improve team maturity in operational practices.
• Oversee platform backlog grooming, planning, and process automation.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure consistent implementation of IAAS, PAAS, and tooling standards.
• Maintain common pipelines, production paths, and shared standards and practices.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to align platform vision with infrastructure strategies and Open Source/vendor technology.

Skills and experience

• Proven experience as a Senior Cloud Engineer or in a related position, combined with a track record of providing technical mentorship and guidance to team members.
• Experience in Continuous Delivery, coding (Python, Shell, Bash), and a collaborative approach with cross-functional teams.
• Strong background in build and release management with CI tools (e.g., GitLab Runners, Jenkins), and expertise in Linux (Redhat, Ubuntu, CentOS) and Windows, along with experience in public and private cloud (AWS or Google Cloud, etc).
• Skilled in Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, with automation experience including unit testing.
• Ability to design and support robust build, deployment and configuration management systems for multi-tier services using tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef or Salt and a good understanding of telemetry practices (monitoring, graphing, alerting, anomaly detection).
• Understanding of networking concepts, technologies, and protocols (TCP/IP, IPSec, HTTP, FTP, DHCP, DNS as well as Palo Alto, Cumulus and F5) and expertise with software build tools (GitHub, Jenkins etc).
• Experience of running software in production is key and demonstrable experience of working closely with and supporting the security administration process and relevant security domain leads, within a cloud-dev-ops context.
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dental care) for you and your family.

Sports Card

Medicover sports card (Fit&More package).

Courses

Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co‑financing studies and certification.

Life Assurance

Life insurance at Generali financed by the employer.

Bonus

Opportunity to earn annual bonus that aligns to work level of role.

Parking

Parking spaces and LOTOS card.

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Co‑financing of monthly tickets.

Transport Discount

Co‑financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow (50% discount).

Our Behaviours

At Kingfisher, being all-in means contributing fully to our ambitions, supporting one another, and helping create a culture where we succeed together.

We are open

Continuously curious. Listen to understand. Always improving.

We are brave

Aim high. Act with courage. Move with pace.

We win together

Lead with customer. Commit to deliver. Help each other win.

Our employees know us best. We wouldn’t be Kingfisher without them. So, we want to share what they think with you.

Development and progression is a high priority at Kingfisher, I’ve always felt well supported.

I’m proud to work for Kingfisher, I’ve had great opportunities that have enabled me to contribute to an exciting forward‑thinking company.

Training & Development

There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.

Conversations with senior leaders

You’ll be able to have regular conversations with managers about personal development and gain a better understanding about what you want to want and reach your career goals.

Resources and tools to help you grow

Improving without instruments to help you learn is near impossible. That reason we make sure you have everything at your fingertips to find exactly what you need to keep growing.

Initiatives that measure development

With plans that ask you what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them by, tracking progress and keeping development at the forefront of conversation is easy.

Find your path

The scale of group functions within Kingfisher is huge. That means you have a chance to build different career paths within multiple areas of organisation.

Sharing is caring

We’re not selfish here at Kingfisher. Whatever your level of experience, you'll work with colleagues who are always welcoming and ready to share their knowledge whenever you need it.

Reach for the stars

So your ambitions are high? Good thing we have opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities. Here, you can evolve your career, no matter your level.

Why Kingfisher

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?