Senior Kubernetes SRE — Remote, High-Impact Automation

Pragmatike; Poland; Remote; PLN 392,000 - 566,000; Full time

Job summary

Pragmatike is hiring a senior Platform Engineer to join our Cloud Computing team. This fully remote role supports EU time zones and focuses on scalable Linux infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, and automation.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and performant services. The ideal candidate has hands-on Kubernetes production experience, strong networking, virtualization, and observability skills, plus incident response and SOP development.

Qualifications

• Expert-level, hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments.
• Strong network engineering skills (VLANs, L2/L3 routing, VPNs, multi-site connectivity).
• Strong proficiency with Linux systems administration (Debian/Ubuntu).
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and ability to design complex network architectures.
• Experience building and maintaining automation workflows (Ansible, Bash/Python, Git-based).
• Experience with observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki, or Graylog.
• Background with virtualization technologies (OpenStack, Proxmox, VMware).
• Experience with bare-metal provisioning and MAAS (Metal as a Service).
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and container orchestration.
• Process-oriented mindset with ability to develop SOPs and operational procedures from scratch.
• Experience with incident response, escalation procedures, and on-call rotations.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, engineering-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain Linux-based infrastructure (Debian/Ubuntu).
• Deploy, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters across environments.
• Oversee full cluster lifecycle: upgrades, node pools, networking, storage, security hardening.
• Implement automation for provisioning and operations using Ansible, Bash/Python, and GitOps.
• Design and maintain networking architecture including VLANs, L2/L3 routing, VPNs, multi-site connectivity.
• Build automated deployment workflows (PXE boot, Preseed, cloud-init).
• Deploy and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana, Loki, ELK, Graylog).
• Lead incident response and escalation activities across the platform.
• Improve system availability and reduce latency at all levels.
• Define and implement SLOs/SLIs at multiple infrastructure levels.
• Optimize alerting and monitoring pipelines to provide actionable insights.
• Establish and maintain on-call schedules to ensure coverage across timezones.
• Develop SOPs for repeatable operations and maintenance tasks.
• Coordinate physical maintenance for Policlouds (DC-Ops).
• Manage virtualization and orchestration layers (OpenStack, Proxmox, VMware).
• Plan resources for future initiatives, accounting for demand and growth projections.
• Work with development teams to improve overall quality and resource utilization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Hivenet, Policloud, Customer Success teams).

Skills

Kubernetes production

Linux administration

Networking

Automation

Observability

Virtualization

MAAS provisioning

Incident response

Tools

MAAS

OpenStack

Proxmox

VMware

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

Pragmatike is hiring a senior Platform Engineer to join our Cloud Computing team. This fully remote role supports EU time zones and focuses on scalable Linux infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, and automation.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and performant services. The ideal candidate has hands-on Kubernetes production experience, strong networking, virtualization, and observability skills, plus incident response and SOP development.