Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Bridge351; Portugal; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Health and Life Insurance

100% Remote

Job summary

Bridge351 is seeking an experienced DevOps/Infrastructure engineer to design, operate, and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms at scale, with a strong focus on CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and platform tooling. The role is 100% remote from Portugal and requires excellent English communication within multinational teams.

You will contribute to cross-functional roadmaps, mentor colleagues, and help drive security-conscious, scalable infrastructure across projects in multiple regions.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in DevOps or infra roles, able to design and operate Kubernetes-based platforms at scale.
• At least 1+ year of hands-on daily production Kubernetes experience (cluster lifecycle, ingress, service mesh, cert-manager).
• Experience writing Helm charts or Kustomize configurations.
• Hands-on with OKD or OpenShift.
• Strong Terraform and Helm experience for automation and config management.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows, ideally with ArgoCD.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Bash for automation.
• Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry; experience with SLI/SLO frameworks.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Go

Python

Bash

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Security

English communication

Tools

Helm

Kustomize

OKD/OpenShift

Terraform

ArgoCD

Ansible

Job description

(the candidate can work remotely from any Portuguese region)

What we are looking for

• Several years of experience in DevOps or infrastructure-related roles, with the ability to design, operate, and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms at scale
• At least 1+ year of hands‑on daily production experience with Kubernetes, including cluster lifecycle management, ingress controllers, service meshes, and cert‑manager
• Experience writing and maintaining Helm charts or Kustomize configurations
• Hands‑on experience with OKD or OpenShift
• Strong experience with Terraform and Helm for platform automation and configuration management
• Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows, ideally with ArgoCD
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Bash for automation workflows and platform tooling
• Strong knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry, including experience designing and implementing SLI/SLO frameworks for distributed systems
• Familiarity with security standards, platform security best practices, and integrating compliance requirements into platform architectures
• Experience collaborating across cross‑functional teams, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to technical growth and infrastructure roadmaps
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with a structured, self‑directed, and reliable working style
• Comfortable working in multinational teams
• Very good written and verbal communication skills in English

What will be a plus

• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS
• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Multi‑cluster Kubernetes experience
• Familiarity with Security Context Constraints (SCCs), Cluster Version Operator (CVO), Machine Config Operator (MCO), Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM), and OKD Routes
• Familiarity with OVN‑Kubernetes networking and network policy design
• Knowledge of Longhorn or comparable Kubernetes‑native storage systems
• Experience developing or operating Kubernetes Operators
• Familiarity with Operator SDK or Kubebuilder
• Experience writing ADRs, runbooks, and platform design documentation

What can you expect from us?

Mind-blowing workplace culture. You will be integrated in a professional, dynamic and collaborative team.

100% Remote opportunities

We want you to have the flexibility to work where you feel most comfortable and productive.

International Career

• You can expect professional growth and to be connect with the world.
• We are represented in Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark.
• And with projects in many other countries: Netherlands, Luxembourg, Singapore and in the United States of America (and a lot more is coming…)

Extra Benefits & Perks

If you wish to work with us and you are outside European Union (good news…) we are a Tech Visa Company, We will help!

As a plus, we provide Health and Life Insurance.