Senior SRE: Remote Cloud Reliability & Automation Lead

Pragmatike; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Autonomy

International team

Reliability and automation focus

Job summary

Pragmatike is hiring for a Kubernetes-focused DevOps/SRE role. You will operate Linux-based infrastructure, deploy and scale Kubernetes clusters, and own automation, observability, and incident response across multi-site environments.

The ideal candidate has expert Kubernetes in production, strong networking and Linux skills, and experience with OpenStack/Proxmox/VMware. This is a fully remote EU-timezone position with flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Expert-level, hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments.
• Strong network engineering skills (VLANs, L2/L3 routing, VPNs, multi-site connectivity).
• Solid Linux systems administration (Debian/Ubuntu).
• Experience with automation workflows (Ansible, Bash/Python, Git-based).
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki, Graylog).
• Background with virtualization tech (OpenStack, Proxmox, VMware).
• Experience with bare-metal provisioning and MAAS.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and container orchestration.
• Ability to develop SOPs and operational procedures from scratch.
• Experience with incident response and on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain Linux-based infrastructure (Debian/Ubuntu).
• Deploy and scale Kubernetes clusters across multi-site environments.
• Oversee full cluster lifecycle: upgrades, node pools, networking, storage, security hardening.
• Automate provisioning and operations with Ansible, Bash/Python, GitOps.
• Design networking architecture including VLANs, L2/L3 routing, VPNs, multi-site connectivity.
• Build automated deployment workflows (PXE, cloud-init).
• Maintain observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana, Loki, ELK).
• Lead incident response and escalation across the platform.
• Improve system availability and reduce latency at multiple levels.
• Define and implement SLOs/SLIs; optimize alerting/monitoring pipelines.
• Establish on-call schedules; coordinate across timezones.
• Develop SOPs for repeatable operations and maintenance tasks.
• Coordinate hardware maintenance for Policlouds; manage virtualization layers.
• Plan resources for future initiatives; collaborate with dev teams.

Skills

Kubernetes production

Linux administration

Networking

Automation

Observability

Incident response

SRE practices

Autonomous work

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Proxmox

VMware

MAAS

Ansible

Python/Bash

GitOps

Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

Pragmatike is hiring for a Kubernetes-focused DevOps/SRE role. You will operate Linux-based infrastructure, deploy and scale Kubernetes clusters, and own automation, observability, and incident response across multi-site environments.

The ideal candidate has expert Kubernetes in production, strong networking and Linux skills, and experience with OpenStack/Proxmox/VMware. This is a fully remote EU-timezone position with flexible hours.