Global Platform Infra Engineer: Kubernetes, Terraform & Cloud

Menlo Security; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Menlo Security is seeking a Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and manage VM and Kubernetes infrastructure across GCP and AWS. You will build and maintain IaC pipelines, implement multi-region configurations, and ensure robust observability with Grafana Cloud, Prometheus, and OTel collectors.

The role emphasizes security-first design, automation, and AI-assisted tooling, with a 24x7 on-call rotation and cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Product, Compliance, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, and Go.
• Understanding of network topologies, communication protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP/S, UDP, TLS), and enterprise-grade connectivity solutions.
• Kubernetes expertise, including cluster administration, RBAC, networking, workload management, and troubleshooting in production environments.
• Proven experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services including GKE, VPC networking, Cloud DNS, Artifact Registry, Secret Manager, IAM, Gemini Code Assist, and Workload Identity.
• Clear understanding of how to use LLM-based code-assist tools to effectively build and troubleshoot software.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain VM and Kubernetes infrastructure on GCP and AWS across dozens of clusters spanning development, staging, and production environments in multiple regions.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform modules and Spacelift (or equivalent TACOS), provisioning networking, compute, storage, and security components, and implementing multi-layer configuration management workflows.
• Build and maintain observability solutions using Grafana Cloud, Prometheus/Mimir, and OTel collectors, designing dashboards and alerting rules across all platform components.
• Manage certificate lifecycle, DNS automation, ingress controllers, and service mesh networking with Cilium.
• Partner with peers and across Engineering, Product, Compliance, and Security teams to align on requirements and consult on capacity planning, disaster recovery, and architectural decisions.
• Identify and eliminate toil through automation — writing scripts, building CI/CD pipelines, and using AI-assisted coding tools to move faster.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation as part of a globally distributed team, responding to incidents and driving post-incident reviews.

Skills

Python

Go

Bash

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Spacelift

Kubernetes

Grafana Cloud

Prometheus

OTel

Job description

Menlo Security is seeking a Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and manage VM and Kubernetes infrastructure across GCP and AWS. You will build and maintain IaC pipelines, implement multi-region configurations, and ensure robust observability with Grafana Cloud, Prometheus, and OTel collectors.

The role emphasizes security-first design, automation, and AI-assisted tooling, with a 24x7 on-call rotation and cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Product, Compliance, and