Platform Engineer

SUMMARY:
A technology-driven organisation is looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to take ownership of its production Kubernetes platform. This is a hands-on role where you'll be responsible for ensuring platform reliability, scalability, observability, and security while enabling development teams to deliver efficiently through robust CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.

POSITION INFO:
If you're passionate about Kubernetes, automation, cloud infrastructure, and solving complex production challenges, this opportunity is for you. Key Responsibilities Own and manage production Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. Manage cluster lifecycle, node pools, autoscaling, resource quotas, namespaces, and RBAC policies. Administer multi-cluster environments using Rancher. Develop and maintain Helm charts across multiple environments. Build and enhance CI\/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps. Manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code best practices. Maintain and improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability platforms. Lead production incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortems. Implement infrastructure improvements to eliminate single points of failure. Optimise platform performance, resource utilisation, and cloud costs. Partner closely with development teams to improve deployment processes and platform reliability. Requirements 4+ years' experience in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Strong production Kubernetes experience (CKA certification advantageous). Extensive Terraform experience managing Azure infrastructure. Experience with Azure DevOps CI\/CD pipelines. Proficiency in Go, Python, or Bash scripting. Strong Linux administration skills. Solid networking knowledge including TCP\/IP, DNS, TLS, routing, ingress controllers, and service mesh fundamentals. Hands-on production support, incident response, and on-call experience. Advantageous Experience Rancher multi-cluster management. Helm chart development and release management. Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler. Microsoft Azure (AKS, Networking, Key Vault, Storage). Azure Key Vault or HashiCorp Vault. Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or similar observability platforms. Windows Server administration. What's on Offer Own and shape a modern Kubernetes platform. Work with cloud-native technologies and Infrastructure as Code. Collaborate with highly skilled engineering teams. Exposure to large-scale production environments. Opportunity to drive automation, platform reliability, and engineering excellence. Apply now! For more exciting IT vacancies, please visit: If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. For more information contact: Raees Sadek IT Recruitment Researcher