Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – Identity and Access Management

This role is with a globally recognized financial services organization focusing on identity and access management within cloud platforms. The position is based in Krakow and supports a hybrid work model with up to 4 remote days per week.

• Minimum 5 years experience in Cloud Platform Engineering with strong knowledge of GCP.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration and platform management.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and DevSecOps practices.
• Expertise in Linux administration, networking, load balancing, and cloud security.
• Experience with Service Mesh (Istio/Envoy), Secrets Management, PKI, and certificate lifecycle automation.
• Familiarity with observability tools including logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash for automation.
• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, performance management, and capacity planning.

Nice to have:

• Certifications in GCP, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
• Experience with enterprise security compliance frameworks.
• Background in large-scale identity and access management projects.

• Build and maintain cloud-native platform services for enterprise IAM projects.
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters and supporting platform components.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalents.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Administer cloud networking, connectivity, and platform security.
• Ensure platform observability through logging, monitoring, metrics, and distributed tracing.
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration, and operational tasks.
• Support deployment and operation of identity platform components.
• Manage secrets, certificates, and implement secure service mesh configurations.
• Enhance platform resilience via backup, disaster recovery, and high availability.
• Maintain compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Develop operational tools, scripts, and self-service capabilities.
• Collaborate across Security, Architecture, and Engineering teams.
• Contribute to operational documentation, runbooks, and environment management.
• Drive continuous platform improvements through automation and best practices.

Only candidates with a legal right to work in Europe will be considered for this role.