Senior / Lead Cloud Platform Engineer – Kubernetes & DevOps

The position is with Square One Resources on a long-term international project focused on building, evolving, and operating modern cloud-native platforms combining Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, and Infrastructure as Code.

• 8+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Strong, hands-on experience with Kubernetes, preferably in large-scale or enterprise production environments.
• Programming and scripting skills in Go and Python.
• Practical experience with GitOps, ideally with Argo CD and/or Flux.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or comparable technologies.
• Solid experience with CI/CD, automation, and deployment pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP.
• Strong understanding of observability and monitoring technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
• Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable cloud-native infrastructure.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex technical initiatives.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple engineering teams and influence technical standards.
• Strong understanding of modern DevOps, Platform Engineering, and SRE principles.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Apache Kafka, Temporal, OPA / Open Policy Agent, Kyverno.
• Experience with AIOps and automated remediation.
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure.
• Experience with GPU platforms and GPU orchestration.
• Additional open-source cloud-native technology experience.
• Experience contributing to or working extensively with open-source projects.

• Design, build and continuously improve cloud-native platform solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes-based environments in large-scale production setups.
• Improve infrastructure automation, provisioning, and deployment processes.
• Design and implement GitOps-based deployment and infrastructure management practices.
• Build, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.
• Improve platform monitoring, observability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Implement and maintain observability solutions with Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
• Support and develop cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP.
• Develop automation and platform tooling using Go and Python.
• Define and improve Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or similar.
• Work closely with software engineering teams to establish DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve developer experience, deployment velocity, and platform reliability.
• Take ownership of technical initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Contribute to platform architecture, technical decisions, and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering teams and stakeholders internationally.